Designing Instruction in Agricultural Education

Lesson Plans and Assessments

Learning Target I can identify and analyze the parts of a

Kentucky lesson plan I can develop a lesson plan I can develop a Standards Based assessment

:Identify and analyze the parts of a Kentucky lesson plan

What are the components of a lesson plan?

Includes: name, date, grade level, subject, and topic Learning Target – this clearly states your broad goals and specific

objectives for learning (concepts, procedures, skills you want students to learn

Core Content/Academic Expectations – Identify and explain how your objectives relate to Core Content for Assessment

Materials – List materials that will be used during the lesson. Attach print material to be used with students (worksheets, open responses)

Procedures – Describe the strategies and activities you will use to involve students and accomplish your objectives (group work, lab, lecture) – need to include review from the day before and a recap of the day’s lesson – most important part of the lesson

Student Assessment – Clearly state how you will assess student progress. This will vary among school districts.

Activity

Develop a Lesson Plan

Directions Using the format on the following page for a

lesson plan, design a lesson of your choice for a group of elementary students in regards to a subject in agriculture. The lesson must be 30 minutes in length.

______________COUNTY SCHOOLS Lesson Plan Name: ________________________ Date: ________________ Grade Level: _____________ Subject: __________________________ Topic: ________________________ Objectives: clearly states your broad goals and specific objectives for learning

(concepts, procedures, skills you want students to learn       Core Content/Academic Expectations: Identify and explain how your objectives

relate to Core Content for Assessment         Materials: List materials that will be used during the lesson. Attach print materials

to be used with students.     Procedures: Describe the strategies and activities you will use to involve students

and accomplish your objectives      

Develop a Standards Based Assessment

Objective 2: Develop a Standards Based assessment

The test should contain 10 multiple choice test questions each question should have four possibilities each possibility should be similar in length do not include a response with the following phrases:

all of the above, none of the above The test should contain an open response item.

open response should have at least 3 parts they have to answer

when answering students should put the letter or number of the part they are answering

The test should be aligned to state content standards including: KY Core Content in Science, Math, Reading, and Writing KY Occupational Skills Standards

- Currently Agricultural Education is tested in three areas: Horticulture, Production Crop, Production Livestock. Agribusiness is currently being developed. Students that are completers in these areas (three or more classes with a B or higher in the class) can be register to take a Skills Standard test. If a student passes, they will receive 3 free hours of college credit at one of the state’s public universities – UK, WKU, Morehead State, Murray State, and EKU.

Activity

Standards Based Assessment

Directions Using a unit from an agriculture class, develop a Standards Based assessment. Beside each question,

list the Core Content Standard and/or KOSSA Standard. The test should consist of 10 multiple choice question and one open response question. The open response question should be based on a KOSSA released item in one of the agricultural education areas

The Core Content Standards can be found at: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/ Core Conent Core Cotent for Assessment Release Items Annotated to the DOK (provides examples

of multiple choice questions) The KOSSA Standards can be found at: www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/

Career+and+Technical+Education/ Skills Standards and Assessments Skill Standard Documents Find Agriculture Area (Horticulture, Production Crop, and

Production Livestock)