Response to the Lesson Plan

I think the lesson plan is intended to organize the lesson in such a way that someone else could pick it up and potentially use it. This specific one is split into three main parts, the outline of the lesson, including its contents, assessments, etc., the implication of the lesson, such as what strategies will be used and how the teacher is taking the students into consideration, and thirdly, the materials management and parent activities. What seems to be missing is the reasoning behind why the teacher is doing what he/she is doing. I feel that this is an important step that should be added throughout the lesson plan. There were many things in the lesson plan that I liked, but I felt that some things needed to be specified more.
This lesson plan is easily editable, so a beginning teacher can mold it to their, or more importantly, their student's needs. It specifies the length of time, which I feel is a good idea for a beginning teacher because it is another way to organize the lesson by prioritizing based on time constraints. Comparing the learning objectives to state standards is good because it is a way to be confident in the goals set in the classroom. Also, if another faculty member were to ask the teacher about the lesson plan, these comparisons could be used as reasoning for the goals. I liked how connections to studies and evidence is used to back up the lesson plan, however I feel that the student's connections need to be taken into consideration by specifying the need to make connections to background knowledge. This can be done in numerous informal ways. It should be noted that the implication of the academic language must be specified because there are many ways that this can be done either explicitly or implicitly. The biggest question I have about this lesson plan (or any lesson plan) is it easily accessible to other people, and are my assessments really assessing what I think they are (something I think needs to be specified and questioned further in a reflection).