The Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Developer

A LYS Principal asks the following:

SC,

As you know my staff has been busting their tails to better implement The Fundamental 5 this year. And as was pointed out many times during our training sessions with our LYS Coach, the better you plan for The Fundamental 5 before the lesson, the easier it is to deliver The Fundamental 5 during the lesson. In this pursuit, do you know of a good lesson plan template than incorporates The Fundamental 5 instructional components?

SC Response

Funny that you should ask...

(Sound of trumpets)

ANNOUNCING

THE FUNDAMENTAL 5 LESSON PLAN DEVELOPER

The Fundamental 5 Lesson Developer guides the teacher in designing a lesson that incorporates all elements of The Fundamental 5.

AND, it creates an Instructional Rigor and Relevance map for the lesson.

AND, the teacher can save, edit and print the lesson.

AND, the teacher can email the lesson to other educators.

AND, all of this for the low, low price of... F-R-E-E!!!

I don’t want to say this is the greatest FUNDAMENTAL 5 LESSON PLAN DEVELOPER ever built.  So I’ll let you do it.

To use the tool, just go to LeadYourSchool.com

Here’s a sample lesson plan and rigor/relevance map.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: National Association of Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

The Fundamental 5 Lesson Planning App

A little known fact.  We built a Fundamental 5 Lesson Planning app for the I-Phone and I-Pad a little while ago.  The app guides a teacher in embedding the Fundamental 5 practices in every lesson.  As an added bonus, once the lesson plan is completed, the app displays a map of the Rigor and Relevance spikes that will occur if the lesson is delivered as planned.  I use it for all of my presentations (lessons). 

Below is a comment that a user shared with us last week.

LYS,

The app works perfectly!  My plans are done for the week!  This app forces me to pay attention to verbs and how I am interacting with my kids.  Thank you and have a great day!

If you are interested in trying the app yourself, just copy the link below or search for Fun 5 Plans in the App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fun-5-plans/id481253928?mt=8

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary School Leadership Tale” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: NASSP National Conference (Multiple Presentations); TASSP Summer Conference (Multiple Presentations); NEASP National Conference; The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote Presentation) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

A Reader Asks... A Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Template

A LYS teacher asks the following:

SC,

We are trying to design a new lesson plan template to use at our school that aligns with the Fundamental 5. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Or has the lesson plan app been completed?

Thank you.

SC Response

I have good news and I’m going to save you and your team a ton of time. You can stop the design work. The Fundamental 5 Lesson Planning App has been available at the Apple App Store for the past two months. Just search for: 

Fun 5 Plans   

Fun 5 Plans allows you to embed the Fundamental 5 in every lesson, map the rigor and relevance of every lesson, and share lessons with anyone with an e-mail address.

Also in development at this time (with an imminent completion date) is a desktop version of Fun 5 Plans for use campus and district wide.

Hopefully, this will jump start your team planning.  Drop me a line if I can help with anything else.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/4ydqd4t 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: TASSP Conference (multiple sessions); Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

LYS App Upgrade... Fun 5 Plans

Hundreds of teachers currently use Fun 5 Plans. This lesson plan app lets teachers build lessons with the Fundamental 5 practices embedded throughout and then maps instructional Rigor and Relevance. If you are not using it, not only is it really cool, you have just been rewarded for waiting. How? The upgraded app was just released, now along with everything else the tool does, the ability to file and organize lessons has been significantly improved.

If you are a current user, go to the Apple App Store and download the upgrade. If you are not a current user but are now ready to Fundamentally improve the quality of your lesson plans, simply go you the App Store and search for Fun 5 Plans.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: NASSP Conference; NASB Conference; Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of November 13th, 2011

And we’re back.... I hope everyone had a restful holiday.

While we were gone, an LYS Teacher asked:

SC,

Do you have an electronic version of the Fundamental 5 lesson plan template? I would love to have it to type up and save versus copying and writing.

SC Response

Completely in line our advocacy of use of bootleg technology in schools, The Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Template is now available at the Apple App Store. The tool even maps the rigor and relevance of your planned lesson. Yes, it’s that cool.

Just go to the app store and search for ‘Fun 5 Plans’. If you don’t have an I-Pad or an I-phone, a desktop version and an android app version are in the works.

A number of you in the LYS Nation are now using your own bootleg technology devices to follow Twitter. If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us. To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of November 13th, 2011, as tabulated by the accountants at Price Waterhouse.

1. All things being equal, A System will invariably win out over No System.

2. Rigor has little to do with your lecture and everything to do with student response and product.

3. (The Fundamental 5) Great read full of sound advice. (By @kimbarker25)

4. I advocate a merit-based system for parking spaces. Those who get to work first merit the best spots.

5. When it comes to doling out parking spaces, why does the office staff always outrank the teaching staff?

6. Awesome "Frame the Lesson" teacher quote: I am their mental filter.

7. Technology is just a tool. Assessment is just a tool. Pedagogy is the vehicle for understanding. Content lines the road. (By @doctorjeff)

8. Dear State Leader: School funding is broken yet you continue to pit good Texans against one another by framing it as "rich" v. "poor." (By @tlonganecker)

9. Is this not contradictory? "There is no screening." And, "We require all students to submit application for consideration." (By @tlonganecker)

10. If you come to a training session late, without something to write on and/or write with, can you really get upset with students who do the same?

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com! http://tinyurl.com/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Get the Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan App at the App Store – Fun 5 Plans
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: Region 16 ESC Leadership Academy (Keynote Address); NASSP Conference; NASB Conference