Lesson Plans for Teachers
July 09, 2007

by Staff, Education Department, Mid-Manhattan Library

The following titles can be found in the circulating Education Collection of the Mid-Manhattan Library. This list of titles and websites was compiled to assist teachers and educators in creating lesson plans for all grade levels. 

BOOKS

Bennett, Linda and Michael J. Berson, eds. Digital age: Technology-based K-12 Lesson Plans for Social Studies. Silver Spring, MD: National Council for the Social Studies, 2007. (300.71 D) 

Cataldo, Judē. Hands-on Art Activities for the Elementary Classroom: Seasonal, Holiday, and Design Activities for Grades K-5. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. (372.5044 C) 

Cecil, Nancy Lee. Activities for a Comprehensive Program to Literacy. Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway, 2004. (372.6 C) 

Cruz, Barbara and James A. Duplass. The Elementary Teacher’s Guide to the Best Internet Resources: content, lesson plans, activities, and materials. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007. (372.1334 C)

Dellinger, John. The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide, Grades K-5: Emergency lesson plans and essential advice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. (371.1412 D)

Holt/Hale, Shirley Ann. On the move: lesson plans to accompany Children moving. 7th edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007. (372.86 H)

Jacobsen, David. Methods for Teaching: Promoting Student Learning in K-12 Classrooms. 7th edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill-Prentice Hall, 2006. (371.102 M)

Jones, Elaine. The Professional Lesson Plan Book. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2005. (371.102 J)

Kellough, Richard. A resource Guide for Teaching K-12. 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007. (371.102 R)

Marzano, Robert. Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001. (371.102 M)

Ornstein, Allan C. and Thomas J. Lasley II. Strategies for Effective Teaching. 4th edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. (371.102 S)

Price, Kay. Daily planning for today's classroom: a guide for writing lesson and activity plans. 2nd edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2003. (371.3028 D)

Starrett, E.V. Teaching Phonics for Balanced Reading. 2nd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2007. (372.165 S)

Tileston, Donna Walker. What Every Teacher Should Know About Effective Teaching Strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2004.

WEBSITES

Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans.
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
All basic subjects are included. Grades K-12 are featured. There are also links to other websites.

Edhelper.com.
http://www.edhelper.com/
1,000 Webquests and 6200 Lesson Plans.

EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
Guide to humanities-related sites, with lesson plans and take-home activities.

G.E.M: Gateway to Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org/
Lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources.

Learning To Read - Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
http://toread.com/

Peterson’s Education and Career Center
http://www.petersons.com/

ReadWriteThink
http://readwritethink.org/
Resources in reading and language arts instruction.

Supporting Mathematics Reading Through Books.
http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/

Lesson plans using children’s literature to launch mathematical investigations, from Kansas State University.

The New York Public Library’s Best of the Web: Education: K-12 Resources
http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=516&d3=K-12 Resources