Lesson Plan for Implementing

NETSSTemplate I
(More Directed Learning Activities)
Template with guiding questions
Teacher(s)
Name
Jason Carter
Position

Teacher

School/District

Knoxville Community School District

E-mail

Jason.carter@kcsd.k12.ia.us

Phone

642-820-1859

Grade Level(s)

6th and 7th Grade

Content Area
Title for
Lesson

Math

Time line

One Night

Out of Class Time

Essential Questions (What essential question or learning are you addressing? What would students care or
want to know about the topic? What are some questions to get students thinking about the topic or generate
interest about the topic? What questions can you ask students to help them focus on important aspects of the
topic? What background or prior knowledge will you expect students to bring to this topic and build on?)
Essential Question(s) and your thoughts on the above questions:
Students will need to have a basic understanding of Twitter and how to be appropriate online.

Standards (What do you want students to know and be able to do in relation to the essential question or essential
learning? What knowledge, skills, and strategies do you expect students to gain? Are there connections to other
curriculum areas and subject area benchmarks? )
Your statement about what students should know and be able to do. (Be sure it related to your essential
question/learning.):

Students will be able to use twitter, have a twitter chat, and understand the order of operations through the math
problems asked during our twitter chat (lesson will have been taught in class)

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Content Standards (Pick the main ones rather than giving a laundry list of all possible standards.):
NETS*S Standards (Pick the main ones rather than including the whole list.):
1. Students understand and can apply number properties and operations

Overview or Project Sketch (Give a short summary of the lesson or unit including assignment or expected or
possible products. Consider whether the learning outcomes will warrant all the steps and work. This is a good
time to get feedback on your ideas.)
Students are learning Order of Operations in class (PEMDAS). At home, their homework will be to participate in a
twitter chat where we do problems and talk about what we are struggling with.

Assessment (What will students do or produce to illustrate their learning? What can students do to generate new
knowledge? How will you assess how students are progressing (formative assessment)? How will you assess
what they produce or do? Who will be the audience for a digital product or presentation? How will you differentiate
products/outcomes?)
Students will be assessed based on participation and quality of their tweets.

Resources (Has technology had any impact on the content area(s) related to the essential question(s)? Does the
essential question suggest a final product that is part or all digital? Does the question(s) suggest a task or tasks
where technology tools are used to gather, analyze, organize information or data? How does technology support
student learning? What digital tools, and resourcesonline student tools, research sites, student handouts, tools,
tutorials, templates, assessment rubrics, etchelp elucidate or explain the content or allow students to interact
with the content? What previous technology skills should students have to complete this project?)
Students will need their laptops and a twitter account. Any student who does not have internet at home will be
omitted from the assignment.

Instructional Plan
Preparation (What student needs, interests, and prior learning provide a foundation for this lesson? How
can you find out if students have this foundation? What difficulties might students have?)

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Students will need prior knowledge about how to use twitter, their laptops and the class hashtag.

Management (How and where will your students work? Classroom, lab, groups, etc?
The students will be working from home.

Instruction and Activities (What instructional strategies will you use with this lesson? How will your
learning environment support these activities? What is your role? What are the students' roles in the
lesson? How can the technology support your teaching? What engaged and worthwhile learning activities
and tasks will your students complete? How will they build knowledge and skills? Will students be
expected to collaborate with each other and others? How will you facilitate the collaboration?)
My role is the facilitator. The students are participants. Students will be collaborating with myself and each other.

Differentiation (How will you differentiate content and process to accommodate various learning styles
and abilities? How will you help students learn independently and with others? How will you provide
extensions and opportunities for enrichment? What assistive technologies will you need to provide?)
N/A

Closure and Reflection (Will there be a closing event? Will students be asked to reflect upon their work?
Will students be asked to provide feedback on the assignment itself? What will be your process for
answering the following questions?
Did students find the lesson meaningful and worth completing?
In what ways was this lesson effective?
What went well and why?
What did not go well and why?
How would you teach this lesson differently?)
I Will talk to the students when we get back to class. I will ask them if they understood the Twitter chat and if they
found it useful.

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Lesson Plan for Implementing

NETSSTemplate I
(More Directed Learning Activities)
Template without guiding questions
Teacher(s)
Name
Position
School/District
E-mail
Phone
Grade Level(s)
Content Area
Title of Lesson
Time line
Essential Questions (and your thoughts on the other questions)

Standards
Content Standards:
NETS*S Standards:
Overview or Project Sketch

Assessment

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Resources

Instructional Plan
Preparation

Management

Instruction and Activities

Differentiation

Closure and Reflection

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