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Lesson Plans

Grades K-2 (pdf)

• Primary Social Studies - Tiered Lesson on overcoming obstacles
• 1st Grade Language Arts - Sternberg's Intelligences on writing
• 1st Grade Science - RAFT on states of matter
• 2nd Grade Language Arts - Sternberg's Intelligences on developing characters
• 2nd Grade Language Arts - Tiered Lesson on writing
• 2nd Grade Social Studies - Learning Contract on Native Americans
• 2nd Grade Math - Tiered Lesson on polygons
• 2nd Grade Math - Tiered Lesson on number patterns
• 2nd Grade Science - RAFT on magnets

Grades 3-5 (pdf)

• 4th Grade Language Arts - Learning Contract on poetry
• 4th Grade Math - Unit on area and perimeter

Grades 6-8 (pdf)

• 6th Grade Life Science - RAFT on biological relationships
• 7th Grade U.S. History - Sternberg's Intelligences on immigration

Grades 9-12 (pdf)

• 9th Grade Earth Science - Learning Contract on severe weather
• 9th Grade World History - Learning Contract on the Reformation
• 10th-12th Grade Chemistry - Tiered Lesson on stoichiometry
• 10th-12th Grade Chemistry - RAFT on atomic theory
• 10th-12th Grade Chemistry - Sternberg's Intelligences on changes of state
• 11th Grade American History - Sternberg's Intelligences on muckraking

Tools

Lesson Plan Templates

• Lesson Plan Template 1 - pdf
• Lesson Plan Template - HTML online
• Tiered Lesson Plan Template - pdf

Thoughts from Fellow Teachers

• Differentiated Instruction Take Away Learning
  Karolyn Ahern, a Library Media Specialist, summarizes and shares her lessons learned after a 3-year, school-wide focus on Differentiated Instruction.
• Central Ground: The Teaching Mantra
  Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant at the University of Virginia, sums up life lessons he has learned while teaching college students. He attributes much of his growth to lessons that his students have taught him.

Technology Tools

• Profcast
  Faculty have found that by using Profcast, they can post their lectures complete with their Powerpoints online. Profcast is easy to use, but there is a small cost involved.

Research Tools

• Portaportal
  To make it easier for students to access appropriate research sites in class, you may want to create your own Portaportal site. This free site lists any websites you might want to "bookmark" for students. To see one that was used for multiple classes, log on as a guest and use "jgb6t" to see an example.