Lesson Design

Education World: Games to Play - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson169.shtml

    This site has 10 short games to play in order to avoid behavior problems that occur during down time.

SREB’s “Planning for Improved Student Achievement” - http://www.tn.gov/education/cte/ad/rubric/doc/pl_improv_st_achieve.pdf 

     Rick Smith says that classroom management issues can be avoided if lessons motivate and engage which can be achieved by hooking learners and scaffolding instruction.  Page 11 of this document has a phenomenal example of SREB’s suggested 50-minut lesson organization.

Education World: Bell-Work - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson336.shtml 

     A 7-day rotation of warm-up activities that span various subjects - mostly elementary.

Teach Hub: Bell-Work - http://www.teachhub.com/prepping-five-minute-fillers-bell-ringer-activities 

     More suggestions for bell-work or short activities that students can do to get their brains going while teachers take care of attendance and other "house-keeping tasks".

Teach Hub: Exit Slips - http://www.teachhub.com/exit-slips-effective-bell-ringer-activities

     What to do for lesson closure - mostly secondary. 

Integrating Technology into the Classroom using Instructional Strategies - http://www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/instructional_tools/Strategies/Strategies.html

     Lesson design ideas that correlate with Marzano’s philosophies of instruction