Sunday, March 15, 2009

Why use lesson plans?

Why should we use lesson plans?  What are the benefits?
Well, a lesson plan can be defined as  a detailed guide an instructor uses to conduct a course of instruction. It could include objectives, subject, references, and ways to assess student progress and understanding of the information.  Lesson plans keep teachers organized and focused on certain learning standards and objectives.  Teachers can also look back on their lesson plans and see where things worked and where things didn't.  Lesson plans should always be works in progress and jumping off points for educators.  Though we have not yet learned how to create our own lesson plans in the formate of the curriculum and instruction department, I do think its fun and beneficial to search for different lesson plan ideas for the future.  There are many different resources about many different subject available online.
Here are a few  websites to check out:

  • http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
  • http://atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/index.shtml
  • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
I have been told in many of my classes that teachers are the greatest copycats when it comes to lessons plans, but always remember to give credit where needed  


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