Lesson Plan Steps/Rote Learning/Sequential Learning

Steps of a Lesson Plan:

1.       Anticipatory Set--- Get the students attention
2.       State the Objectives--- Tell the students what they will learn
3.       Teacher Input--- Teacher describes the content
4.     Modeling--- Teacher shows an example
5.    Check for Understanding--- Teacher checks to see if the students know what they are learning
6.     Guided Practice--- Students work on problems with groups and teacher help
7.    Review/Closure--- Summary of the lesson
8.     Independent Performance--- students complete individual work over the lesson

Rote Learning

Rote learning uses the repeat after me strategy. The teacher breaks a song into small sections, usually by line. Then the teacher sings one line at a time for the students to repeat. After each echo, the teacher adds another line to the phrase. Eventually the whole song will be sung, so the teacher will sing it once more alone and then the students will repeat the whole thing. If there are parts that were not correct, the teacher will go back to that section of the song and review it with the students. Once the song is completely known and ready, actions can be added to the song.

Importance of Sequential Learning

Sequential learning is very important within a classroom. It is like creating a foundation and then building off of it to get to higher levels of thinking. Students learn from repeating knowledge that they already know to reinforce that concept. Students learn a concept in one lesson and then carry it with them to the next lesson for extra practice. Overall, sequential learning is important because creates a better understanding of the concepts being taught.