Start your plan by classifying your lesson. Write the course name, lesson topic, lesson name, time allotment and your goal for the lesson. The goal is a one- or two-sentence summary of what you want the students to know by the time the class ends. Teachers, particularly those with inclusive classes, might need to include several goals to account for different levels of learners.
Prepare a list of all the materials you will need at least 24 hours before the class. Such planning will give you enough time to gather the materials you will need. However, if you are going to ask students to contribute some of the materials, allow them at least one weekend to get the supplies. If your lesson includes any food items or other allergens, send a note home to notify parents.
Like an author of a book, the author of a lesson plan must grab her audience's attention. Options: begin by mentioning books or other media that the students enjoy and are familiar with; connect the current lesson to previous lessons the students enjoyed; engage students in a brief hypothetical discussion about the topic; or ask the students to free associate worlds related to the lesson.
This section of lesson planning has a few internal steps. For example, you could lecture the students, ask them to work with partners or in small groups, and give brief, individual assignments. With elementary students, the best lessons change the method of teaching about every 10 minutes.
Review the material you covered with a closing activity that evaluates what the students learned from your lesson. You can use these evaluations to tinker with this lesson for future use; you also can adjust other lessons for this group, based on what instructional methods were more effective then others.