The Great Lakes: Full Day Substitute Plans

The Great Lakes: Full Day Substitute Plans

The Great Lakes: Full Day Substitute Plans is a complete teaching resource designed to provide an engaging and comprehensive educational experience. The plans encompass various subjects such as history, geography, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and math making it an excellent choice for public school educators or homeschoolers.

Detailed Day-Long Activities

This resource provides inclusive day-long activities suited for different levels of learners. There are large group messages presented in the morning and afternoon that serve as perfect starting points for substitute teachers in familiarizing themselves with the students. Each activity is timed to last approximately 30-45 minutes.

Reader Response Papers

A key aspect of these lesson plans includes Reader Response papers formulated to stimulate creative thinking following independent reading sessions lasting over 30 minutes. These response sheets allow students to document their insights about plotlines or characters encountered during their reading time.

• For non-fiction readers: An opportunity to note down interesting facts learned can also be utilized for discussions in small or large groups.
• Promotional Exercises: Students can even use this resource to research one of the Great Lakes!

Diverse Topics Covered

The lessons range across diverse topics related specifically to The Great Lakes:

1. Historical perspectives such as Ice Age & First People
2. Recent developments like Voyageurs' fur trade & Shipping processes,
3. Niagara Falls' significance,
4. An all-rounded learning about Lighthouses through easy-to-understand passages,
5. Data analysis based on graphing information provided about all five Great Lakes,
6. Decoding hidden sentences via grade-level math computations

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