Wendy King
SLM 521
Useful Lesson Plans for Teachers
Web Link Bibliography
Overview
This bibliography was designed to help teachers find
engaging lesson plans for all subjects. I have compiled websites that provide
teachers with lesson plans for general subjects and individual subjects
including language arts, math, science, and social studies. You can read my
summaries for each site to determine which one you want to visit to discover
wonderful and engaging lessons. I have included the grade levels that the
websites are most suitable for. I hope this page will help you find the lesson
you are looking for!
All Subjects
The Lesson Plans Page
Need ideas for lessons? Check out the Lesson Plans Page.
This site offers over 2,500 lesson plans for free! The site is very organized
and easy to navigate. You can begin your search for a great lesson plan by
clicking on a subject and then a grade level.
A lot of potentially useful links will show up and if you click on them,
you can read the lesson plans. This site can be used for grades K-12. Date
visited:
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
A to Z Teacher Stuff
This site offers a multitude of lesson plans across many
subject areas including math, language arts, science, social studies, family
involvement, games, learning centers, and more. Click on the subject and grade
level you want and it will lead you to some interesting lesson plans. There are
lessons available for every grade level. Date visited:
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
Talk about useful and very teacher friendly! The
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
The Educator’s
Reference Desk
This website is an excellent resource for teachers of all
grade levels. The site is very easy on the eyes and easy to use. When you
choose a subject and grade level, you will get a list of lessons plans with the
grade level next to it. When you click on a lesson, it displays it in lesson
plan format complete with objectives and materials you will need. The best part
is that these lesson plans are printer friendly. Date visited:
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
Language Arts
Carl’s Corner
If you are looking for anything language arts, this site is
for you! “Carl’s Corner” features ideas and activities including letters of the
alphabet, blends, poetry, little books, writing, and much more. The site is
very useful for early childhood teachers or grades K-3. Subject headings and
links are located on the left side of the page. Date visited:
http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/
Daily Grammar
This site features numerous lesson plans from a teacher with
over 30 years of teaching experience. All of the lessons are for language arts
and include parts of speech, parts of sentence, and mechanics. This site would
be useful for language arts teachers of varying grade levels. Information is
printed in an organized listing of
language arts topics. Date visited:
Literature Based
If you want to use various books to supplement lesson plans,
this is a good site. The
Date visited:
http://gardenofpraise.com/lesson.htm
Literature Lesson
Plans
From Frog and Toad are Friends to Shakespeare, this
site offers lesson plans and activities that go with many popular books used in
the K-12 curriculum. As you enter the site, you can browse through book titles
by clicking on a letter of the alphabet. (You will search by the first letter
in the title of the book you are looking for). When you click on the title of
the book, you will find numerous lesson plans and activities that go with it.
This site would be useful to any teacher! Date visited:
http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/Literature.html
Math
The Math Forum
This site is actually an internet mathematics library where you can search and find a multitude of lesson plans for math. The site is organized into links for different math topics. The site can also be searched by grade level. When you click on a lesson plan link, it will give you an overview of the lesson which is very helpful in determining if you want to use it or not. This site provides math lessons for all grade levels.
Date visited:
http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/lesson_plans/
Fun Mathematics
Lessons
Thank goodness for teachers who are willing to share their great ideas! This site was created by Cynthia Lanius, a former math teacher. This site was chosen out of 12 math sites as the best for teachers on the Internet. The site features engaging activities for a range of math topics including counting, graphing, and problem solving. The activities cover everything from early counting to algebra and would help math teachers of all grade levels. All you have to do is click on a link on the main page and you will get a fun and engaging lesson plan.
Date visited:
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
PBS Teacher Source
You can view math lesson plans and activities that accompany
popular children’s television programs on PBS such as Arthur, Barney, Mister
Roger’s Neighborhood and others. The site is organized by math topic and grade
level. Once you make your selection, several lessons will come up with a title
and a description you can use to determine if it is a lesson you want to use.
The lessons are very kid friendly and are inspired by some of their favorite TV
programs. Activities for middle and high school students are also available.
The site would serve teachers of any grade level. Date visited:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
Smile Program
Mathematics Index
This site contains over 200 math lessons from topics
including geometry and measurement, patterns and logic, probability and
statistics, recreational and creative math, practical and applied math,
arithmetic, graphs and visuals, algebra and trigonometry, and miscellaneous
math topics. The lesson plans are organized into one of the above categories.
When you click on a lesson, a descriptive plan will come up with the intended
grade level, materials, and any other information you will need to use the
lesson. The lessons are suited for different grade levels. Date visited:
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html
Science
Science Netlinks:
Lesson Index
I give this site two thumbs up! It provides science lessons
to teachers of all grade levels and is highly organized into science categories
arranged in an alphabetical listing sectioned off into grade levels. Many of
the lessons contain printable texts for students. This site is extremely easy
to use and covers a multitude of science topics. Date visited:
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
Hands-on Science
Lesson Plans
This site features lessons for older students that enable
them to engage in hands-on learning. The lesson plans are organized into
science topics including biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, and math.
When you click on a topic, a list of sub topics comes up. Once you select the
topic, a descriptive lesson is found. This site would be especially useful to
middle and high school teachers. Date visited:
http://sciconn.mcb.arizona.edu/lessons.html
Science Lesson Plans
Science Lesson Plans is a page that provides more specific science lessons with titles such as “A Day With Dinosaurs,” “Springtime On the Farm,” “Visit to the Rainforest” and others. The page contains a list of about 30 science lesson plans that would be useful to pre-school and elementary school teachers. Simply click on the link and you will have a lesson plan.
Date visited:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/museums/Teacher_Guide/Science/home.html
Reeko’s Mad Scientist
Lab
This site contains science project and experiment guides for
teachers of all grade levels. Each experiment has a title and description of
the scientific topic being addressed and indicates the level of difficulty of
the experiment. Once you click on the experiment link, a detailed project or
experiment comes up. This site would be wonderful for any teacher, student, or
parent. Date visited:
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
Social Studies
Lesson Plans and
Resources for Social Studies Teachers
This site was created by secondary education professor Dr.
Marty Levine. The site includes lesson plans, online activities, teaching
strategies, and other useful resources for social studies teachers. When you
click on the link for lesson plans and teaching strategies, you will find
social studies lessons for grades K-12. If you click on the grade level, a
series of lessons will come up. This site would be useful to any social studies
teacher and includes over 300 lesson plans for social studies. Date visited:
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
Edsitement
“Edsitement” is an exciting site for teachers. It provides lesson plans, units, and links to other great social studies websites. You can search by social studies topics and grade levels. Simply click on the topic you want and the grade level and you will get a listing of social studies plans and units. This site provides lessons for all grade levels and would be useful to any teacher. It also contains lesson plans for other subject areas.
Date visited:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3
Social Studies Lesson
Plans
An easy site to navigate! The social studies lessons page is
a neat listing of numerous lessons that have been divided into grade levels.
There are lessons for K-12 students. You can read the lesson headings on the opening
page. The grade levels are placed in parenthesis after the lesson title. This
site would be useful to any social studies teacher. Date visited:
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html
Social Studies Lesson
Plans and Unit Summaries
The lesson plans found on this site were produced by college
students from
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/MonsonUnits/index.html