Reviewing Daily Lesson Plans for UBD
I’ve begun spring break reviewing my daily lesson plans to see how they align with UBD. It’s been a surprisingly effective form of self assessment.
Changing the Lesson Plans:
To begin, our department records lesson plans (from top to bottom like a graphic organizer) like this:
- Topic
- Objective
- Activities
- Assessment
- Resources
- Reflection
I’ve switched my daily lesson plans to this format:
- Objective
- Assessment
- Activities
My resources are now listed in parentheses in the activities. They can be found on Rubicon (our curriculum database) and Moodle. I have decided to move towards more unit reflection in my records.
Reflection:
I’ve felt quite pleased with this year’s lesson planning. However, this process has helped me to realize that some of my lessons are not as direct as I had thought. Though it may seem like a trivial change, moving the asssessment task above the lesson activities really makes it obvious when my formative assessment could have more effectively connected my summative assessment and my lesson activities.
How do you record and review your instruction?
