Chapter 3 Tucker

This chapter focuses on writing lesson plans for the diverse student or to put it another way to not write lesson plans that are just for the average student. Lessons that are meant to teach to the middle of ability are called traditional lesson plans by the textbook. With inclusion and the result differentiated instruction adapted lessons are how teachers plan for this diverse instruction. An example of a diverse lesson plan is the laboratory approach. This approach has five steps explore, organized record of results, identify patterns, hypothesize, and test the hypothesis. This process is believable to students because they work their way to a result and understand from beginning to end. In adapting lesson instruction shifts from teaching the textbook to teaching concepts is the objective for instruction. The book also gives many ggod examples of adapted lessons to demonstrate to readers how to adapt a lesson. The focus of creating good adapted lessons is place the focus on the student and their immediate needs instead of on teaching material. In my own instruction I develop lessons with many different activities and I let the students learning lead us in through the learning process. My main goal is to teach a particular skill to all the students in my small group settings.