Creating Lessons to Help Guide Student Behaviors

Lesson Content

• Lesson Plan Template:

  CTE Lesson Plan

• CTE Course Info and Benchmark Notes

  
  

  Program Title: Early Childhood Education

  Course Title: Early Childhood and Education 1

  Course Number: 8405110

  Career Cluster: Education and Training

  CIP Number: 0419070900

  Course Type: High School Prep

  CTE Benchmarks:

  CTE-EDU.912.8405110.8.1

  CTE-EDU.912.8405110.11.1

  ELA.9.C.5.1

  ELA.10.C.5.1

• Unit Outline

  
  

  This lesson is designed to be used with the case study, “Do I Have to Share?” See CPALMS resource ID# 214721.

• Career Connection

  
  

  Students will use their knowledge of methods of guidance of children’s behavior to create a developmentally appropriate learning activity. Students will be utilizing and practicing teamwork, colloboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity.

• Learning Objectives

  
  

  Students will be able to:

  • Create a developmentally appropriate learning activity.
  • Identify methods of guidance of children’s behavior at age-appropriate levels.

• Prior Knowledge

  
  

  Students should be familiar with:

  • Planning a safe, clean, and healthy learning environment
  • Appropriate methods of guidance
  • How to use PowerPoint
  • Have an understanding of the components of a lesson plan

• Guiding Questions

  
  
  • How can teachers effectively guide student behaviors?
  • What factors should be considered when designing learning activities for young students, such as age, developmental stage, and individual needs?

• Procedure

  
  
  1. To introduce the lesson, engage the students in a class poll. Students will reflect on the statement “It is easy to help a child learn to share.” (Rate on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being very not difficult and 5 being extremely difficult.) Teacher will then share the results and guide a brief discussion.
     • Focus Discussion Question: What factors effected your decision to agree or disagree with the poll? (Students can consider their previous experiences with children, or their own experinces as a student).
  2. Pose the following discussion questions (either during reading, or before the activity if the case study has been read prior to this lesson):
     • What strategies could teachers use with students to help guide their behavior?
     • How could the teacher guide the students' behaviors?
     • How could the teacher teach or reteach appropriate student behaviors in this scenario?
     • What factors should be considered when designing learning activities for young students, such as age, developmental stage, and individual needs?
  3. Pair the students or place them into groups to design their own learning activity that addresses the concerns of the teacher and the students in the scenario.
     • Students will begin by reading and analyzing the case study while considering the discussion questions.
     • Students will then collaborate to create a developmentally appropriate learning activity for the young students from the case study who need extra guidance. Students should use the lesson plan template (provided) when planning their instruction.
  4. To bring the lesson to a close, students will turn their lesson plan activity into a digital presentation. The presentation will include the lesson plan template, learning activity, and answers to the reflection questions.
     • Students should turn each section of the lesson plan template into a slide on their presentation.
     • Students should reference a minimum of two specific methods of guidance directly correlated to the case study when designing their learning activity.
     • At least one slide should be dedicated to answering the reflection questions.
       • Reflection Questions:
         
         • What strategies did you use to guide the students' behavior?
         • What other strategies could you use with the students to help guide them if they continue to struggle?
         • What factors did you consider when designing learning activities for the students?
         • What makes a lesson successful?
     • Students will present their digital presentation to the whole class.
     • After group presentations, the teacher will guide a final discussion that revisits the poll from the beginning of class and guide students in discussing the practical real-world applications of this activity.

• Teacher Notes

  
  
  • Students may need additional time to complete presentation.
  • You may want to have students present their learning activity and/or digital presentation.