Looking
for a way to teach place value to your second graders? Looking for
an innovative lesson to help your high schoolers explore
literature in a real-world setting? Then you'll be glad to know
that many teachers, just like you, have published their lesson
plans on the Internet.
You may locate a lesson that fits your need. Then again, you may not find exactly what you're looking for, but you will certainly gain ideas in abundance. From there you can modify and/or combine parts of various online lesson plans.
Activity
Take a few minutes to peruse the resources below. As you enter each site, focus on the subject(s) and grade level(s) you teach. Choose one lesson and complete this lesson plan outline.
Lesson Title
Internet Address
Subject Area(s)
Grade Level(s)
Approximate Time to Complete
Lesson Objectives
Materials
Brief Description of activities
Lesson Strengths
Lesson Weaknesses
How Would You Modify This Lesson to Compensate for its Weaknesses?
Add a grading rubric to your lesson
Related Online Resources
- Great math site-see lesson on calculating your weight on other planets: http://www.k8technologymath.com
- TENET's Clarifying the Math TEKS www.tenet.edu/teks/math/clarifying/index.html
- Matrix of WebQuest Examples edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
- ESC-2 WebQuest Matrix www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/matrix.htm
- PBS Teacher Source www.pbs.org/teachersource
- Enchanted Learning www.EnchantedLearning.com
- Microsoft Lesson Connection www.k12.msn.com/LessonConnection/Teacher.asp
- New York Times Daily Lesson Plan www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/index.html
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for rubrics:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ - has projects lists, then you choose categories. The site puts in the text for your scale.
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ Teach-nology. Sample rubrics, simple, but worth checking out.
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/ - Project Based Learning checklists. Drop-down lists give teachers a bit more control of content. Good for student self-assessment of projects.
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/rubrics.html Instructions from Bernie Dodge at SDSU.
