Linda Kilcoyne
SLM 521
Summer 02
Elective #6

Lesson Plans on the Web For Elementary School

1.  Ask Eric
This site has a wealth of lesson plans for every subject.  There are over 2000 lessons written by teachers from across the country.  Search by subject at appropriate grade level.
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/

2.  Teachers.Net Lesson Bank
You can search this site by subject area and grade level.  It offers an extensive array of lessons.
http://teachers.net/lessons/

3.  Encarta Lesson Collection (Microsoft)
Browse by subject or do a specific search; this site has quite a few lessons in all subject areas for elementary.
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp

4.  Discovery School.com
There is no question, this is the best site for well-written lessons.  Lesson plans include: objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, and links.  These plans are very polished.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html

5.  Teachers Helping Teachers
A nice resource, that is searched by subject area.  Each lesson is given a grade range, often as many as 4 grades, so you will need to adjust lessons to your need.  All subject areas are included.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/#anchor581196

6.  Scholastic Teachers
Searches are done by grade range, i.e. preK-2, 3-5, 6-8, then topic.  Site contains lessons that are well written and contain valuable embedded links.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/

7.  OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange-Social Studies
This site has 51 lesson plans for social studies.  Each lesson is also given a grade range, many times, beyond the elementary level.  A good, specific resource.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html