I am assigned to create a lesson plan for a daycare with children aging from 3-5 based on zoo animals. I never made a lesson plan before so I need some ideas.
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I like to think in 3’s when I do a lesson plan… Group Activities, Individual Activities, Room Decorations.

I start with the room decorations… browse the internet or your local teacher supply store for interesting posters, bulletin board items, borders, etc.. Sometimes… the very first group activity is actually having the kids put up the decorations. Then you can explain all the items to them as they go up (for example the zoo animals). Look on the internet at Carson Delosa. They have nice decoratives.

Then I move to the group activity or activities. These can be a game that all the kids play… or just a book that you read to them. Once I got some nice masks of african animals… and the group activity was to have the kids wear them and make sound like the animals. Barnes and Noble on the web is great for kids books.

Finally… I find some good individual activities. These can be free coloring pages that you download… or individual craft kits. Choose simple items that the kids can take home. This gets the parents involved. A site called Janice’s daycare has some nice coloring sheets.

Or… you can buy prepackaged themed activities and simply use them. www.zoozazz.com is a good place for that.

I hope this helps. Again… think in 3’s. Keep it simple… and you’ll do great.

Good luck!

For our science for teaching class we need to have a lesson plan/ or activity type thing to teach reptiles. I am pretty sure I am bringing in a frog or snake. We are aiming for 2nd or 3rd grade. Any ideas or suggestions?

1) Frogs and other amphibians are not "touch me" pets; they are "look at me pets." They have sensitive skin and even the oils found naturally on human hands are enough to make them sick.

2) A snake would be better to use with older children. Snakes are difficult to "read"; they don’t have arms, legs, or eyelids, and other cues one would use to determine the thought processes and "mood" of an animal. You would have to "read" the muscle tone of the snake to know and understand what it’s going to do next; it’s a very subtle "language." However, if you have a snake already (or have had them before) and understand these things, and you know for sure the snake is good with people and calm around children, a snake wouldn’t be a bad idea. You can use a snake like that to get people over their seemingly innate fear of snakes.

3) Personally, I would use a reptile that is easier to "read" and less damaging if something were to happen. A Leopard Gecko, Crested Gecko, Panther Gecko, or African Fat Tail Gecko would be great choices for the following reasons: 1) They are nocturnal reptiles and do not require UVB lighting (it can get expensive), just a heat source (basking temp varies with each species) 2) They are all insectivores (they just need to eat bugs, no fresh veggie (cheaper and easier care wise; the crested gecko is able to eat some fruit based baby food, like apricot and peach, but it is not required) 3) They are all easily tamed and handle-able, and even if they were to lash out at someone, they can do no real damage; they won’t even break the skin if they bite. It’ll be like a pinch.

4) As for a lesson plan, and by using a less involved reptile species as a model, you can teach the kids how to properly care for one: the cost, care and maintenance involved, how to properly handle and hold it. You can even talk about how reptiles are not like people or hamsters and such; they can’t make their own body heat and that’s why they need a heat lamp to digest their food and make their bodies work properly. You just need to take the info that an adult would understand and dumb it down a little.

5) Don’t forget to use calcium supplementation with any reptile (excluding the snakes) you choose to use. Captive reptiles are prone to calcium deficiencies.

I want to do this but i have no clue on how. I would greatly appreciate your help in helping me develop a lesson plan. I also live in texas.

I really can’t help you write a lesson plan unless I knew what you were teaching. Generally, lesson plans contain Objectives: such as, Student will be able to identify adjectives in given sentence,. Then there is usually Motivation: such as, a sentence on the board that says ‘The dog gave me a bone. Then ask the class "How can we make this sentence better,. Usually someone will suggest say the big, brown, dog gave me a bone Then you can get the students to define adjective as a word that describes a noun. Then Classwork: 1 Students write 5 original sentences and underline the adjectives 2. Students read their sentences aloud and other students identify adjectives in their sentence.. Summary: Review with the students the definition of adjective. Homework Write a brief letter to your teacher telling what adjectives are and why they are important.

