Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: A Proven Classroom Management Plan
A teaching resource to aid in developing a classroom management plan. Topics addressed include Building a Foundation, Warm-Up Activities, Structuring the Instructional Day, Going to the Movies, Structuring the Instructional Week,...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: A Proven Classroom Management Plan
A teaching resource to aid in developing a classroom management plan. Topics addressed include Building a Foundation, Warm-Up Activities, Structuring the Instructional Day, Going to the Movies, Structuring the Instructional Week,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating Class Rules a Beginning to Creating Community
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about proper classroom behavior and creating community by discussing why they are in school and what they need in order to accomplish their goals while there. In addition to objectives and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Why Do We Need Rules?
Lesson that helps students understand why rules are needed. Students discuss the story Know and Follow Rules by Cheri J. Meiners, compare the rules in the book to rules at home and at school, and develop a list of rules for the classroom.
Other
Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Students will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Encouraging Young Voters to Vote
Students use current and relevant information in the form of video and and articles to determine what is the best way to encourage young voters to go to the polls. Site includes lesson plans, class activities, video and articles.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About "Occupy"
Learning module with lesson plan and mult-media resources in which students use videos and articles with varying opinion to examine the Occupy Wall Street movement and deliberate whether it should be supported or opposed.
PBS
Pbs: America Responds Classroom Resources
Online PBS lesson plan to help students understand world conflict and cooperation and the rights of people all over the world. Through this lesson, students learn how to respond to world conflict, such as September 11.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
Learn more about the economy through this informative lesson. "In this lesson, you will learn how the incentive program affects the personal choices you make in class. You will also analyze how economic incentives can affect behavior."
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Rules and Laws
Lesson that helps learners understand what rules and laws are. Students discuss the books David Goes to School by David Shannon and Rules and Laws by Ann-Marie Kishel, perform skits demonstrating how to follow specific school rules, and...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
Students will be rewarded for positive behavior and performance in class through a monetary incentive program. Classroom cash will be earned on a daily basis for such things as attendance, punctuality, and assignment completion....
Kidsource OnLine
Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom
"How do teachers develop an instructional plan that will be challenging, enlightening, and intriguing to students of different abilities?" Find the answer to this question and sources for further reading.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Under the Spell Of...spiders!
Learn about their unique characteristics, how they hunt, and reproduce. Young scholars will appreciate the excellent photographs and background information. Teachers will love the series of three lesson plans about spiders, complete with...
Other
Robert J. Marzano: Marzano's Framework Learning Map [Pdf]
This is a two-page PDF of Marzano's Art and Science of Teaching Framework Learning Map. This chart includes the four Domains: Classroom Strategies and Behaviors, Planning and Preparing, Reflecting on Teaching, and Collegielity and...
Other
Marketing Teacher
Are you a marketing teacher looking for classroom resources? This website offers a variety of marketing resources including: lesson plans, exercises, quizzes, newsletters, presentations, and bookstore.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Back to School Collection
Get ready for the start of school with some of our favorite back-to-school resources! This collection features activities and video resources to help students get to know each other and their new school routines, and lesson plans to help...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Let's Build a Snowman
These two lessons that teach learners about how animals survive in the winter by reading fiction and nonfiction. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Digital Citizenship: Grades 3 5
Students will establish group norms to create a positive online community that promotes responsible and respectful digital behavior within their classroom. Requires free membership.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Everyday Rules That Really Work!
Learn more about creating a productive environment in your classroom through this six point strategy. This article clearly states the plan and gives strategies for implementation.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Hibernation "A Time to Sleep"
This site is filled with creative and educational activities for your unit on hibernation. These activities include hibernation clocks, KWL chart, hibernation mural and more.
Other
Union of Concerned Scientists: The Great Green Web Game
An interactive game tests knowledge of how choices affect the environment. Become more environmentally aware of how shopping behavior impacts the environment.
PBS
Pbs the Life of Birds: Bills, Beaks and Food
This lesson plan explores how natural selection has influenced the development of features that contribute to successful feeding (bills, wings, talons, etc.), as well as identifying those characteristics that enable birds to obtain the...
Other
Learning Activities: Peace Education
This series of activities for early elementary students focuses on peace education. Emphasis is on our behavior and how it impacts peace.