As teachers, our lesson plans define us. I say this because when we find the lessons we are most proud of, we use them every year because of their success. When we find the instructional strategies and the assessments we think will work best for our students, we plan them into a lesson. The lessons with the best outcomes are the lessons we like to use every year to define our curriculum. Here are the lessons that I found were the most successful for me during my preservice teaching experience. These lessons are from a variety of grade levels, and I will continue to use these lessons; strategies; and assessments if I am teaching in these grade levels in my career.
Distinguishing Linking Verbs from Helping Verbs
Introducing and Brainstorming a Persuasive Essay
Problem-Solving: Missing or Extra Information
Courage and Working Hard Lesson
*Note: Some of these lessons are written in short-form while others are written in long-form. The long-form lessons are what I used when I started as a student teacher, so those are some of the first lessons I taught. The short-form lessons are those I developed later as a student teacher when I found the format that works best for me. The short-form lessons are written as a bulleted list of activities I used while the long form lesson plans are step-by-step procedures of each lesson.