Travis Said:

How long does it take you to write lesson plans for the week?

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The first time you teach a new course, it is difficult because you need to read the content and write your lesson plans. The beauty is that if you keep them, you can simply pull them out the next time you teach the course and they are done (although you may want to tweak them depending upon what works or not).

In my first year of teaching high school, I would devote about one and a half to two hours a night for the next day's lesson. I did good lessons, kept them in a binder, and simply pull them out when I teach that course. My second year was significantly easier because of this.

Remember, the time you put into your lessons will pay dividends for your students and your own self-confidence and will make your life easier in subsequent years.

Bernard Said:

Lesson Plans?

We Answered:

try this site . . hope it helps!!

http://cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edsci.htm

Hugh Said:

How do I make lesson plans for infants and toddlers?

We Answered:

As an ssistant teacher, I doubt you'll have to do lesson planning...just help to implement the plans. But it's something that you should learn about if you plan to stay in the field.

I find that daycare has a poor reputation...especially with infant/toddlers. Partly because parents still consider us as "baby sitters" and even some staff feel the same way. However, we encourage professionalism and the reminder that infant and toddler staff are TEACHERS and should actively plan for each day.

Lesson plans should be organized and cover each area of the curriculum. A simple excel spread sheet will work. Decide what areas are going to be planned for each day. There should be activities planned for the following curriculum areas: social-emotional, language, literacy, math, science, social-community, creative expression, and physical development. In your plans it is also good to have a place to jot down individualization.

Keep in mind that these activities do not need to always be teacher directed. You can place items for exploration in a center that will fall under a curriculum area. Consider your every day routines...often you can incorporate basic concepts or other curriculum areas in your "dailies". Just like Math is more than counting literacy is more than abc's and reading a book. Incorportate physical development and literacy by playing follow the leader. Did you know that activity could be considered literacy? Children must be able to copy physical movements prior to copying anything with paper/pencil. This is a "preschool" book many of the activities can be done in an infant/toddler class or can be made simpler. Jump into Literacy by Rae Pica.

I also suggest using a theme...whether a theme day or a theme week. Here are a couple of books you can check for at your local library. If they don't carry them, see if they will interlibrary loan them.

The Complete Resource Book for Toddlers and Twos by Pam Schiller (these activities can be made simpler for infants)

The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities by Kathy Charner

Have fun!

Mitchell Said:

What is the best source for lesson plans on the web?

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The best I have found is www.atozteacherstuff.com ... it has search for grade level or subject area. You could also try doing a search for "US History webquest" and that should give you quite a few sites for informational purposes.

Penny Said:

What are good lesson plans for children?

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I would go to the library and find a large collection of children's picture books, non fiction and fiction about sea creatures.
Language: read aloud and free reading time from the pile of library books you found
Math: cut out fish shapes and use for counting games or memory match type games
Social/Emotional: Talk about why and how fish travel in "schools" Have the children act out fish grouping together and working together for protection, for companionship, and working together to find food.
Science: check out this site's page http://www.easyfunschool.com/article1579…
Music: Play the theme to the Little Mermaid
Creative Movement: Borrow or buy the new Imax movie "Under the Sea" and have the children imitate the movements of their favorite type of fish. The movie is probably too long to watch the whole thing without losing their attention, but you could show a segment or two. Replay the music from the movie or from Little Mermaid and have the children imitate the fish.
Creative Art: tear up colored paper and make large plain paper outlines of several different types of fish. Give each child a fish silhouette and a pile of colored paper scraps. Glue the papers onto the fish for a collage.
Food: sushi in class? (I'm joking!) You could bring in a wide variety of fish dishes and have the children try them. If that is not an option, maybe the local library has a collection of old food magazines. The kids could cut out pictures of different fish dishes, match them up with a picture of the type of fish used in the dish and stick them on a big poster.

Kelly Said:

Where can I find lesson plans for drum lessons?

We Answered:

The most efficient way to teach drums, especially to newbies is to use drum books.

Order your students to purchase a dru book and guide them through it.

A good book to start drumming with is "Learn to play the drums" by Andrew Agutters.

There are 4 books to the series.

Hope this helped.