Lesson Plan Template
Teacher: Jasmine Everett
Subject & Grade: 6th Grade Science
OBJECTIVE(S)/STANDARD(S)
What will your students be able to do?
Reference Common Core or your state’s
standards, as applicable.
• Reflect on past and future learning.
• Identify at least one learning goal.
PREREQUISITE SKILLS
What will your students need to know to
master the grade-level objective?
 Group discussion norms
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CONNECTION TO ACHIEVEMENT
GOAL(S)
How does the objective connect to the goal(s)
you have for your students this year?
This lesson encourages students to remain
open to continuous learning.
DIAGNOSTIC
How will you assess students’ mastery of
these foundational skills?
 Lesson 3 Worksheet 3: Reflective
Journal Questions
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 ASSESSMENT
How will you know whether your students have made progress toward the objective? How and
when will you assess mastery?
 I will make observations during guided discussion and student self-reflection.
 The reflective journaling asks students to reflect on the reasons they volunteered for
this class and how they will remain open to continuous learning after this class.

KEY POINTS
Key points are student-facing statements that include important content students’ needs to
know to be successful in the lesson. What three to five key points will you emphasize?
Goal setting is practiced. Goals should be specific.
To set a goal, you need to know what it is you want to accomplish, how you can
measure what you’ve accomplished, and how long it will take to reach your goal.

OPENING/HOOK (5 min.) MATERIALS

How will you communicate what is about to happen?
How will you communicate how it will happen?
How will you communicate its importance?
How will you communicate connections to previous lessons?
How will you engage students and capture their interest?
 Setting learning goals is one way to achieve a more fulfilling life.
 To set a goal, you need to know what it is you want to accomplish,
how you can measure what you’ve accomplished, and how long it
will take to reach your goal.
 Goal setting is practiced.
 Goals should be specific/SMART.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATERIAL (20 min.) MATERIALS
What key points will you emphasize and reiterate?
How will you ensure that students actively take in information?
Which potential misunderstandings will you anticipate?
Why will students be engaged/interested?

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 Chart paper
Ask the group to think about ways they have learned. What people have they Markers
learned from? Where have they learned? How have they learned? Lesson 3
Have students write their answers on the board. The list might include Worksheet 1:
schools, friends, family, jobs, doing things, books, and movies. Use the Learning
responses to introduce discussion of learning styles. Styles
Hand out Lesson 3 Worksheet 1: Learning Styles. When students have
finished answering questions, ask for a show of hands to see what percentage
of the class falls into each of the three categories.

GUIDED PRACTICE (15 min.) MATERIALS

How will you ensure that all students have multiple opportunities to
practice?
How will you scaffold practice exercises from easy to hard?
Why will students be engaged/interested?
How will you monitor and correct student performance?
How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
Ask students to think about things they’ve done that were rewarding and
challenging and have students share some of their answers. Then ask them
what new things they would like to learn to do. Spend some time on this
question so that each student has had a chance to think about his/her answer
and share it with the group.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE (20 min.) MATERIALS

In what ways will students attempt to demonstrate independent mastery of
the objective?
Why will students be engaged/interested?
How will you provide opportunities for extension?
How will you clearly state and model behavioral expectations?
Lesson 3
Lesson 3 Worksheet 2: Goal Setting Worksheet 2:
Setting learning goals is one way to achieve a more fulfilling life. To set a Goal Setting
goal, you need to know what it is you want to accomplish, how you can
measure what you’ve accomplished, and how long it will take to reach your
goal. Ask students to fill out the goal setting worksheet for something new
that they would like to learn.

CLOSING (9 min.) MATERIALS

How will students summarize what they learned?
How will students be asked to state the significance of what they learned?
How will you provide all students with opportunities to demonstrate mastery
of (or progress toward) the objective?
Why will students be engaged/interested?

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 At the end of ten minutes, ask one or more volunteers to share what they’ve Lesson 3
written. At each step, encourage students to be very specific. Worksheet 3:
Reflective
Journal

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