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01 Opener 02 Barriers 03 Break 04 Model 05 Lunch 06 Practices 07 Equity 08 Break 09 Plan 10 End

Session 9: Lesson Planning

80 min

lesson-exploration

Purpose

The purpose of this session is for participants to discuss types of learners in support of planning inclusive CS Fundamentals lessons they will teach in their classrooms after the workshop.

Objectives

  • Participants will identify challenges in preparing to teach CS Fundamentals and strategies to address these challenges.
  • Participants will be able to revise their lesson throughout the session.

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • Participants sit in a group of at least four with others that teach the same grade or are within the same grade band (K-1, 2-3, 4-5).

Facilitator Materials:

Teacher Materials:

Agenda

Lesson Planning Process (7 minutes)

Lesson Planning Activities (73 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Lesson Planning Process (7 minutes)

Remarks

During this session, we have time to proactively prepare to teach inclusive CS Fundamentals lessons . First we will choose a type of lesson for collaboration and to plan for. Then we will engage in a Think Aloud of how we would implement and teach the lessons in our classrooms, keeping learner profiles in mind. The Think Aloud is an opportunity to share how we envision teaching the planned lessons to our students, get feedback from another group, revise the lessons if necessary, and ultimately determine what will work best for our students and classrooms. We will be using handouts in Appendix B of the Curriculum Guide Appendix during this session.

(2 minutes) Lesson Implementation Guide

The Lesson Implementation Guide includes the following areas to focus on and questions to guide and inform the lesson planning process:

CS concepts and skills

  • What CS concept does the lesson introduce to students and how?
  • What skill does the lesson help students practice and how?

Logistics

  • What classroom routine/procedure is needed for the lesson?

CS teaching strategies

  • When will any of the following CS teaching practices be used during the lesson?
    • Lead Learner (Role of the Teacher)
    • Discovery and Inquiry
    • Classroom Community
    • Debugging
    • Pair Programming

Assessment

  • How will students demonstrate their learning?

Equity and Inclusion

  • How will the lesson be inclusive and equitable for students?

(5 minutes) Lesson Planning Activities Overview

Share with participants they will engage in the following activities. Invite participants to ask any clarifying questions as you share the lesson planning activities overview.

Learner Profiles: Read and discuss learner profiles to plan a lesson for.

Lesson Planning: Collaborate with a partner(s) who teaches the same grade or within the same grade band.

  • Pairs use the Lesson Implementation Process in Appendix B in the Curriculum Guide to choose the type of lesson they plan to implement and teach with their students.
  • Pairs use the Lesson Implementation Guide in Appendix B in the Curriculum Guide to plan for the chosen lesson.
    • If the lesson calls for additional materials, participants should make a note to ensure that material is available and ready before teaching the lesson.

Note: Currently Course D does not have mini-projects. However, Lesson D.7 is similar to a mini-project and is recommended here.

If participants are familiar with the types of lessons listed in the table above, they should consider planning for a Project found at the end of each course.

Lesson Think Aloud: After planning time, participants engage in a Think Aloud talking through how they envision implementing and teaching their lessons with another pair (preferably within the same grade or grade band). During this time, participants also engage in giving and receiving peer feedback in order to support revising their lessons.

Reflection: Identify any challenges to lesson planning with a focus on equity.

Lesson Planning Activities (73 minutes)

(8 minutes) Learner Profiles: Part II

Remarks

Let’s look at another five learner profiles to help us continue thinking about the learners we will be planning lessons for.

(1 minute) Share learner profiles with participants:

  • Learner L: early engagement, but loses interest once the concepts get more challenging
  • Learner M: enjoys collaborating and working with others to problem solve
  • Learner N: highly engaged during context-setting lessons, unsure about how to make connections between context-setting lessons off the computer and skill-building lesson on the computer
  • Learner O: coding is a hobby and is very familiar with CS concepts
  • Learner P: always looks at hints before trying lessons on the computer

(7 minutes) Whole Group Reflection and Share out

(1 minute) Participants individually reflect on the prompts.

(6 minutes) Invite a few participants to share responses to the prompts with the whole group.

Prompts:

  • What needs do these learner profiles reflect?
  • Do any of these learner profiles represent the learners in your classroom?
  • What students and learning needs come to your mind that are not reflected in the learning profiles that you will need to plan for?

Facilitator Tip

Be aware of participant bias that may surface as participants describe their students. Encourage participants to describe their students in the same style the learner profiles were presented.

Invite a couple of participants to share responses to each of the prompts.

(30 minutes) Lesson Planning Collaboration

Facilitator Tip

Support teachers in managing their planning time by providing intermittent time checks. Also,circulate between pairs answering any questions and helping navigate online lesson plans and resources.

Refer participants to the Lesson Implementation Process and Guide in Appendix B of the Curriculum Guide.

Invite participants to make a list of three students to keep in mind as they lesson plan.

(30 minutes) Lesson Think Aloud

Participants engage in a Think Aloud of their lesson with another pair.

(15 minutes) First Think Aloud

  • (13 minutes) One pair of participants go through a Think Aloud of their lesson.

  • (2 minutes) Opportunity for partners to ask clarifying questions and provide feedback, choosing to use the following sentence starters. I like… I wish… I wonder...

(15 minutes) Second Think Aloud

  • (13 minutes) The other pair of participants go through a Think Aloud of their lesson.
  • (2 minutes) Opportunity for partners to ask clarifying questions and provide feedback, choosing to use the following sentence starters. I like… I wish… I wonder...

(5 minutes) Reflection

Invite a few participants to briefly share responses to the prompts:

  • What, if anything, was challenging in planning a CS Fundamentals lesson with a focus on equity for the learner profiles in your classroom?
  • How did you move past the challenge?