Next Week's Lesson Plans 3/15/14

Ooh, color coded for the visual learner type teacher.

This link will help you develop plans for current events.

Women's History Month: Six Lesson Plan Resources for Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/womens-history-month-lesson-plans-matt-davis 

I like Our Lady of Guadalupe in the middle.

This link is good to bring depth to your lesson plans:

Why It’s Imperative to Teach Students How to Question as the Ultimate Survival Skill
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/why-its-imperative-to-teach-students-how-to-question-as-the-ultimate-survival-skill/ 

Lesson Plans and Resources for Math Test Prep.

My personal opinion after preparing students for the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam)--statistics seems neglected in test prep and there are always lots of questions in that discipline. Plus, as Not-really-a-math person (you can tell I love liberal arts), I can say that if there is an area of math I truly appreciate, it is statistics--not just analyzing data for teaching, but in examining our lives and our most interesting world. So there, I gave our math friends a sincere high five for improving our quality of life!

Using and Handling Data

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/

Statistics, Data Management, Probability

http://math.about.com/od/statisticslessons/ 

These links will help you schedule less boring test prep from our comrades at the Teaching Channel.

Keeping the Rigor while Making Math Fun

Grades 6-8 / Math / Games 

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/making-math-fun

Math Team Challenge

Grades 6-12 / Math / Fun Competition 

 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/math-lesson-idea-teams

Using Personal Anecdotes to Improve Writing Skills

Grade 8 / ELA / Writing

CCSS: ELA.W.8.5

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/improve-student-writing-skills 

Kick Me: Making Vocabulary Interactive

Grade 7 / ELA / Writing

CCSS: ELA.L.7.5b 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/making-vocabulary-lesson-interactive 

Okay, it is time--time to get organized using technology. You can't avoid it any longer--and it is an effective way to communicate.

Let Tech Organize Your Teaching

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/let-tech-organize-your-teaching-andrew-marcinek?utm_source=googleplus&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-3-tech-organization-tools 

  

25 Teaching Tools For The Digital Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/25-teaching-tools-to-organize-innovate-manage-your-classroom/ 

Strengthening Parent-Teacher Communication Through Technology

http://www.digitalpromise.org/strengthening-parent-teacher-communication-through-technology/

 

Teaching Is Analyzing the Data

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/10/teaching-is-analyzing-data.html?spref=bl