Lesson Planning Support
In many of your EDU courses you will be creating lesson plans based on the Massachusetts Standards. In addition to the course resources, use this page to help you with your lesson planning process. The images, videos and articles below should serve as a reference for building a strong, standards based, lesson that accommodates all students.
The lesson planning process can be tedious, but is important to understand. The BPU Lesson Plan Template is based on research of child development and pedagogy.
Having a strong foundational understanding of the planning process will lead to the success of your students!
Resources
BPU Lesson Plan Template
BPU Lesson Plan Rubric
Steps to Creating a Strong Lesson
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Choose a Standard
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Write an Objective
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Develop Your Procedure
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Create Accommodations
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Design an Assessment
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Write a Summary
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List Materials, Technology, and Resources
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Select Focus Elements
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Write Your Reflection
Lesson Plans Dos and Don’ts
| Do Find your MA Standard(s) first | Don’t Think of your activity first and then try to find a standard to fit |
| Do Make learning accessible to all learners | Don’t Pick too many standards because your lesson could be confusing |
| Do Write your ABCD Objective | Don’t Use Teachers Pay Teachers or other costly websites as a resource.The best lessons are free (i.e. EngageNY, International Literacy Association, etc) |
Do Develop your procedures including:
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Don’t Write your summary before you write out all the other sections
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