I am writing up a lesson plan for Art for Elementary teachers class. Do you think I can use word art to make the lesson plan look artistic or does it need to look professional?

Since you’re writing it for an adult class, I would say keep it professional but you can include examples of what they can do to give them some sort of visual.

hi.i would like know where i can find lesson plans.i attend seminars about teaching english to speakers of other language.and i need a lesson plan about teaching grammar based on the Communicative Language Teaching.could anyone help me?

This very much depends on the level of the class, what they need to know and so on.

However, the link below is a good start. It’s a total beginners class and, using the communicative approach, teaches them basic phrases to get on with. You can use the same ideas to move up a few notches and try the Passive Voice example as well.

I am a middle school chorus teacher and I would like a good, weekly lesson plan format. Anyone have one?

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnH1TtlGqqLTcI2nb32zudTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091003123028AAKkxBJ

How many objectives are there for a lesson plan.

no more than two, because students get frustrated copying out too many objectives and not doing the actual work.

i got to write a lesson plan and i have no clue how to write one

If you write a document that answers the following you should be golden. Put Lesson Plan at the top center of the page and fill in all the data that I have put in brackets. You can find ideas for lesson plans at a-zteacherstuff.com.

Lesson Plan
Name: (your name)
Intended Grade Level: (put the grade you intend to teach this lesson to. Could be more than one grade like K-2 or 5-6 etc.)
Activity Title: (what are you going to title this lesson?)
State Standards: (What state standards will this lesson align to? Look up your state standards online and choose the one or a few that this lesson will meet.)

1.Specific Objective: (State what your lesson is about here) Example: To investigate and observe the workings of a thermometer.
2.Materials Required: (what things do you need to complete the lesson.)
3.Sequence of Lesson: (exactly how will this lesson play out in an outline format. Pretend you won’t even be there and you are telling someone else to follow these steps to complete your lesson)
4.Assessment (checking for understanding): (how do you know the students understand what you taught them? Are you going to ask them to show you? Are you going to have them tested? Are you going to listen to them tell one another and see if they get it?)
5.Evaluation: was your lesson effective and appropriate? (After you have taught and assessed the students you can fill this section out to see where you can make improvements for the next time you teach it.)
6.Scaffolding Activities for At-Risk Students: (How can you make this lesson easier for students who may not be at a typical grade level understanding.)
7.Extension Activities for Gifted and Talented Students: (How are you going to make this lesson more challenging for gifted and talented students, students who typically would find this lesson too easy because they are your high achievers.)

I have a Masters in Elementary Education and this is the lesson plan format I used in my masters courses. Good luck!

Hello. I am desperate in need of help. I’m doing a project for early childhood education. I have to create a lesson plan on what makes us grow for about 15 kids. Can anyone give me any ideas on how to do this. I would greatly appreciate it.

I would use the following units:
~All About Me (focus on our body parts and do some measuring as in height, foot and hand length, briefly touch on the subject of bones and how they help us)
~Being Healthy (focus on eating healthy foods to make you strong, keeping ourselves healthy by washing our hands, brushing teeth, and taking baths.)

Projects:
Draw a skeleton and have the children glue on q-tips for bones.

Practice brushing teeth, talk about your teeth and how its important to eat good foods and keep your teeth healthy. Discuss the dentist
Paint a manilla colored tooth white with paint and toothbrushes.

Talk about healthy and unhealthy foods. Have children look at grocery ads and cut and sort pictures of food into the correct catagory. (By food groups/healthy and unhealthy)

Have the children create their own germs with various shapes of colored paper. Have them name their germ and explain how to keep that germ away. (washing hands, taking baths, brushing teeth etc)

Just a few ideas…hope they help! Happy New Year!

For a project for grad school, I need to make a copy of an elementary teacher’s 5 day lesson plan for reading or language arts class.

You need to find a curriculum such as Scott Foresman that has a sample schedule in it.