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Education Resources: Lesson Plans PreK-12
Highlighting the resources for education students including print sources in the IMC and databases
Books on lesson planning
Succeeding in the Inclusive Classroom by
Ideal for Introduction to Special Education/Introduction to Exceptionalities courses, this supplementary text provides strategies pre-service and in-service teachers can use to apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to their lesson planning. UDL lesson planning considers "up front" potential barriers that could limit access to instruction for some learners and helps teachers brainstorm possible solutions before lessons begin. The lessons included in this text are meant as a starting point for general education teachers who have students with special needs in their classrooms and can be adapted for K-12 learners with a wide range of challenges.Key Features:This text consists of lesson plans to address learners from ten major disability areas covered in every standard Introductory textbook: Intellectual Disabilities; Learning Disabilities; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Emotional or Behavioral Disorders; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Speech and Language Disorders; Hearing Impairments; Visual Impairments; Physical Disabilities; Health Disabilities, and Related Low-Incidence Disabilities; and Gifted and Talented. Metcalf provides one lesson plan at the elementary school level and one at the secondary level for each area of exceptionality.
ISBN: 9781412989718Publication Date: 2010-04-16
Differentiating by Readiness by
Teach your students based on their readiness levels with tiering strategies from Joni Turville, Linda Allen, and LeAnn Nickelsen. You'll offer lessons designed to challenge each student appropriately, and in ways that save time and yield actual progress. In this book, the authors demonstrate how tiering, a standards-based differentiation strategy which uses readiness as a basis for instructional planning, helps teachers introduce the right degree of content complexity for each student. The result? Greater student success and less time spent re-teaching. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to tiering plus step-by-step instructions for using it in your classroom. Also included are 23 ready-to-apply blackline masters, which provide helpful ideas for activities and classroom management.
ISBN: 9781596671379Publication Date: 2005-07-02
Lesson Planning by
Are you looking to construct a lesson plan that will help K-12 students master new content, concepts, and skills? Lesson Planning: A Research-based Model for K-12 Classrooms can help by guiding you in the selection of research-based instructional strategies and types of materials designed to consider all learners' needs. Part I establishes the theoretical foundations of the ideas used in the lesson planning process. Part II is a step-by-step guide to developing direct and inquiry-based lesson plans. Meeting the Needs of all learners - woven throughout each chapter, the authors address the diverse needs of students. INTASC Standards Correlation Guide appears on the inside front cover to help readers quickly identify the lessons that meet each standard. Connections to the INTASC Standards are woven throughout each chapter's content and activities. Unit Connections explain how the chapter's content is used in the development of a unit Technology in Education (TiE) - a feature throughout the book provide practical help in the lesson planning process including rubric generating sites, lesson plan templates, ideas for lesson activities, and links to useful classroom materials. Reality Check, a feature in each chapter, provides advice from practicing classroom teachers who represent a range of subjects and grade levels. Your Turn feature at the end of each chapter helps you create your own standards-based lesson plan in both direct and indirect instruction formats.
ISBN: 9780131735941Publication Date: 2007-12-28
Lesson Plans and Activities websites
- Awesome Library: Lesson PlansAccess categorized lesson plans here or use the search box to find materials.
- EDSITEment!Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, offers lesson plans by subject and grade level.
- Lesson Plans PageThousands of lesson plans by subject and grade level.
- Library of Congress - TeachersOffers teaching tips, activities and lesson plans (history & culture) that utilize over 100 American Memory collections -- primary source materials such as photographs, audio files, maps and other historical documents.
- Smithsonian Educations - EducatorsThe Educators section allows searching by grade level or specific subject, as well as keyword . This site offers models of lesson plans in relation to discipline and grade-level standards of national educational organizations. Teachers can use the background information pages to prepare themselves to present lessons.
- Teachable MomentLessons that foster critical thinking as well as classroom activites for elementary, middle school and high school.
- ThinkfinityLesson plans and interactives arranged by grade level and then by subject.
