Teacher candidates who worked with small groups of children during a semester long pre-student teaching practicum developed four point rubrics for each of the lesson plans they created on a weekly basis. The scope of this practicum is discussed along with an action research project pertaining to the rubric assessments they utilized. Findings…

"Literacy and the Common Core" offers K-12 teachers clear guidance on how to design units, lessons, and objectives to meet the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts; it's filled with practical strategies that teachers can use immediately to target key standards; and it describes how to analyze the standards to support…

Presented in these 13 teacher's guides for grades K-12 are lesson plans and ideas for integrating language arts and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives and…

Focusing on writing as a complex process, this packet was prepared to assist teachers in planning daily writing activities which combine thinking processes, mechanical skills, and composition skills. Following an introduction which contains suggestions for ways teachers can help students to write, the first section of the publication provides…

This instructional guide for integrated career education activities at the elementary level includes a rationale for career development, various models for career development, sample lesson plans, information on leisure activities as related to career development, and a summary of teaching suggestions for career education programs. This document…

Written for use with students in grades nine through twelve, this handbook links natural ecological issues with language arts instruction. It contains a series of lesson plans, each offering a number of suggested learning activities for use both in and out of class. The lessons are built around 12 major environmental concepts that form a framework…

Provides lesson plans for grades two and four to five reading/language arts, grade two science, grades three to five science/social studies, grade five language arts/math/science/social studies, and grades five to seven social studies/French. Lists resources and discusses library skills, subject objectives, instructional roles, activities,…

Written for use with junior high school students, this handbook links natural ecological issues with language arts instruction. It contains a series of lesson plans, each offering a number of suggested learning activities for use both in and out of class. The lessons are built around 12 major environmental concepts that form a framework for each…

Provides lesson plans for K-3 art/music/science; grade 3-5 reading/language arts; grade 2-4, 4-6, and 6-8 social studies. Lists print and nonprint resources and discusses library media skills and subject area objectives, instructional roles, activities, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up. Includes activity sheets for the lessons on Van…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to develop student understanding of the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) given by the Mesa Public Schools (Arizona) to all ninth grade students. In addition to the test, student participation includes vocabulary study, survey charts, and optional English activities. The unit…

Developed for teachers of educable mentally impaired students at the early elementary level in the Detroit Public Schools, this lesson plan format uses performance objectives based on the annual goals and short-term instructional objectives cited in students' Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). The format is intended to be concise and useful…

Developed by experienced migrant education teachers using several Sight and Sound Program concepts, this volume presents approximately 150 pre-drafted individual short-term Plan/Records in the subject area of secondary level communication arts, and step-by-step utilization directions for Oregon resource teachers, classroom teachers, and aides. The…

Provides lesson plans for grade 2 and grades 2-6 reading/language arts, grades 3-5 social studies, grades 4-6 reading/language arts/social studies, and grades 6-8 science/reading/language arts. Lists print and nonprint resources and discusses library media skills and subject area objectives, instructional roles, activities, procedures, evaluation,…

Provides lesson plans for grades one to three science, grades two to six social studies/Italian, grade three reading/language arts, grade four and five reading/language arts/social studies, grade five art/social studies, and grades five and six social studies. Lists print and nonprint resources and discusses library media skills and subject area…

Materials contained in this career guidance unit are designed to develop in five-and six-year-old children an awareness of their senses and the related body organs, likenesses and differences, and self-control. The nineteen activities included in the unit vary in length from twenty to sixty minutes; the entire unit requires approximately ten hours…