Understanding by Design Chapter 3: What Really Matters In Learning (Continued)

One of the most important tools at a teacher’s disposal is the lesson plan.  The lesson plan is made of the three stages that consist of deciding on the content of the lesson, deciding on how to assess the students on what you’ve decided to teach and plan the instruction and experiences.  This is a vital skill to learn because this will be needed for every lesson that I will teach in the future.  Each stage is important because it covers all the aspects of teaching that lesson will be, starting at what you hope they will take from the lesson to how you will assess what they actually took from the lesson.  In this chapter, the author talked about the standards that we will have to meet.  This will be important in my classroom because I will have to adapt my lesson plans to meet the Maine Learning Standards.