Guide and Framework

Step 1: Build Your Knowledge

• Complete the Unit Assessment, taking note of the habits, previous/foundational knowledge knowledge, problem-solving skills, and conceptual understandings you need to understand to master assignments like this.
• Complete the assignment exemplar yourself, taking note of the habits, previous/foundational knowledge, problem-solving skills, and conceptual understandings you need to understand to master assignments like this.
• Internalize and read through existing curriculum assets related to this lesson. Connect and understand how this assignment and lesson fit into this unit's goals, learning outcomes, and Marcy's Curriculum for this course.
• Close your knowledge gaps. Conduct any research you need to understand the content thoroughly, noting what knowledge gaps our fellows may have. Reach out to your content expert for support as needed.

Step 2: Prepare to "Steer the Ship"

• Determine **the lesson: What is the most important takeaway for fellows to walk away with?
• Determine what fellows should be able to show and do on the related assignment or task.
• Identify where the class can engage in **the productive struggle. Which part of the lesson is the most crucial for them to understand? Which part of the lesson holds the key challenge/learning?

Step 3: Plan Your Lesson Plan

• Now that you have the foundations, you can create your lesson plan in your Planning and Student Work Analysis Resource Page.
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• Create supplemental teaching material to support students learning (a slide, essential vocabulary, analogy, concept drawing, mental model).
• Ensure you are scripted to teach, whether by using your lesson plan to teach or by pasting parts of your lesson prep into your deck’s speaker notes. Have a digital or printed copy of your lesson plan every time you teach. This is where you will gather real-time data during your lesson.

Tips for Launching Your Lesson

• In the first 2 minutes, you want to set the stage and motivate/focus the fellows.

  <aside> 💡 Consider:

  • Is there a motivating statement that you can use to frame the next hour?
    • "In your job interviews, you might see X! Today, we will focus on X * topic * so that when you get there, you have it in your back pocket.”
  • What are the habits that you want to see from fellows as they work, learn, or tackle the assignment?
  • What do you want to see from them in the next 10 minutes? </aside>

🌻Ana