How to plan a maths lesson
A 3+ hour deep dive into lesson planning!
Hi everyone
I will resume my regular Monday Tips for Teachers emails after Easter. But just in case you are looking for some audio entertainment and nourishment over the holidays, I wanted to share one of my favourite conversations I have had in over seven years of podcasting.
I interviewed Craig Latimir about his lesson planning process on my Mr Barton Maths podcast. We spoke for just under 3 hours, and it is fair to say it has changed the way I plan my lesson, particularly the checking for understanding phase.
You can listen to the podcast by clicking this link, searching for the Mr Barton Maths podcast on your podcast player, or following the links directly to subscribe on Apple, Spotify or Google Podcasts.
Here are some time stamps that should be useful when finding the parts of the podcast you want to dive into first, or re-listen to:
Craig and I discuss our past lesson planning crimes (15:01)
Craig shares his key principles for lesson planning (22:45)
Craig tells us the first thing he thinks about when planning (52:18)
Craig discusses how he plans and delivers the Do Now (57:18)
Then the exposition (1:20:37)
Then modelling (1:29:04)
Then how he questions and checks for understanding (1:44:32)
Then how he responds to those checks (1:59:56)
Then the practice phase (2:08:00)
And finally the end of the lesson (2:16:15)
I begin my reflection on all I learned from Craig (2:55:36)
I have also produced 10 videos of key sections of the podcast in case you wish to share them this way with colleagues, perhaps as part of a departmental meeting or CPD session:
Here are direct links to each of the 10 videos:
Finally, here are links to download the two resources Craig discussed in the show:
Have a great Easter!
Craig
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