Next Week's Lesson Plans 9/25/15

These links may help you develop plans for current events.

Special Pope Francis Edition – Ed Tech, Classroom Management & School Reform (Plus Dorothy Day)

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/09/25/special-pope-francis-edition-ed-tech-classroom-management-school-reform-plus-dorothy-day/ 

Fall off a fiscal cliff, or navigate a fiscal slope? – Lesson Plan

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/fall-off-a-fiscal-cliff-or-navigate-a-fiscal-slope/ 

  These links are good resources to bring depth to your lesson planning:

How Awareness of Cultural Differences Can Help Underachieving Students

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/09/23/how-awareness-of-cultural-differences-can-help-underachieving-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

How Technology Should Have Already Changed your Teaching

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/how-technology-has-changed-education/ 

 These links will help you schedule fun and physical activity.

You are going to go outside to find leaves!

Play a Leaf Matching Game 

http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Family-Fun/outdoor-activities/Leaf-Match.aspx 

7 Ways To Turn You Fall Leaf Collection Into Art

 http://www.handmadecharlotte.com/diy-fall-leaves/

Foliage Tracker 

www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techlp/techlp015.shtmlFoliage Tracker  

Foliage Tracker

 

These links will help you make your class more vibrant and less mind-boggingly monotonous (I say this from personal experience.)

How to Grow Plants in the Classroom

http://www.ehow.com/how_2247288_grow-plants-classroom.html 

Getting Students Involved With Bulletin Boards

https://suite101.com/a/getting-students-involved-with-bulletin-boards-a400274

  This link will help you keep organized (and sane):

5 Classroom Management Apps Every Teacher Needs to Know About

http://info.marygrove.edu/MATblog/bid/90368/5-Classroom-Management-Apps-Every-Teacher-Needs-to-Know-About 

Ultimate? Let's maybe aim for a little better.

The Ultimate Organized Classroom

 https://www.teachervision.com/classroom-management/school/4731.html

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/teaching-is-being-organized-within.html