Polly

SLM 521

6/20/09

Elective #7

My Picks for Best Lesson Plan Sites

Education World – This site boasts that it’s “the educator’s best friend.” After surfing this site for a long time, I would say the saying fits. This amazing online resource offers an abundant collection of ideas for K-12 lesson plans, projects, activities, and games in a large variety of subject areas. Plans may be browsed by subject or grade and the site claims a searchable database of over 500, ooo websites. Their site’s Teacher Lesson Plans Collection contains lesson plans written and submitted by teachers from around the world. Date visited 6/20/09. - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/index.shtml

Learning Page – A great site for elementary school teachers. Provides lesson plans, activities, and printable worksheets for elementary school classrooms. This site’s collection of information is free but registration is required. Easy to navigate and great for lesson plans, worksheets, and tips. Date visited 6/21/09. - http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/home.html

Discovery Education – This site is the web companion to TV’s the Discovery Channel and uses the saying, “the Thrill of Discovery in Your Classroom.” The site’s search engine provides easy access to plentiful online resources for grades K-12. The Lesson Plan Library offers hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. These can be searched easily by grade and cover all curriculum areas. As a companion to lesson plans, the Puzzlemaker is incredible. TV show scheduling and lesson plan links to shows are also available. Date visited 6/20/09. - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/

A to Z Teacher Stuff – This site offers a variety of online teacher resources for grades pre-K-12. Easy to find original lesson plans, thematic units, and theme resources, tips, and more. The theme site section is displayed in chart form and includes many unique theme ideas. Lesson Plan section provides over 175 original lessons written and submitted by teachers. These can be browsed by grade level, new lesson plans, all plans or by contributors. A search engine also offers access to over 3,500 more lesson plans. Also easily navigated by subject area and grade categories – this site is well worth the visit! Date visited 6/20/09. atozteacherstuff.com/lessonplans/

Teachers.Net – As of today, this site features 4,287 free lesson plans written and submitted by teachers. A wide variety of lesson plans can be browsed by category, grade level, and keyword. This site also provides interesting ideas for classroom projects, and instructional advice through chats, blogs, and mailrings. Date visited 6/22/09. - http://teachers.net/lessons/

The Teacher's Corner - Another great online resource for teachers. I found this site one of the easiest to navigate. Lesson plans and activities are searched by subject, themes, and seasonal items. Search results indicate grade level and source on site or link location. Large selection of thematic plans and innovative teacher resources. Date visited 6/20/09. - http://www.theteacherscorner.net/