Constructivist Lesson Plan Form

Standards (Performance, Knowledge, and PASS):	

	
What concepts do you want students to understand after completing this lesson?	

	
Essential Question:	

	
Criteria for Success (How will you know students have gained the understanding of the concepts?):	

	
Resources (What resources will you and your students use?):	

	
Management (How will students share technology resources?  How will you break up the lesson into segments – the number of hours or days?)	

	
Learner Diversity (What diverse learner needs do you need to consider when selecting resources, grouping students or planning the culminating project?  Are there any special considerations such as assistive technologies or second – language learning to take into account?)	
Possible considerations may include the following:
•	List alternate resources or content related activities that meet diverse learner needs.  For example, list websites that addresses the same content at varied reading levels.
•	List additional scaffolds or alternate methods that may help learners inneed of further assistance.  Alternatively, provide a more complex enrichment activity to meet the needs of high-level learners.
•	List options for products that meet different learner needs.
•	Identify cultural or linguistic considerations that will be addressed, such as the context of the lesson.
	
Engage:
Capture the students’ attention, stimulate their thinking and help them access prior knowledge.	
Possible activities may include the following:
•	Demonstration (teacher and/or student).
•	Show an intriguing movie clip or live web cam
	(http://www.earthcam.com/)
•	Reading from a current media release or piece of literature.	
Explore:
Give students time to think, plan, investigate and organize collected information.	
•	Possible activities may include the following:
•	Reading authentic resources to collect information to answer an open-ended question or to make a decision.
•	Solving a problem
•	Creating a graphic organizer
•	Investigation (design and/or perform).	
Explain:
Involve students in an analysis of their explorations.  Use reflective activities to clarify and modify their understanding.	
•	Possible activities may include the following:
•	Student analysis and explanation.
•	Supporting ideas with evidence
•	Structured questioning.
•	Reading and discussion.
•	Thinking skills activities (comparing, classifying, abstraction, error analysis).	
Elaborate:
Give students the opportunity to expand and solidify their understanding of the concept and/or apply it to a real-world situation.	
•	Possible activities may include the following:
•	Problem solving
•	Decision-making
•	Experimental inquiry
•	Thinking skill activities (comparing, classifying, abstraction, error analysis).	
Evaluate:
Evaluate throughout the lesson.  Present students with a scoring guide at the beginning.  Scoring tools developed by teachers (sometimes with student involvement) target what students must know and do.  Consistent use of scoring tools can improve learning.	
Possible activities may include the following:
•	Development and implementation of scoring tool to measure student performance during activities.
•	Involvement of students in scoring-tool development.  Such involvement may help students understand teacher expectations and allow students to set high standards for performance.