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Standards-based lesson plans are being developed by Ohio ABLE teachers. These lesson plans incorporate the instructional cycle of preparing, planning, teaching, assessing, and reflecting as outlined in the Student Experience Model (SEM). The lessons cover a variety of topics and use materials and activities that students encounter in their everyday lives.

For teachers interested in direct strategy instruction, The OLRC Reading Group has used selected trade (library) books to create Teaching Ideas. These teaching guides on specific trade books have been field-tested in adult literacy classrooms. Teachers can adapt and incorporate these ideas into their standards-based lessons.

You can begin your lesson plan search of the entire Eureka! database by going to Eureka! Advanced Search and using the keywords of reading, writing, math, speaking, or listening. An option for searching only the lesson plans is available at Lesson Plans Advanced Search where you will find lessons listed by title. For tips on searching the Eureka! database go to How to Search the Eureka! Agora.

Additional Lesson Plan Resources are available from many sources and can give you a wealth of ideas so you can start creating your own standards-based lessons. The Required Elements flowchart provides information programs can use to create lesson plan templates. Thematic Collections facilitate the use of thematic text sets in developing lesson plans appropriate for GED study. Model Lesson Plan Templates can be downloaded and used to start your classroom lesson plan bank immediately.

For more information about lesson planning or to submit one of your original plans to Eureka, please contact Judy Franks at jfranks@literacy.kent.edu or 330-672-0753.