Lesson Planning by
Are you looking to construct a lesson plan that will help K-12 students master new content, concepts, and skills? Lesson Planning: A Research-based Model for K-12 Classrooms can help by guiding you in the selection of research-based instructional strategies and types of materials designed to consider all learners' needs. Part I establishes the theoretical foundations of the ideas used in the lesson planning process. Part II is a step-by-step guide to developing direct and inquiry-based lesson plans. Meeting the Needs of all learners - woven throughout each chapter, the authors address the diverse needs of students. INTASC Standards Correlation Guide appears on the inside front cover to help readers quickly identify the lessons that meet each standard. Connections to the INTASC Standards are woven throughout each chapter's content and activities. Unit Connections explain how the chapter's content is used in the development of a unit Technology in Education (TiE) - a feature throughout the book provide practical help in the lesson planning process including rubric generating sites, lesson plan templates, ideas for lesson activities, and links to useful classroom materials. Reality Check, a feature in each chapter, provides advice from practicing classroom teachers who represent a range of subjects and grade levels. Your Turn feature at the end of each chapter helps you create your own standards-based lesson plan in both direct and indirect instruction formats.
Beautiful Stuff! by
Encourage your kids to express their creativity as they discover, collect, sort, arrange, experiment, and think with found and recyclable “stuff.” The real-life experiences of teachers and children will inspire ideas that you can try at home: choose objects and turn them into a display, transform materials into a face, build and glue wood scraps to make constructions. Appropriate for children four years of age and older.
Classroom Routines for Real Learning by
Classroom routines are the well-oiled machines that can make a classroom function. But routines can also provide the groundwork for a learning environment that nourishes student-driven learning. From routines to start the school day to those that build classroom community, routines can help maximize learning by providing stability, consistency, and time management skills--for teachers and students. Well-structured routines can increase active student engagement, promote individual accountability, and establish a positive classroom climate.
Surviving and Thriving by
Classroom organization and management are essential elements of strong teaching and meaningful learning. A thoughtfully organized classroom with effective and well-established routines and procedures helps to create an environment that promotes and encourages learning. This handy book helps teachers envision such a classroom. Surviving and Thriving provides practical tips that teachers can put into action before, during, and after the learning. Before Class: What routines and procedures do teachers need to consider before students arrive in the classroom each year and each day? Routines, Time and Planning, Physical Space, Materials During Class: How will students and teachers function during class time as they interact with each other and with the learning situation? Grouping, Transitions, Refocusing, Encouraging Discussion, Reporting Out, Checking Understanding, Documenting Learning After Class: What can the teacher do after the students leave to ensure the smooth transition from one day to the next? Record-keeping
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The Third Teacher: Designing the Learning Environment for Mathematics and Literacy, K to 8. Capacity Building Series, #27, July 2012.
Flexible Learning Environments. California Department of Education, 2016.
