Lesson plan calendar and templates
Planning your lessons is more difficult than actually delivering it because lesson plans are more than just lists of topics to tackle for a school year. Writing lesson plans entails serious thinking to be able to meet your learning objectives.
Lesson Plan Calendar
In writing your lesson plan, it is recommended that you make a lesson plan calendar to help know how much instructional time you have for a school year. Here is how you can make one:
- Get a blank calendar and mark all of the vacation days with a big X. Use a pencil in doing your calendar because you would probably have to erase items over time.
- Mark all the major examination periods and scheduled events that can interfere with your class and take note of the number of days you will lose due to these activities. Also subtract one day each month as allowance for unexpected events. Through this equation, you will know the total number of hours you have for your lessons.
- Adjust your topics, activities, and pacing to the total number of instructional time you have.
- As the school year progresses, re-adjust your lesson calendar in case there are events or holidays that can affect the number of your instructional time.
Lesson plan templates
After doing your lesson plan calendar, you may now start writing your lesson plan. To assist you in coming up with your own lesson plan structure, here are some templates you may refer to for ideas:
Daily Lesson Plan Templates
Weekly Lesson Plan Templates
Unit Plan Templates
Monthly Lesson Plan Templates
Individual Blank Lesson Blocks
High School Lesson Templates
Language Arts Lesson Template
Social Studies Lesson Template
Physical Education Template
Math & Science Templates
If you wish to see sample lesson plans for various subject areas such as geography, history, science, math, language, or physical education, you may visit microsoft.com. It provides interesting approaches for conducting lessons in class.
Sources:
Kelly, Melissa. “Create a Lesson Plan Calendar.” Retrieved June 2, 2010 from
http://712educators.about.com/od/lessonplans/ht/lesson_calendar.htm
“Lesson plans.” Retrieved June 2, 2010 from
http://712educators.about.com/od/lessonplans/Lesson_Plan_Banks.htm
“Lesson Plan Templates.” Retrieved June 2, 2010 from
http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/templates.php
(Published 19 July 2010, Smart Communications, Inc.)
