Summary of what I found while looking for lesson plans.
I was able to look at all these resources and more. For the past week I looked and found all kinds of exciting things I could teach. Some of the lessons I found did not apply to my age group like the mummifying of a chicken. Actual, I thought that was kind of nasty since you had to leave the chicken out for 45 days before wrapping in gauze. My principal said he had seen the lesson before and the one he read said the chicken had to be in a cage so the animals would not eat the dead carcass.
Some of the better lesson plans allowed me to think of ways to apply what I learned in this class to my actual class room teaching. I want everyone to really think of ways all these lessons can be adjusted for your individual style of teaching. Also keep in mind that when a lesson works for a class, it does not mean it will work for all classes. Every group of students is different from each other. This goes for Pre-k to high school and beyond. I’m sure our professor could tell us how different we are from the students at Appalachian.
Read, Write, Think is probably one of the best ones incorporating reading skills into the lessons that we are going to teach. If you have any other sites that you think top this one please leave it below for me to see. I would love to investigate more over the summer.
Thanks for your thoughts. You are 100% correct, not all students are the same. Neither are our own children. I am a different learner than my brother and sister. thanks again,
Jennifer Roberts
Robert,
I agree that we all learn in diferent ways and we as futrure teachers need to be midful of this when teaching. Thanks for the info!!
Heather Connolly
Robert,
You are correct in stating that all classes are different. I would also go so far as to say that the students today are different from the ones that I went to school with. I guess you could call it a generational difference or something like that- either way, teachers will have to deal with it.
I hate to say it, but I think the mummifying a chicken thing would be pretty neat. I wonder if you could adapt this for a middle grades classroom. (not that I would try it, but it would be neat for a science class)
Mandy Jennings
neat but… sanitation??