Lesson Planet is a membership-based website providing access to thousands of lesson plans written by teachers across the globe. These lessons are searchable by topic, grade level, state standards, or all of the above. The website also features worksheets and activities for myriad topics.
We on the Crew were given a 3 month subscription to the site in order to review what is available. We are currently studying the Middle East, so I spent some time looking at what was available for the Middle East for grades 3-5. Most of the lesson plans that popped up were applicable to groups of students. Some I could tweak to make work with one child, but most of them would work best in a classroom setting. I also searched for some worksheets on mean, median, and mode, as my son was having a hard time wrapping his brain around those concepts. I did find some that related to sports, and that did help him understand the purpose behind learning this. However, I found similar activities for free just by Googling the topics with sports.
As a new classroom teacher, this website would have been invaluable to me. Now, I just don’t find it is worth the money when I’ve become comfortable searching for items I need using for free using Google or the online resources from our local library system.
You can preview the site for 10 days at no cost. A yearly subscription costs $39.95 View this video for more information about this site.
Disclaimer: I received a three-month subscription to this website for the purpose of review. The opinions expressed here are my own. I received no other compensation.
