Lesson Plans...what's an anticipatory set?

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<p>I know I am asking this on a board about college life, but my prof doesn’t have a phone number and my classmates are all worthless because they are too into their damn boyfriends to care about class.</p>

<p>Anyway, here’s what’s up. I’m writing a lesson plan (or trying to, rather) and have no idea how to do the anticipatory set for my lesson, which is multiplication of the 2, 3, 4, and 5 times tables for third graders.</p>

<p>I also don’t know how to write the closure, or anything! I wrote stuff down but I have no idea what it means from last class and I am suffering from amnesia or something lately and can’t remember things like I used to.</p>

<p>I’m okay on the objectives, procedures, and materials. It’s a shame we have to write these without taking the course in it first. My school screwed us over on the scheduling.</p>

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<p>I can’t help you with the specifics of your question because I am a high school History teacher, but an Anticipatory Set is basically just a warm-up.
Something to get the kids engaged and focused on what you will be teaching that day. It could be a problem for them to work through using skills they will need that day or it could be a review of the previous day’s lesson.</p>

<p>Closure is just an activity that will wrap things up and help you get a feel for whether or not they learned what you wanted them to. It can be as simple as pointing out your objectives again and asking them one thing you did that day that supported them.</p>