1/16/19

SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Loretto, PA 15940

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN Format

Student Teacher Arlan Zelenky Grade 10

Subject Advanced Geometry/Honors Geometry/Regular Geometry _
Time Needed for Lesson 25-30 minutes Lesson Concept Introductory (Getting to Know You) Lesson

PA STANDARD(S) (Write out standards):

None

BIG IDEAS/ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

How can I contact the student teacher throughout the semester?

What are the expectations from your student teacher?

ELIGIBLE CONTENT:

None

OBJECTIVE(S) (Be sure to include all four parts):

The student will introduce themselves to Mr. Zelenky by stating their first and last names with 100% accuracy.

The student will send an email to the geometry email address with 100% accuracy.

MATERIALS:
Whiteboard
Marker
Eraser
Classroom Seating Charts
Coin
Chromebooks
ACTIVITIES (There are three sections here):

OPENING (Introduction, purpose, hook)

 The teacher will say “Hello, Hola, Bonjour, Nǐ Hǎo, Kon'nichiwa my name is Mr. Zelenky, your new student
teacher.”
 The teacher will share the daily objective(s) with students. Today we will introduce ourselves in the class and will talk
about some expectations and how to get in contact with me with questions throughout the course.
 The teacher will say that each one of us has hopes and dreams. The teacher will say that his dream was to become a
high school math teacher. The teacher will ask each student individually to introduce themselves to Mr. Zelenky and
tell him what they want to be when they grow up.

BODY (Bulleted step by step/differentiation must be included)

 The teacher will ask each student to introduce themselves as Mr./Ms. followed by their last names and to tell the
teacher what they would like to do when they grow up.
 The teacher will also explain that the reason for this formality is due to the fact that Mr. Zelenky wishes to treat all
students like adults. Calling someone by Mr. _________ or Ms. _________ introduces a level of formality that is
enjoyed in the adult world.
 The teacher will get out a coin.
 The teacher will then go on to explain that being treated as an adult is a two-sided coin with one side containing a
certain level of respect from your peers and the other side containing a sense of responsibility and accountability that
all adults must share.
 The teacher will say that “My responsibility, basically, is teaching you all how to know more about geometry and how
to be a responsible soon-to-be adult as well.”
 The teacher will continue to say that “Your responsibility as students is to always try your hardest in school and to
develop a love of learning.”
 As a result, the teacher will say that you will always know (roughly) what assignments will be do far in advance for
the entire chapter and what activities will be going on. Therefore, if you have to miss class, you can still submit the
homework since you knew what it was going to be.
 The teacher will continue by saying that since he is treating all students like adults, he expects all students to take
responsibility for their actions in class and this requires students to take the initiative with their homework
assignments.
 The teacher will ask everyone to send an email to saying “Hello, my name is __________________”

CLOSURE (Wrap up and brief summary): How will you plan to restate the lesson objective?
 The teacher will restate the lesson objectives by saying that everyone has introduced themselves to Mr. Zelenky,
told him one of their life goals, and sent an email to the requested email address.
 The teacher will finish the lesson by saying that we are going to look at each one of our strength’s and goals in
life and try to focus on how we can improve ourselves and how we can help other people in the classroom
improve their lives as well.

ACCOMMODATIONS/MODIFICATIONS:
 If a student is an English Language Learner, they may write their name and desires after high school in their
native language
 If student did not know what they wanted to do when they grew up, I also accepted an interest that they have
 (sport, music, etc).

ASSESSMENT: (How you will determine that student has mastered objectives?): Consider formative and summative
assessment measures for all levels of differentiation.
 The student will master the objective of introducing themselves to Mr. Zelenky when they say/write their first
name and last name to Mr. Zelenky as found on the Classroom Seating chart
 The student will master the objective of sending an email to Mr. Zelenky when they submit an email containing
their name.

SELF-ASSESSMENT/REFLECTION: (Complete this section if you have taught this lesson to peers or in clinical
placement):

After teaching this lesson to all of Mr. Johnson’s classes on Wednesday 1/16/19, I felt that I definitely found my place in
the classroom by the end of the school day. I have always been a sequential planner and I often like to stick to a routine. I
learned that I had to be flexible after teaching this lesson to the first period class.

By the end of the day, I was not following my lesson plan as closely and I actually added another activity in the lesson
plan in order to get students to understand my philosophy on accountability and responsibility. I found that this change
allowed students to talk with other students about what it means to be responsible and how I will be enforcing
responsibility in the classroom and how that will translate once I take over the class.

In addition, I also added something into my closure as well as the day went on. I want each student to develop their own
sense of uniqueness as I work with them throughout the course. No two students (or people) are identical and we all need
to understand that in order to make this class meaningful to each student. I also want students to understand that while
there are many things in mathematics that are convergent in nature (have one answer), there are also many other things
that are divergent in nature. I want students to understand that it is okay to have different answers from their classmates
and that they should question why their answers are unique.

I feel confident that I will be able to promote individuality in my lessons through creating a positive classroom
environment for all students. I also feel confident that I will be able to contact all students as needed in order to discuss
missing work/ progress in the course. I feel that I could have done better at implementing my accommodations and
modifications for this lessons and I look forward to improving on this idea.