The essential guide to lesson planning in the standards-based classroom!Use this clear-sighted guide to keep your focus on what your students need to know and be able to do. Based on state-of-the-art research, this guide will take you from pre-planning through reflection, evidence of learning, and teaching for transfer to real-life situations. Topics include:Pre-planning tools and backward designUsing standardsBuilding effective declarative objectivesDesigning behavioral objectivesHelping students organize and store knowledgeEvidence of learning: Do they understand? Can they use the information?Planning meaningful learning experiencesBuilding connections between old and new knowledgePutting lesson planning into practiceSpecific parts of the lessonDeclarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, and reflectionBuilding a model for lesson planningVocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summaryBibliography and Index