As teachers, you will constantly evaluate lesson plans for alignment between academic standards and objectives. This assignment provides the opportunity to practice aligning learning objectives to academic standards.
Part 1: Lesson Plan Analysis
Review the “COE Lesson Plan Example” located in Topic Materials. On the “Aligning Standards and Learning Objectives” template, write 250-500 words, responding to the following prompts, as they relate to the lesson plan:
- What is the academic standard?
- What is the learning objective?
- Are the standard and objective aligned? How do you know? Provide a rationale.
- What is the lesson about? What does this lesson cover?
- Do the assessments effectively measure the academic standard and learning objective? Justify your response.
Part 2: Unwrapping the Standards
Below your analysis, complete the template by selecting a grade level K-8 and an Arizona K-12 academic standard (different from the one provided in Part 1).
- Write three objectives aligned to the standard selected following the Know, Understand, and Do guidelines.
- For each objective, write a rationale supporting how the standard and objective are properly aligned.
- Write a summary of a lesson that could teach the objectives created.
