Learning Goals, Objectives, and Lesson Planning

• Differentiate between goals and objectives.
• Relate Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to writing goals and objectives.
• Write developmentally appropriate objectives.
• Explain how a lesson plan objective relates to instruction.
• Describe the components of a lesson plan.
• Compare different approaches to lesson planning.
• Explain the role of standards in planning and instruction.
• Determine the information needed to make instructional decisions in an early childhood setting.
• Design a lesson plan.

Assessment

• Compare the strengths and weaknesses among assessment types.
• Create instructionally sound assessments appropriate for young children.
• Design a rubric to identify criteria for evaluating a learning activity.
• Describe how assessments and evaluation of children’s learning can be used to guide lesson planning and instruction.

Instructional Strategies

• Compare the effectiveness of various instructional strategies for young students.
• Demonstrate how to use various instructional strategies to promote student-centered learning.
• Integrate graphic organizers and concept mapping to promote lesson planning and instruction.
• Describe how students’ critical thinking can be promoted through effective objectives, questioning, and activities.
• Describe methods of differentiating instruction to meet the needs of culturally and academically diverse students.
• Explain how response to intervention (RTI) supports student learning.

Evaluation, Reflection, and Promoting Student Learning and Development

• Describe the importance of self-reflection for lesson planning.
• Describe how assessments and evaluation of student learning can be used in lesson planning.
• Critique lesson plans.
• Evaluate your personal disposition toward the teaching profession.
• Develop classroom management strategies to positively affect lesson delivery and student learning.
• Explain the effect of school, family, and community relationships on teaching and learning.
• Describe how addressing student diversity in lesson planning can promote student learning.