Lesson Plans based on Books
A Multidiscipline lesson plan on Homelessness
http://www.stark.k12.oh.us/Docs/units/homeless/
This lesson plan uses the book Maniac Magee and provides activities across all major academic groups, health, and physical education to discuss the issue of homelessness.
S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides NEW
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards. In the guides, the magenta text indicates the language (or context-appropriate equivalent to the language) of the content standards.
You will find many of these guides downloaded and available in the North Beverly School Media Center.
Other Lesson Plan Sites
ERIC NEW
The US government sponsored clearinghouse of professional information and lesson plans.
Teacher Tid Bytes NEW
http://www.teachertidbytes.com/
A directory for teachers of good websites to use in making your lesson plans and a compilation of lesson plans that use the web.
CIESE - The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education of the Stevens Institute of Technology NEW
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/currichome.html
This website offers internet activities using real data, primary sources and collaboation between schools. New projects are starting in the fall. The topics relate to history, science or literature. I particularly liked the Historical Treasure Chest in which children use primary sources and the Movie in the Making project in which students cast the movie of their book and then write the script for their favorite scene.
Liberty Kids NEW
http://pbskids.org/libertykids/
This website has plays about the American Revolution for your class to act as well as a free downloadable plug-in that will allow them to write news stories and create their own newspaper.
Note Star NEW
This online lesson plan is for students beginning in grade 4. It walks the students through the process of taking notes from online sources and helps them set up note cards and organize them
Think Tank NEW
http://thinktank.4teachers.org
This site helps children in grades 3-8 organize their research topics.
NoodleBib Starter NEW
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
This site teaches elementary students how to cite a source.
Rubistar NEW
This website offers you rubrics which you can adapt and modify for your own purposes.
ThinkQuest New
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html
Webquests for teaching a wide variety of topics
The July 2nd issue of Learning Pages announced that there were new free worksheets available on the following topics:
Space Numbers
Alphabet writng Measurement
Calendars Senses
Money Writing in Cursive
Time
The above are available at http://www.learningpage.com/pages/menu_basics/alpha_zaner.html
They also posted information on new theme materials for the following:
Oceans Insects and Spiders
Zoo Animals Space
Dinosaurs Weather
Reptiles and Amphibians
The above are available at http://www.learnigpage.com/pages/menu_wkshts/fact_oceans.html
Learning Page is also offering free downloadable books at
http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/ewe_preview.html
Their free clip art for teachers is at http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/clip_preview.html
The February 2002 issue of School Library Journal contained an article entitled "Worksheet Heaven" by Gail Junion-Metz.
In this article, the author recommended the following websites for worksheets in multiple subject areas for grades K-12.
Learning Page Worksheets
www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html
Free Teacher Worksheets
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com
Worksheet Generator
http://www.school.discovery.com/teachngtools/worksheetgenerator
Lesson Plans and Activities
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/resources
Free Worksheets (from Staples)
http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/
Media Literacy Lesson Plan from KNE
Don't Buy It (PBS)
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
Don't Buy It attempts to engage students in media literacy — the ability
to access, evaluate, analyze and produce both electronic and print media
— by dissecting pop culture and advertisements. Media literacy education
can help students build critical thinking and analytic skills, become
more discriminating in the use of mass media, distinguish between
reality and fantasy and consider whether media values are their values.
The following activities were designed for ages 9–11 and touch on the
six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application,
analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Each lesson is aligned with the
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Standards. In
addition to the activities, there are guides for teachers and parents, a
glossary, downloadables, and links to related resources.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
Content Area: Business (Marketing), Community Interest
(Information/Media Literacy), Education (Curriculum) [Dewey #020]
Application type: Unit & Lesson Plans, Web Based Activities
It's My Life (PBS Kids)
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/
It's My Life is organized across five topic "channels": Friends, Family,
School, Body, and Emotions. Printable activities include journal pages,
discussion questions, worksheets, and word puzzles. Lesson Plans on
Bullies , Home Alone , Smoking, Eating Disorders, and Drug Abuse.
Comments from a staff member's 13 year old daughter indicate "it's
great."
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School
Content Area: Community Interest (Leisure), Health & Physical Education
(Family Living), Health & Physical Education (Health), Health & Physical
Education (Safety) [Dewey #790]
Application type: Other Resources
Kathy Schrock’s Discovery Page for Teachers
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
What makes this site outstanding for teachers is the range of choices in the teacher section: from lesson plans which are complete with goals, materials, projects, and extension resources to teaching tools to professional growth information in the form of tutorials, this site is superb.
The parent’s section has useful parenting ideas and suggestions for Discovery Channel home learning activities. The student section has information on different frameworks topics and a homework helper section.
Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=MCTN
This site has a number of articles by practicing professionals, lesson plans, tutorials, and products of interest to educators.
Scholastic Teacher Resources
http://teacher.scholastic.com/resources/
Teacher resources includes articles, radio conferences on educational philosophy and practices, specific book suggestions for reading activities, and a list of age appropriate websites for teachers to use. In addition, http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml , which is a section of this site, has interviews with authors.
