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halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 15:26:43 UTC

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Template

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 15:51:32 UTC

This is a standard lesson plan template and will be useful in the lesson planning process. This template allows ample space for lessons in classes where there is a high need for differentiation and modification. Choose this template for lessons that are time-constrained, require direct instruction, will be instructed by a sub, or when preparing for summative assessments.

Template

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 16:05:00 UTC

This is a 5e lesson plan template. The 5 E's are engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. This template is helpful for STEM learning, discovery learning, project-based or collaborative learning, and topics requiring critical thinking and engagement.

Sample Lesson Plan

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 16:11:58 UTC

This is a GCU COE stardards-based lesson plan. This lesson is a great example for a classroom that is highly diversified. This lesson plan covers learning support for children with exceptionalities.

UDL Guidelines

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 16:18:34 UTC

The UDL guidelines provide a framework to design flexible learning environments that meet diverse learner needs by offering multiple ways to engage, represent, and express knowledge. This resource will help create inclusive lessons that support all students in accessing and mastering content effectively.

Unpacking the Standards

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 18:52:40 UTC

This document samples how to "Unpack Standards" into learning objectives that effectively align with the standards to help teachers facilitate lesson planning and assessments, and help students reach their goals. Unpacking standards is part of the backwards design process and facilitates instructional alignment. Using this resource can help with designing effective learning objectives.

Backwards Design

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 18:58:54 UTC

The article explains that backwards design lesson planning starts with clearly defined, student-centered objectives and aligned assessments before planning activities, making lessons more purposeful and effective. Unlike traditional lesson plans that focus first on standards and activities, backwards design emphasizes measurable objectives, ongoing assessments, and targeted instruction to ensure students master the intended skills. This approach leads to more intentional teaching and better learning outcomes.

Common Core ELA

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:06:04 UTC

Direct link to Common Core ELA standards for quick reference during lesson planning.

Common Core Math

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:07:18 UTC

Direct link to Common Core Math Standards for quick reference during lesson planning.

Technology Ideas for Assessments

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:10:51 UTC

This article highlights 10+ tech tools for assessments and when to use them. This is a great resource for adding entrance and exit tickets via technology to the lesson plan, or online portfolio type summative assessments.

Things to keep in mind while using technology

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:23:18 UTC

This article highlights the benefits and challenges of using technology in the classroom. Not sure if your technology resource is relevant to your lesson? This resource may help you decide.

Vocabulary Acquisition

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:28:48 UTC

This resource highlights 4 ways to boost vocabulary acquisition. It covers leveraging contextual learning, using repitition and reinforcement, implementing multimodal learning, and personalization through data-driven insights. This resource is useful when you have students who need extra help with vocabulary or ELL's and you need to improve vocab aqcuisition in the classroom.

Instructional Models and Strategies

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:34:11 UTC

This document lays out a brief description and application of different instructional strategies. Additionally, it offers a sample of differentiation for above grade-level and below grade-level students. Use this resource when deciding which instructional method will help students reach content mastery in a unit or lesson.

Differentiation Bank

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:38:56 UTC

This sample document highlights one ELA activity and one Math activity and differentiation for each. It covers differentiation methods for ELL's, gifted students, above and below grade level, early finishers and students with disabilities. It is useful when trying to brainstorm ideas for differentiation.

20 Differentiated Instruction Strategies and Examples

halewis2025 — 2025-07-04 19:45:51 UTC

This resource highlights 20 different differentiation strategies and how to use them. Use this resource when you need some additional ideas for differentiation and need to think out of the box.

Faith Integration at Work

halewis2025 — 2025-07-05 13:23:29 UTC

For those of the Christian Faith, this document gives a compelling argument for why one should continually allow faith integration into their workplace through their thoughts and actions. This belief extends outward from the individual, impacting peers or coworkers, and even students. This document can be reviewed at any time to ensure faith and action alignment in the workplace.

Integrating Faith in a Public School

halewis2025 — 2025-07-05 13:29:05 UTC

This document shares how to serve our students by integrating faith in public school. While being mindful of the seperation of church and state, this article written by a Harvard Professor gives ideas on how to share the love of God in public schools. This resource can be used for inspiration.