http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/planning?feed=rss&pg=1 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "planning" on Netvouz http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9091&r=sb071121 In this practical and accessible book, Rick Wormeli shows middle- and secondary-level teachers how to plan a differentiated lesson from start to finish, detailing the steps to take before, during, and after to deepen connections for students. At each stage, Rick offers time-tested strategies and reflective advice about reaching a wide range of learners within the same classroom. He presents annotated models of effective differentiated instruction, including tiering, flexible groupings, and adjustments based on formative assessments. Through extensive interdisciplinary examples, teachers also learn how to extend these processes to any subject. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Differentiating Instruction jgordon Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:01:29 GMT http://edhelper.com/ This website offers free services for some activities such as making a cross word puzzles (with one’s own vocabulary words), you can make quizzes, cloze activities, word walls, graphic organizers, and many others. You can choose the difficulty level of each activity; this makes it very easy to differentiate any lesson. This website can be used for any subject and teachers who wish to purchase a membership (about $21.00), can also take advantage of other services, such as activities for special needs students, bilingual, and monthly topics. Rec. by Carina Avalos Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:34:47 GMT http://www.uen.org/ The site offers lesson plans for grades K-12. They also have interactive links to games about reading, numbers, the alphabet and many others. There is another section at the website that has teacher resources available for differentiation ideas. Rec. by Vicky Bock Teacher Resources jgordon Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:27:14 GMT http://www.jaymctighe.com/ubdweblinks.html This site provides resources for Understanding by Design. Scroll Down for the resources for phase II which focuses on the performance tasks. There is assessment help for all content areas. See the multiple examples of rubrics. Assessment jgordon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:21:14 GMT http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/strategies.html Enhance Learning with Technology provides a great list of learning strategies, links to instructional designs and other resources for strategic teaching. Teacher Resources > Lesson Planning jgordon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:12:25 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1567 This site provides templates for curriculum mapping using backward lesson design (Understanding by Design) with themes and essential questions. It is not ESL specific but is a most valuable resource to help ESL teachers include these components in their curriculum development for ELLs. Curriculum Development jgordon Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:12:11 GMT http://www.emints.org/ethemes/ eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms. eThemes is a service of the eMINTS National Center. eThemes resources are created and maintained by University of Missouri-Columbia College of Education staff and graduate students from the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:20:03 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0627ebay-teachers27-ON.html The site, teacherspayteachers.com, aims to be an eBay for educators. For a $29.95 yearly fee, sellers can post their work and set their prices. Buyers rate the products. (I don't know the quality of the lessons, but I like the idea for my teachers who are creating powerful products.) Teacher Resources jgordon Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:12:52 GMT http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/framework/index.php?page=framework-intro-thin#skills Instructional Framework This site provides templates for educators to use to enhance higher order thinking skills, including samples of types of questions that can stimulate students to think more critically. Rec. by Colorin Colorado Higher-order thinking jgordon Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:08:14 GMT https://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/curriculum/elemframework/pdefs/instructpract/UbDPages.pdf This PDF file provides an overview of the UBD design: templates and explanations, including GRASPS for performance tasks ASCD > Understanding By Design jgordon Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:10:07 GMT