The Perfect Lesson Plan - Teacher Evaluation Guide - Observation Lesson Tips

The perfect lesson plan—and your best observation lesson ever—will be easier with this Teacher Evaluation Guide. You'll have a personal mentor to guide you with detailed checklists, charts, cheat sheets, tips, scripts, posters, printables, lesson plans, and lesson plan templates for expert teacher evaluations in K – 5.

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Compiled by a long-term teacher, The Perfect Lesson will help you navigate through a modern-day lesson—from planning to presentation. You'll master every detail, from planning the learning target to small group work, differentiation, share strategies, and behavior management; and you'll learn how to bring it alive in your classroom.

Whether you’re a new teacher eager to put it all together or a seasoned pro looking to keep up with changing times, The Perfect Lesson Plan will guide you through your Teacher Evaluation, step-by-step.

Packed with must-have treasures:

• A One-Page Cheat-Sheet Lesson Plan to help you get started

• The Cheat Sheet is a super-detailed teacher script, which you may adapt to ANY lesson in ANY subject area!

• How to write a lesson that meets current expectations

• How to present a lesson most effectively

• Adding a personal touch for an unforgettable lesson

• How to cultivate a crucial atmosphere of respect and rapport

• Behavior management to control your class firmly but graciously

• How to prepare your students for an observation

• Pre-observation meeting: come prepared!

• Post-observation interview questions and how to best answer them – Editable PPT

• Danielson demystified: the gold standard checklist for ANY teacher evaluation

• Sample artifacts for each domain in the Danielson checklist

• Sample lesson plans in reading, writing, and math

• How to infuse rigor – without tears!

• Lesson plan templates – Editable PPT

• Curriculum Map for a Unit of Study – Editable PPT

• Educational buzzwords explained in plain language

• Balanced Literacy Guide

• Multimedia and technology to spice up your lesson

• Co-teaching tips

• Working with ELLs and IEPs

• Job interview tips to present yourself and your mini-lesson like a pro

A detailed look at each part of a lesson so it will shine:

• Timeline of a lesson

• Learning target

• Lesson intro 

• Check for understanding

• Questioning techniques

• Follow-up questions

• Depth of knowledge

• Rigor: Going Deeper

• Active engagement

• Accountable talk

• Turn and talk

• Small group work

• Multiple points of entry

• Whole-Class Conversations

• Differentiation for students' needs and abilities

• Reading conference

• Writing conference

• Guided Reading 

• Mid-Lesson review

• Next steps checklist

• Sharing strategies - small group & whole class

• Brain Breaks & Callbacks

• Exit slips with editable samples

• Transition gracefully at the end of a lesson, to the next activity

2 full reading lessons, 2 full math lessons, and 1 full writing lesson are included:

These are detailed instructions, with a teacher script showing exactly what to say and do, step-by-step. They’re specific lessons, adaptable for a range of grades and abilities.

• Writing: I can add details to the drawing of my narrative story
• Reading: I can identify and discuss the setting of a story, The Little House
• Reading: I can tell about the character traits of Hermit Crab, in A House for Hermit Crab
• Math: I can model and count twenty objects
• Math: I can compare sets with the same number of objects

> The Perfect Lesson Guide is a PDF file.

> Editable Lesson Plans and Curriculum Map Templates are PowerPoint files.

> BONUS: EASY-PRINT Great Lesson Posters!

> BONUS: Ink-Saver Version for printing with less ink!

> BONUS: Pandemic Teaching Tips

• Safety Rules for a Pandemic – Poster
• Online Learning Rules for Distance Learning – Poster
• How to Use the TpT Digital Tool to Assign Activities to Students
• Personal Health for Teachers

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