Susan Nash Travetto

Lesson Plan Sites – These sites are resources for teachers of all content areas. They contain extensive resources that all teachers should become familiar with.

Mathematics

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm This site has some challenging interactive activities, as well as lesson plans and resources.  It was done through the National Council of Mathematics Teachers. (Date visited: 3-28-06)

English

http://www.englishpage.com/ This site includes a wide variety of lessons taught in English and language arts classes. It includes grammar and vocabulary lessons, tutorials, and a weekly featured lesson. (Date visited: 3-28-06)

Social Studies

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/ This site features 50 lesson plans for primary grade students, 80 lesson plans for students in grades 6-8, 95 lesson plans for high school students as well an a large number of lesson plans based of curricular topics. There is a wealth of resources for social studies teachers beyond lesson plans that should be explored by anyone teaching this subject. (Date visited: 3-28-06)

Science

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html This site focuses solely on lesson plans for science instruction. It is organized in three categories; elementary grades K-5, Intermediate grades 6-8 and high school grades 9-12. The lesson plans are identified by curricular topics.

(Date visited: 3-28-06)

Physical Education

http://www.pecentral.org/ This wonderful site for physical educators includes 1,389 lesson plans that can be accessed through a search function by indicating the lesson/activity, the materials/equipment, and type of sub-category. Every physical education teacher needs to know about this site. (Date visited: 3-28-06)

Art

http://syrylynrainbowdragon.tripod.com/home.html This website was developed by a retired art teacher and is the result of a desire to share what she learned in her 29 years of teaching. The elementary art lesson plans are organized into “hands on art” and “computer art”. There are also many more valuable resources for teachers in this website. (Date visited: 3-28-06)

Music

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music.htm This site lists music lesson plans by grade levels beginning with kindergarten through high school.

(Date visited: 3-28-06)

Foreign Language

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html This site is loaded with lesson plans from a wide variety of sources. It is a “must see” for any foreign language teacher. (Date visited: 3-28-06)