Lesson Planning Websites
Basic Lesson Plan Components
Great basic lesson plan outline! Asks key questions for each component
The Essay Exam
http://www.studygs.net/tsttak4.htm
Tips for Essay exams
Six Common Mistakes in Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.adprima.com/mistakes.htm
Describes six common mistakes with lesson plans and explains how to avoid them. Provides the Madeline Hunter design which was the foundation of the NC 6-Point Lesson Plan
Funding Factory Lesson Plans
http://lessonplans.fundingfactory.com
Your source for countless original lesson plans submitted by teachers for teachers from all over the country.
Graphic Organizer Makers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
Tools to help make and design different organizers like webs, charts, and ven
diagrams
Graphic Organizers
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
Graphic organizer templates for different organizers like spider maps, fish maps,
compare/contrast matrix, and network trees
Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation
http://www.nwrel.org/request/oct00/textonly.html#motivate
Explains two types of student motivation and how to use them to increase student
engagement. Provides examples from several classrooms describing what this motivation
looks like.
LEARN NC
http://www.learnnc.org
Has lesson plans and online courses.
Multiple choice Tests
http://www.studygs.net/tsttak3.htm
Tips for taking multiple choice tests
No pain, High Gain
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/nopain.htm
Four links for specific study strategies for preparing for Standardized Tests
Standard-Based lesson plan template
http://www.k12.hi.us/~tlcf/marcopolointegration/standardbasetemplate.htm
Provides an outline for creating a lesson plan that address Hawaii state standards.
Simply substitute you state’s standards in the appropriate place.
True/False Test
http://www.studygs.net/tsttak2.htm
Tips to remember regarding true/false questions and how to identify misleading
information