Phase 1-Lesson 3-Assessing Prior Knowledge

Prior knowledge is assessed in the very beginning of the lesson. The teacher begins the lesson by having the students write in their “health blog”. The students will blog about what they remember from the previous lesson on the food pyramid. The students will also blog about behaviors they already know of to keep themselves healthy. Having the students do this prior to the lesson will allow the teacher to see how much the students remember and what the teacher needs to refresh them on before giving them new information. This is beneficial for the teacher because he or she can adequately plan and teach the lesson by building off of what they already know.