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Short-term Planning

Wiki answer: the achievement of the goal with in a short-term period (year,month,etc)
There are different ways of describing short-term plans. And for the purpose of this seminar, a short-term plan is a set of activities that has been plans for a week, a day, or a lesson. Short-term planning is based on the needs of individual groups and Leaders. Actions, such as thinking or in writing are part of short-term planning process. Leaders often use short-term plans to think through the structure and content of a lesson and to note information such as key questions, resources, and differentiation with assessment of opportunities. In other words, short-term plan is a tool to implement long-term plans medium-term plans or goals. We use short-term planning throughout our everyday activities. Such planning includes thinking about what are you going to do today, tomorrow or this week.
Many Leaders use lesson plans selectively, for particular activities or subjects, rather than for every lesson. Experience Leaders often work direct from a medium plan and make notes as and when needed to support their teaching.

Leaders find that some units can easily serve as lesson plans once they have added notes on differentiation and the resources they will need for particular activities. Other units and activities are less detailed and can call for more thought about how a lesson will be structured or about assessment opportunities being targeted. Some Leaders produce a separate lesson plan in these cases. This will always depend on Leaders' own needs and experience.
Look at the following example of short-term plans for a class.

Learning outcomes:
• to recognise and name a number of different fruits
• to know that fruit may require treatment before being eaten and know what the treatment is
• to use sensory vocabulary to describe texture, taste, appearance

Intro (15 minutes): Play ‘eyes closed’ game - children come to the front of the class in turns, close their eyes and are given a fruit. Ask them to identify it using touch and smell (vocab). Ask the class what colour the fruits are.

Tasting (15 minutes): Explain which fruit can be eaten without peeling andwhich must be washed first. Demonstrate how fruit can be cut up safely. Ask the class what they think they will see inside the fruitwhen it is cut.

Main activity (20 minutes): Each child fills in a smiley chart to show what their samples taste like.

Plenary (10 minutes): Focus on three fruits – lemon, kiwi fruit, pineapple – ask relevant children to feedback responses. Any differences? Reinforce vocab.

Vocabulary: Washing, cleaning, peeling, seeds, skin, flesh, stone, sweet, sour, sharp, bitter, smooth, rough, greasy, dry

Resources: Fruit – apples, oranges, lemons, pineapples, grapes, kiwi fruit, mangoes, banana, guava, melon/watermelon, strawberries. Plates; Peeler; Chopping board; Fruit knife; Soap for hands; Assessment opportunities

In summary
Leaders need to understand clearly what is required for a lesson. Such as: What is the objective or the learning outcome of this lesson; what delivery methodology or how to deliver the teaching materials effectively and efficiently.

Objective (Lesson Outcome): Understanding of short-term planning and how to use short-term planning for everyday activities.

Activities: (30 mins)
- Asking some students about their daily activities, thinking, planning and their intentions.
- Relating to TNTT; the lesson planning and deliveries for each day in order to achieve the long term, overall or final goals
- Explain how this lesson was planning to deliver, including how the topic was given, what action was taken and how resources were obtained
- The thinking or role play needed to deliver this lesson
- Highlight the importance of planning “fail to plan is planning to fail”
- What discussions and feedbacks are needed to ensure clear understanding of the topic

In Summary (5 mins) Short-term plans are used in everyday activities. It includes going to a party or spending an hour at church. Each activity required some planning of how and when they will occur in our lives. Successful short-term planning will lead to achievement of medium- and long-term plans.