Sharon Hohlfeld
Elective #1: Lesson Plans
I plan to teach elementary, between 2nd and 4th grades including all subject areas.
Websites:
1. Scholastic.com
Grade Level: K-12
Subject Area: all
Offers: Lesson Plans, Teaching Strategies, Online Activities, Tools for teachers
- Scholastic not only offers lesson plans but hundreds of activities, strategies, ideas, and suggestions for families, children, teachers, administration, and librarians. Unit planning is also available for all grades and subjects. Lessons included involve specific grade levels as well as subject area. Under each subject are topics to choose from depending on the curriculum you are following in your county. There are also printable activities, graphic organizers, and books to support each lesson.
2. The Teachers Corner
Grade Level: K-8 specializing in primary and intermediate grades
Subject Area: all
Offers: Lesson plans, thematic units, bulletin boards, seasonal ideas
- This website offers websites on all areas of content, including media, physical education, music, technology, as well as those topics such as holidays and special events. It includes great ideas for bulletin boards and organizational tips. Under each lesson plan are general ideas, not as detailed; however, it offers many links and other helpful resources to further connect the lesson to. Some lessons in certain subject area will link the topic to all content areas!
- http://www.theteacherscorner.net/index.htm
3. PBS.com
Grade Level: K-12
Subject Area: all
Offers: over 3,000 free lesson plans and activities.
- PBS is a ___ sponsored website with a variety of lessons. There is opportunity to sign in and personalize information for your most relevant content area in subject areas and grade. When I viewed lesson plans under the math subject area, you are able to choose from the NCTM principles that are required in the nation. This is very useful and can be linked directly to your curriculum in the classroom.
- http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
4. A to Z Teacher Stuff
Grade Level: Primary
Subject Area: All
Offers:
- Divided into subject area with each grade level listed below as well as number of lesson plans for each subject area. Offers categories for each subject as well as useful activities for general practice and reinforcement of a particular skill at that grade level. All lessons are very detailed and follow step-by-step directions through the process including materials and the process as well as questions to think about and use with students. Have to search for a while before you come upon a lesson you can link to your standards, but if you have the time, there is a lesson for every teacher.
- http://atozteacherstuff.com/
5. AOL @ School
Grade Level: K-12
Subject Area: all
Offers: subjects, brain teasers, research and references, currents events,
study kits
- This website is simple and user friendly which makes navigating comfortable. After choosing your particular grade level and subject area, the lessons are linked to realistic websites that are popular during that time. Also has the opportunity to link lessons to current events happening. Lessons are linked to other websites, therefore requiring more work for the teacher then simply hitting the print button.
- http://www.aolatschool.com/primary/index.adp
6. MarcoPolo
Grade Level: K-12
Subject Area: all
Offers: connected to all benchmarks and standards in education
- “MarcoPolo is a premier national
education organization and dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet
content.” Every lesson is targeted to the standards or benchmarks for each
subject area; this allows teachers to know the content presented is reliable
and accountable. All 5,200 lessons that you search for gives a brief
description of it and through what program is comes from. Hundreds of available
websites for all grades!
- http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx