Chapter 5

My experience with the Illinois state standards has been overwhelming because of all the information in each content area. After reading chapter five, I have a better understanding of how to implement the Illinois state standards into the lesson plans with the examples provided in the text book. I also found the list of action words on page one hundred fifteen to be a great tool when writing lesson plans. I agree with the text book about the fact that the teachers often feel their science background is inadequate. I feel the same way but I am learning a step at a time and I will understand science as I research and develop science lesson plans. In developing a rubric for assessment the objectives are used as criteria and then measured by expectations. The rubric is simply modeled in the text book but when working on developing a rubric for a lesson plan it is not as simple as it looks in the text book. Another important step in the process of lesson planning is the grouping of students. In conclusion, I believe every step in the chapter is related to the next in order to produce a detailed lesson plan.