Our Learning Target
Teachers will be able to
tips for quick and easy lesson
planning that is student-focused
of the shared strategies
increase their own
productivity and
classroom efficiency,
culminating in more
student learning, by
planning yearly/
semester-views and
weekly lessons via one
or ones found/created
on their own.
On one side of your large
notecard, write 4-5 words or
short phrases that describe
how you currently plan for
your classes.
Now, find someone not from
your building and share with
him/her your words/short
phrases and explain why you
chose them. (90 seconds each)
Long Term Lesson Planning
A birds eye view of the
semester/year
Considers Prioritized
Learnings, State Standards,
curricular resources, etc.
Focuses on the big units and
identifies what key tools will
be needed for those units
Often done in collaboration
with others who teach the
same course and/or share
resources
Helps ensure all course
requirements are met
Short Term Lesson Planning
Ensures a clear purpose for
each activity: student focused
Identifies strategies that will
be used each day
Helps with lesson pacing
Identifies what materials will
be needed
Ensures that the lesson flows
smoothly, and transitions
nicely into the next lesson
Allows for the teachers
metacognition post-lesson
 Before you can really begin, you first need to identify what your main
goals are (prioritized learnings) and what main tools will touch on each.
Third Quarter Planning Third Quarter Planning
Short The YA Bild. Catch. Skills/Standards to
Tools Ill Use
Stories Awake. Bk. Grps. in Rye Teach
Form & Content:
Support X X Form & support Short Stories on
12-sent Present? arguments
argue. womens suffrage
Analyze The Awakening
X Analyze fiction from
fiction: X YA Bildungsroman
Lit. Lenses X X diff. perspective (book groups)
diff. Lit. Lenses
TPCASTT?
perspect. Catcher in the Rye
Com./Contrast 2+
Com. & X X works Strategies/Concepts:
Contrast X w/ each w/ poetry
S. Stories w/ Awake. TPCASTT
2+ works others TPCASST? Verbal Discussion
12 Sent.
Skills
Verbal X X X Fishbowls
Disco. Fish-
bowls?
Sm. groups Present? Grp. Presentations
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Adjust one to your needs
Areas to consider:
Full or days off
Religious celebrations
District testing
School traditions (GOPHA,
homecoming, etc.)
Lab time/iPad cart needs
Books or lab supplies
Large qty. of copies
Work with others to ensure
alignment and/or availability
of resources
 Establish a clear purpose: craft clear
learning targets
Note strategies youll use
Identify needed materials
Pace the lesson with student
psychology in mind
First impressions occur in the first 5
minutes, including in the classroom
Most students remember the last 5
minutes more than anything else
Think ahead about transitions,
groupings, critical questions, etc.
Metacognate post-lesson: make the
next lesson/next run more smoothly
Long-term planning:
Create your full-course grid/
T-chart before you start
teaching the course
Complete your full-month
calendar plans prior to the
start of each
semester/quarter
Short-term planning:
Pick a day each week to
ensure the next weeks plans
are finished
Both long & short term:
Utilize your PLC time and your
colleagues
Always plan in pencil
Ensures each lesson is
focused on student learning
Helps you get through the all
key learnings/standards
Helps you be planned in
advance enough to use Paper
Tiger, reserve labs, etc.
Makes it easier to plan for a
sub when your suddenly have
to be absent (or gives a sub
something to go on)
Makes planning next year
(provided you teach the same
course) that much easier
Must Dos
Identify tight deadlines: copies needed tomorrow morning,
grading you promised students youd do ASAP, etc.
Dont go home until theyre done
Weekly To Dos
Things that need to get done soon, but the dates are
flexible (a parent you should connect with, the things you
need to record in Skyward, etc.)
Tracking Lists
Keep track of students you need to check in with, what
hours students are coming in to make-up a test, etc.
 Choose one of the
resources provided
to you, and apply
todays learning.
Maybe plan
tomorrows lesson,
sketch out next
week, or start laying
out 3rd quarter.
Return to your large notecard. Now, find someone not at
On the other side, write at least
your table. Share with
two specific things from todays
him/her your planning plans!
session that youre going to
(90 seconds each)
start applying right away and
how you might tweak them to
work for you.