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NGSS Lesson Planning Template with explanations

The NGSS Lesson Planning Template provides a structured format for educators to design lessons, focusing on key elements such as grade level, performance expectations, specific learning outcomes, and necessary background information. It emphasizes the 5-E model of instruction: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate, guiding teachers in creating engaging and effective learning experiences. Additionally, it encourages reflection on student misconceptions and future lesson improvements.

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NGSS Lesson Planning Template with explanations

The NGSS Lesson Planning Template provides a structured format for educators to design lessons, focusing on key elements such as grade level, performance expectations, specific learning outcomes, and necessary background information. It emphasizes the 5-E model of instruction: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate, guiding teachers in creating engaging and effective learning experiences. Additionally, it encourages reflection on student misconceptions and future lesson improvements.

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NGSS Lesson Planning Template

WHEN USING THIS AS YOUR TEMPLATE, REMOVE ALL OF THE RED HINTS AND EXPLANATIONS BEFORE YOU TURN IT
IN, PAY ATTENTION TO THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW ITEMS, STUDENTS SOMETIMES MAKE MISTAKES WITH THOSE.

Grade or Grade Band: Topic: Lesson # _____ in a series of _____ lessons

Brief Lesson Description:


What are you doing and what should the students be learning?

Performance Expectation(s):
What PE or Standard are you trying to “Hit”?

Specific Learning Outcomes:


What do you hope they “get out of” or understand from the lesson?

Narrative / Background Information

Background for Teachers:

What do you need to do or explain ahead of time with students, if anything?

Teacher Preparation:

What preparation do you need to do as the teacher? Material prep and OTHER prep.

Prior Student Knowledge:

What do the students need to know before the lesson to understand it more fully, if anything?

Possible Preconceptions/Misconceptions:

What do you think the students will have trouble with or what ideas do they already have that will possibly cause them to
have trouble understanding the lesson? What do they know that will help them to understand the lesson?

LESSON PLAN – 5-E Model

ENGAGE: Opening Activity – Access Prior Learning / Stimulate Interest / Generate Questions:

How will you create interest or capture their interest? How are you going to WOW them to become fully engaged???
Attention Getter

EXPLORE: Lesson Description

What is the hands-on activity that allows your students to explore the concept or process the skill.

Materials Needed

Write a numbered list of materials needed for your demo.


Probing or Clarifying Questions:

There should be several here…what HIGHER-ORDER questions will you ask??????

1. What do you think is going to happen?


2. How many of the __________ are there?
3. What might happen next or after the thing we just did?
4. What happened to the water when you burned the candle?

THESE ARE IMPORTANT. There should be several

Reflective: These questions are open-ended, rather than closed, meaning that multiple
answers are accepted. Reflective questions elicit learners to predict or analyze.

Divergent: These questions are also open-ended. Students are encouraged to answer
questions and participate in discussions that can range from a variety of topics. With a
divergent question, the teacher should not expect any answer to be correct or incorrect. All
answers should be accepted.

Evaluative: With evaluative questions, students would develop a critical perspective of


something. For instance, comparing and contrasting two different concepts, or supporting
their reasoning in an evidence-based argument.

Instructional Procedures:

Create a numbered step-by step procedure

EXPLAIN: Concepts Explained and Vocabulary Defined

Concepts:
What are the Science concepts they are learning? This is where you explain the science fully!!!!!
Vocabulary:
New Vocabulary for students, if any. WITH DEFINITIONS!!!!!!

ELABORATE: Applications and Extensions:


…NOT THIS TIME

What opportunities will you provide for students to apply what they have learned to help them develop a deeper understanding of the
lesson??? What opportunities will you give students to apply what they have learned to a new situation?

EVALUATE:
…NOT THIS TIME

Formative Monitoring (Questioning / Discussion):

How will you assess learning throughout the lesson? What questions will you ask? Will you use an exit slip?

Summative Assessment (Quiz / Project / Report):


What type of assessment (graded) will you utilize to see learning has happened at the end of the Unit of instruction
A COPY OF HOW YOU ARE ASSESSING NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED ON BLACKBOARD FOR THE FINAL LESSON!!!!!!!!!!
Notes for future reference:
What would you change or do different next time?

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