Standard Four Annotation Lesson Plan

Note the focus area and standard

descriptor/s the artefact /
document reflects

Note the type of

artefact / document

Describe the artefact / document and

indicate the possible impact or result on
teaching and/ or student learning

Describe how the artefact /

document
meet the standard descriptors you
have identified.

4.1 Support student

participation Identify
strategies to support
inclusive student
participation and
engagement in classroom
activities.

This artefact is a
lesson plan
designed for the
Kindergarten cohort
of 44 on my
previous practicum.
This lesson was
taught February
2016.

This lesson plan demonstrates

strategies for supporting student
engagement and participation.
Including 1,2, 3 Look at me, sh-shsssh, the Learning Stars Board and
the reinforcement of the 5Ls to
encourage appropriate listening.
Through planning this lesson I
considered the skills and abilities of
the students in this class and reflected
on the classroom management
strategies used before to determine
effective strategies to use for this
particular lesson.

The APST Standard 4.1 and

4.3 were met through the
varied classroom
management strategies to
support the engagement of
all students.
In my lesson feedback my
mentor teacher wrote: Best
management I have seen to
date. You are developing an
increasing range of
strategies, which you are
applying well.

The impact the planning and

preparation for this lesson has ensured
that I have created and selected
useful, appropriate and meaningful
resources to the concept of natural
and man-made.
This therefore affects student learning

Resources were created

specifically for the Early
Kindergarten students. I
developed an IWB page
containing the definitions of
natural and man-made as
well as discussion picture

4.2 Manage classroom

activities Demonstrate the
capacity to organise
classroom activities and
provide clear directions.
4.3 Manage challenging
behaviour Demonstrate
knowledge of practical
approaches to manage
challenging behaviour.
3.4 Select and use resources
Demonstrate a range of
resources, including ICT, that

engage students in their

learning.

and levels of engagement positively to

support student participation in the
activities.

prompts appropriate to
students skills and abilities
(APST 3.4). In my lesson
feedback my mentor teacher
wrote: Great/visuals pictures
on the IWB to reinforce
students understanding.