Lesson Planning Support:

Arizona State Standards: (If you are using Arizona State Standards, I find the TUSD Web site easiest to use.)

To access the Arizona Standards from the State Department of Education's Web Site:
Academic K-12 Standards: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp

Other Standards (for ELL Proficiency Standards): http://www.ade.state.az.us/sbtl/otherstandards.asp

From Tucson Unified School District's Web Site: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/standards.html

K-5 Integrated Elementary Library Curriculum (Information Literacy Standards) from TUSD's Web Site: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/Core/k5library.html

From Cragin Elementary School's Web Site (ELL Standards): http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/Cragin/Teacher%20Links/ell_standards.htm

(Library) Learning (Information Literacy) Standards:

From the AASL Web site: Standards for the 21st-century Learner

Sample Collaborative Lesson Plan:

Upper Elementary:
Moreillon, J. Sample Lesson Plan: The Middle Passage

Sample Collaborative Unit Plans:

High School:
Moreillon, J. (2004). Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self through Art and Poetry. ReadWriteThink.org. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=395

Elementary School:
Moreillon, J. (2003). Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry. ReadWriteThink.org. www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=93

Lesson Plan Outline: Abbreviated form of the Essential Elements of Instruction (EEI)

1. Introduction (also known as the Anticipatory or Introductory Set)
What are you going to do to get the students involved and motivated? How will you introduce what they are going to learn in this lesson? (Make connections to students' real world experiences, to their prior learning, or provide them with background information.)

2. Student-friendly Objectives
What do you want students to be able to do after this lesson? (Tell them specifically!)

3. Presentation (Input and Modeling)
This is what the educators do. You might read a book, pose a problem or question, provide a scenario, lead a discussion, or provide other "input" that prepares the students to enter into the learning experience. Demonstrate - with concrete examples - how students will carry out what you've shown them in the input. How will you take advantage of the lower student-to-teacher ratio?

4. Student Practice Procedures
How do you know that the students have understood the lesson so far? Review with them the steps they will take to accomplish the task. What will they do first, second, and so on?

5. Guided Practice
How can students practice under your supervision? (How will you monitor the students' work? What will you look for as they practice? How will you take advantage of the lower student-to-teacher ratio?

6. Closure
Review what students have learned. Assess the learning objectives. Build a bridge to the next concept.

Link to Rubric for the IRLS 581: Collaborative Lesson Plan Assignment

Support for Rubric Making

Sample Rubrics:

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: This is a teacher-librarian's collection of assessment rubrics, which can be used as guides for creating your own. This page includes student rubrics, subject-specific and general rubrics, and links to articles on rubrics.

MIDLINK Magazine's Rubrics and Handouts - Project-specific rubrics for K-12 settings and rubrics templates

New Mexico State University Assessment Page - Bibliography of assessment and rubric tools, many of which are linked to standards

PowerPoint Rubric - University of Wisconsin - College-level rubric for research project

Rubistar - This Web site helps teachers create and save effective rubrics.

Rubrics - Writing and Grading Rubrics for Secondary Schools

Springfield Township Virtual Library (Joyce Valenzuela, Teacher-Librarian): Sample rubrics are offered to help students and teachers create their own assessment tools.

About Rubrics:

Authentic Assessment: Theoretical Considerations. Faculty of Education, Edmonton, Canada

CLASP Consulting (2002). Creating effective rubrics: What really counts.

Guidelines for Creating Effective Rubrics - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing: Online access to the CRESSTLINE Newsletter. The "Parents' Page" provides information to help them understand assessment.

Scholastic-Assessment: This site is a resource for articles on rubrics and performance assessments.

Star, L. 2000). Creating rubrics: tools you can use. Education World.