How To Make A Lesson Plan

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The status of Colorado programs represented at Wednesday's Football Kickoff Luncheon in Colorado Springs:

School    2010 record   Head coach (year)

Air Force    9-4 (5-3 MWC)   

Troy Calhoun (fifth) Colorado    5-7 (2-6 Big 12)   

Jon Embree (first) Colorado State    3-9 (2-6 MWC)   

Steve Fairchild (fourth) CSU-Pueblo    9-2 (7-2 RMAC)   

John Wristen (fourth )Northern Colorado    3-8 (2-7 Big Sky)   

Earnest Collins Jr. (first)

 

COLORADO SPRINGS — Jon Embree wants to change the culture of his football program. So does Earnest Collins.

  In fact, that seemed to be a common theme of the 2011 Sports Corp Football Kickoff Luncheon held Wednesday at the Colorado Springs Marriott.

  The four NCAA Division I football-playing schools in the state — Air Force Academy, Colorado State University, Northern Colorado and University of Colorado — along with Division II Colorado State University-Pueblo were represented at the annual event, which drew nearly 500 people.

  Embree and Collins, rookie head coaches at the University of Colorado and Northern Colorado in Greeley, were all about bringing change to the two largest programs in the state.

  Embree made two points of interest.

  "We need an identity and a standard of how we do everything," he told a sold-out house. "It says a lot how our players view things and we've had to make some changes.

  "When I came to CU, we had 24 players with a 2.0 grade-point average or below," he said. "We started 6:45 a.m. study tables. Some (players) bought in, some didn't. Now, we have the highest GPA in the history of the program."

  Collins has similar aspirations.

"We're in the process of changing the mental attitude," said Collins, a former UNC player who is the single-season record holder for punt return yardage. "We want to reprogram young men's minds. You have to be good on and off the field."

  Embree believes an attitude adjustment is paramount and that's one of the reasons he surrounded himself with a number of former CU players as assistants.

  "We have a list of things that don't take talent to be good, including teamwork and physical and mental toughness," he said. "We're going to be underdogs in nearly every game we play this year. It's not about talent.

  "I believe you don't know who you are until you know where you are going. We don't know who we are yet.

Do preschool teachers write lesson plans?

I do write daily lesson plans, and I suspect almost all preschool teachers do. I start by determining which education standards I want to address and what my main lesson/activity will be. Then I build the whole day around the standards I am addressing for that day. The entire day’s schedule and activities are planned out based on the standards and must be written out to the extent that a sub can step in and follow my plan if I should have to leave unexpectedly or become ill and cannot attend that day. I’m guessing that what you’re really asking is if I write out my main activity in the great detail that I did when writing lesson plans when I was in college, and the answer to that question is no, not in the same way. All of that information is there, but in a simpler format. It’s important to do all that when you’re in going to school though, to help you learn to understand and develop the thought process that goes into planning the day’s activities. Everything we plan for each day has an educational purpose. We have limited time with these kids, so we want every minute to be constructive, fun, and purposeful.

I remember writing all this out when I began Kinder teaching some 40 years ago. Now I will do a weekly written curriculum outline, using last weeks plan as a start. What didn’t we get through? What needs a follow up etc. Then I glance at my Long Range Plan, and see how we’re going. I always have space on my weekly plan to jot down observations and ideas as they come to mind. My daily plan always follows a routine which the children know, it helps with their security of mind as well as in developing their sense of time. The “lessons” which fit into this plan are NOW usually in jotting format, with any “aids’ needed highlighted so I remember to get them. For example: Lesson on Being kind to others/ sharing/ thinking of others feelings. Aid: my old threadbare teddy. Starting point: Children’s free response to him. Discuss reality. relate to their lives, allow some complaints, then suggestions. conclusion: how can we remember what we’ve talked about. I was in early childhood education for 7+ years, and yes, most states and centers worth anything, make mandatory that teahcer, even infant nursery teachers, create a “flexible” lesson plan. Flexible being key. Obviously, the younger the less time you spend on it. 0-12 months probably spends about 30 minutes to 2 hours a week on it. Toddler teachers anywhere from 1-5 hours a week. Pre-school teachers anywhere from 2-8 hours a week. It just depends on the teacher. I was a toddler lead teacher and really put alot of planning and thought into my lesson plans, my classroom, my activities, and most were play focused but still taught something I have spent up to an entire Saturday working on it. Most of the time I could finish in about 2 hours. It just depended on what I wanted to cover. Most preschool teachers buy most of the supplies themselves and those who don’t still buy extra stuff their centers don’t provide. Mine was divided up into section…Literacy and Language, Motor Skills, Music, Math, Art, Water Play, Socio-Emtional, and Spiritual (Chrisitan center). Say my theme was “Snow” and under literacy would be several books with winter animals and snow etc., we would learn “cold” and “snow” in sign language, Motor Skills would be creating snowflakes with playdogh, making snowcream, and walking in the snow, Music could be songs like “I’m a Little Snowflake” and CD’s with songs about winter and instrumentals, dancing and pretending to be snowflakes then a snowstorm, Math could be counting “1 little 2 little 3 little snowflakes” and put stickers of snowflakes on your fingers, measuring ingredients for snowcream, Art could be painting with food colored ice, coloring to music, walking in “snow” (big piece of black paper, step in white paint, and walk across it), Water play digging in snow at the water table and making a snowman, Socio-emotional working together to make a snow man, Spiritual learning that God makes the snow, be thankful for our families, God loves me.

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