The purpose of instructional delivery is to ensure that students receive a well-rounded lesson that enables them to engage in both critical and abstract thinking and accommodates their learning needs. Teachers can accomplish this by making their lessons interactive, integrating appropriate resources, and adapting their instructional strategies to make learning fun and engaging for every student. The primary goal is to provide lessons that are differentiated, that cross into other areas of study, and are engaging. The central objective of instructional delivery is quality lesson plans that engage every student and their level of learning.
Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies need to be diverse in order to provide engaging lessons and promote active learning. Teachers can diversify their instructional strategies by implementing different techniques to teach. Teachers can use things like games, art, skits, STEM projects, and music, to teach their lessons so that learning is more hands on. During my student teaching experience at Bonsack Elementary School, I tried to work one-on-one with any student who needed the extra help. Here is a link to a video of me working one-on-one with one of my students during a lesson on number sequences.
Here is a picture of me helping a student with ABC order facts.
Differentiation
Differentiation is an important aspect of instructional delivery, as every lesson needs to be designed to meet every student’s needs. Differentiation can take many forms, whether it is just keeping an eye on the students who need more help or giving one-on-one attention to students who are struggling. This is especially important in inclusive classrooms like those now in Virginia. Reading groups are an important place for differentiation, as student’s reading levels are not always the same. For one of my reading group sessions, we did a lesson on reference materials using a book on Constellations. Here is a copy of the constellations lesson plan. Teachers make the most difference, when it comes to differentiation, as they see the students nearly every day and can see exactly where each student is struggling and how they might be able to fix it.
Technology
Technology usage in the classroom is major way to promote hands-on learning. There are so many different and engaging educational games, interactive websites, and gadgets for the classroom that can enhance lessons and make them fun and memorable. The students in my classroom, at Bonsack Elementary, particularly love the website Kahoot and we use it for review before tests to help calm them down. For instructions on how Kahoot works and examples of game play click here.
Instructional delivery is essential to student learning. Instructional delivery is effective if it provides for engaging and hands-on learning, if it incorporates different resources and technology, and is differentiated to every student’s needs.