February+16,+2017

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//“If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?”// (Steve Maraboli, "Life, the Truth, and Being Free")


 * Essential Question: How does a well-written lesson plan facilitate instruction? **

**5. Do several dry runs of your microteach lesson. __Practice, practice, practice__**
=__Checking for Understanding: Presenting Your Classroom Lesson__=


 * __CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING - Presenting Your Classroom Lesson__**

After reading and viewing the material above on **Presenting the Classroom Less**on, respond to the three questions listed below. Be prepared to discuss your responses in class. Here are the questions: Your answer should be at least one-page, single-spaced. Be sure to include your name, date and title of your paper - **Checking for Understanding: Presenting the Classroom Lesson**

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 * **What is important for every teacher to know when presenting their classroom lessons? What are the components of good classroom lesson presentation**? Read and view the material on Presenting Your Classroom Lesson and describe in your own words - why it is important for teachers to know what to look for and to do when presenting their classroom lessons and how can teachers use the presentation skills of other teachers - teachers who are exceptionally good in presenting classroom lessons - in preparing to work with their students in a classroom setting? What do good teachers do when presenting their classroom lessons? How does the Marzano Indicator scale and background information help in planning for your classroom lesson presentations? Please cite information from your reading and viewing - using quotes and page numbers, name of video - to define your response.
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 * **How can you apply your knowledge of classroom lesson presentation skills to your own life experiences?** Can you relate your knowledge and understanding of classroom lesson presentation skills- to your own life and experiences? Have you experienced a really good classroom lesson plan presentation - at school, at home and/or in an extracurricular activity? Have you ever experienced an incident where a teacher was exceptionally good at presenting their classroom lessons? Can you see a direct relationship to your understanding of classroom lesson presentation skills and your own teaching? Explain your experiences in classroom lesson presentation - either your own or another teacher's - in detail - underlining what you learned and its relationship to your understanding of classroom lesson presentation skills, your own experiences and career goals.
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 * **How can you apply the principles of classroom presentation skills to the presentation of your In-Class Micro-teaching?** In our class, we have developed our own Professional Communities - to complete our 2 Microteaching assignments - and to learn from each other. How can you apply your knowledge of classroom presentation skils - and specifically, the principles and components of classroom lesson presentation as described by Marzano - to your the preparation of your 2 Microteaching assignments for your Professional Learning Community? What knowledge and understanding of these 5 concepts - Domains of Learning, Instructional Objectives, Direct Teaching, Classroom Lesson Preparation, Classroom Presentation - can you apply to the preparation and instruction of your own EDG 4410 Microteach lessons?

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 * **Title your paper** - name, date, Checking for Understanding - Presenting the Classroom Lesson
 * Please write at least **one-page, single-spaced**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Include Direct Learning **article and/or source citation**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">**Submit final paper to our web-course** - under **Checking for Understanding - Presenting the Classroom Lesson**

=MATERIALS TO BRING TO CLASS THIS WEEK:=

__**Blank jump drive and/or laptop computer - You will need to leave class today with a recording of your performance.**__
=Next WEEK'S CLASS AGENDA - Wednesday, February 21, 2018=

Microteach I Direct Teach - **Dress and conduct yourselves professionally (ladies, no cleavage!). Everyone, remember the 4 B's - no butts, bellies, backs, or breasts! None of these body parts should be visible.**


 * Unprofessional behavior (e.g., lacking your jump/flash drive, lacking instructional materials, dressing inappropriately, arriving late to class, demonstrating immature behavior, etc.) will result in a loss of 5 points from the grade on your Microteach I Lesson Plan. Below is the checklist that will be used to document lack of professionalism:**