What a great group of lesson plans this evening! I absolutely loved Rebekah's idea of incorporating making smores with solar ovens in to her class for energy of the sun! What a fun way to learn about the sun's energy. Way to go Rebekah!
Karen's idea of using music to get the kiddos excited is a great one as well! It seems so easy to remember things when you are singing it and incorporating music! Awesome job Karen!
Marley I just watched the Deepwater Horizon movie today and then did a ton of research on it about the effect it had on the water. I love the water system and learning about it!! Great idea for 5th grade science!! Loved your lesson plan!
April I have never been one to love to read but after listen to your lesson plan I am sure the kiddos would really enjoy! I love the idea of taking breaks in between. I am sure this will be great for the students!
Kudos to all! Great job everyone!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Safe Travels!

After the Lesson plan presentations this evening I have learned quite a bit over what else I need to do to make my lesson plans better. As I was one that presented mine over first grade math for currency. I am very happy with the feedback that I received from Professor Steffes.
Jacob did a great job over 10th grade English Language Arts. I love Poe and your handout was great! I enjoyed seeing your Lesson plans for the higher grades since I am in elementary education.
Allison Haden's lesson plans over first grade English with retelling stories was great to listen to as I am doing my lesson plans over first grade as well but for math! Way to go! Great job!
Scott Hill did his lesson plans over Middle School American History for the Civil War on Amendments 13-15. I have always loved learning about the amendments and enjoyed seeing your lesson plans that go along with them! Great job and to be on lesson plan #10 already! Kudos to you man!
The last presentation was from Kim Groseclose about Language Arts and the importance of using punctuation at the end of a sentence. This is so very important!! I love the idea about a song over this! I always remember songs so much better and I am sure this will help the students tremendously!
Way to go class! Great work!!

After this evenings class I have learned even more about lessons plans. Seeing everyone's different style and going over each lesson plan is helping to get a better understanding. I enjoyed listening to each person and the topics that they chose.
Jessica I place values and math has always been one of my favorite subjects so I really enjoy seeing how others plan to teach it! I chose to do math for first grade currency so a little different and just one grade below but it was neat seeing yours and comparing it to mine a little so that I can see if there are things I can change to make mine better.
Andrew Social Studies has always been one of my least favorite subjects so to see how and what you chose to teach for 7th grade was a helper for sure!
Ali I agree that recycling is so very important. We try to recycle as much as we can including aluminum cans, cardboard, glass bottles, refilling water bottles and then recycling after several uses, etc. Great choice!
Tiffany I have been subbing in the pre-k and kindergarten classes a lot recently and the kiddos just LOVE doing the weather! I agree that the songs are so helpful. Even myself seem to remember things better when they're sung. Look at how easy it is to remember songs?! HAHA
Angela I LOVE to draw! Art and Math have always been my favorite subjects so I loved listening to your lesson plan! I am always doodling on paper!
Great job everyone on your lesson plans thus far! Way to go class!