WebQuests (from the San Diego City Schools Triton Project) http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html
The Triton and Patterns Projects are a
multi-partner educational collaborative that integrate technology with
the standards-based education reform efforts of the San Diego City
Schools to create new learning opportunities for students and teachers.
The results are some great webquests for a range of learners (K-12). The
Featured Projects are exemplary units ready for implementation. Guess
what? You can do it too. (added 10/25/02, reviewed 10/25/02)
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High
School, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Education (Curriculum) [Dewey #375]
TEACH-NOLOGY
This website offers teachers free access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.
FIRST SCHOOL
First School features fun preschool lesson plans, educational early childhood activities, printable crafts, printable activities, calendar of events, and other resources for children of preschool age. The preschool lesson plans and activities are appropriate and adaptable for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten level (ages 2 to 6). First-School's content is ideal for home schooling, preschool and kindergarten teachers, child care providers and babysitters
EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.lessonplans.com/
This website is dedicated to helping professional educators, student teachers, parents, mentors and tutors educate students by providing access to education resources of the highest quality. The Education Resource Center provides: (1) Education news published by the most creditable news sources. (2) Assistance writing lesson plans. (3) Links to thousands of Lesson Plans. (4) Internet search assistance that provides access to all available education resources.
n2Edu
Free educational resources, lesson plans, integrated themes and thematic units, free downloads and software, teaching ideas, ICT units, and education links. All links in a unique downloadable educational database. World wide education use with a New Zealand sites feature. Unique certificates and banners for classroom display.
Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation (FFFBI) Headquarters http://www.fffbi.com/hq.html
The site uses interactive stories and original thinking games to get
kids to solve mysteries and learn crucial skills such as using the
Internet for research and investigation, reading, and writing. The
project encourages exploration of a wide range of subjects from math and
science to geography, genetics and history. Admittedly, it's also, as
one kid wrote, "freaky weird." Thank goodness, there is a section for
teachers which helps explain what's going on.
Jo Cool or Jo Fool: An Online Game about Savvy Surfing http://www-mirror.media-awareness.ca/eng/webaware/2joes/johome.htm
I looked at this site and thought it might be better for middle schoolers. However, I thought the fifth grade teachers might want to evaluate it for their use during the second half of the year.
As Jo surfs the net, you decide if he's Jo Cool or Jo Fool. Jo Cool
means he's smart. Jo Fool means he's about to "get a face full of
virtual pie." Includes a checklist for helping you decide if he's making
a good choice, a 20 question quiz at the end, and a 50 page pdf to help
teachers use the site. Finally, someone put some humor into media
literacy! From the Media Awareness Network.
Teacher Created Materials: Free Stuff http://www.teachercreated.com/free/
While this site does offer you free sample pages, its primary goal is to sell you materials.
Teacher Created Materials is an educational publishing company founded
in 1982 by Rachelle Cracchiolo and Mary Dupuy Smith, two classroom
teachers. The section with the "free stuff" contains Free Monthly
Activities, Free Lesson Plans & Activities, and Free Brain Teasers. Not
a whole lot of stuff; but that makes it pretty easy to use. Too bad
there is no archive of previous month's free stuff.
ARTHUR: GAMES
PBSOL>
Elementary/Middle School
Join the gang from Ellwood city for a bunch of fun games that will test your wits, your reflexes and maybe even your gray matter! From "Virtual Goose" to "Alien: Assembly Required" to "Un-Matching Game," there's something for every Arthur fan at this site.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/
Los Angeles Schools
Team Distance Learning for Grades K-12 from the Los Angeles County Office of Education is an extensive website. This site is divided by subjects and grades and there are links under those headings to appropriate sites for further research for lesson plans and ideas. Professional information, information for beginning teachers, and articles on technology are also available. It is one of the best sites to start your search for information.
Mr. Donn’s Web Page
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html
Language Arts, social studies, math, science, French, Spanish, health and physical education teachers will all find successful lessons and activities at this site. In addition to the activities, there are articles on classroom management and teaching tips and tools for new and returning teachers.
Education World
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=1879
A wide variety of teachers in both elementary, middle school, and high school have sent their lesson plans to this site. You will find lessons on a variety of subject areas. The ages for the lessons are marked but the plans do not include the grading system used by the teacher. End products are suggested.
Lessonplanz
http://lehttp://lessonplanz.com/lowerelementary.shtmlssonplanz.com/lowerelementary.shtml
For lesson plans for K-2
http://lessonplanz.com/upperelementary.shtml
For Lesson plans for 3-5
This winner of the Best Web Site for Teachers has lesson plans grouped by both subject and grade level. All major academic subjects are available as well as health, physical education, art, and drama.
http://lessonplanz.com/upperelementary.shtml
About (formerly The Mining Company)
http://k-6educators.about.com/mbody.htm
This is a huge site. There are general articles and clip art for teachers at this location. From here, you can click on your subject area and find interactive activities, lesson plans, and resources for teaching your subject.
The Busy Teacher’s Web Site
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ele.html
This portal leads you to a selection of good web sites for materials and lesson plans for elementary school classrooms.