Lesson Planning Menu

(Note: This is NOT a comprehensive list – click on the links to see instructions, worksheets, and photos of activities in that section.)

Activate Prior Knowledge Games Listening/Viewing Activities & Speaking Activities Writing
Interactive Worksheets (See Activity Structures)
Around the World Affinity Diagrams
Associogram, Concept Map, Bingo
Battleship Circumlocution Blogs or Journals
or Graphic Organizer Checklists
Bluffarama Cooperative Activities Big Books
Cloze Passages Cloze Exercises
Bingo Describe & Draw Board Races
Comparisons Coloring
Board Games Dialogues Charts or Graphs
Describe & Draw Drawing
Board Races Four Corners Cloze Passages
Games Grab-a-Word/Picture
Charades “Freeze” Role Plays Comparisons
Gouin Series Hear/Circle
Concentration Games DialogueConversation Journals
Journals Listening Grids
Crossword Hear/Say Digital Storytelling
Magic Boxes Map-making
Dice Games Information Gap Foldables
Mystery Pictures Matching
Dominoes Inside/Outside Circles Graphic Organizers
Opinionnaires Numbering , Ordering, Sequencing
Family Feud Interviews Labeling or Listing
Predictions Sorting--objects, pictures,
Flyswatters Jigsaw Mad Libs
Slide Shows sentence strips
Hollywood Squares Mixers Modernize the Story, New
Signal Cards Stand-When-You-Hear Ending
Surveys Jeopardy M&Ms
Newspaper Article or Newscast
Video Clips Millionaire Newscasts
Podcast Pen Pals
Outburst Reading Activities
Problem-solving Poems
Contextualization Pictionary (Pre-, during, post-)
Pop-up or Smoosh Books
Conversations Pop-the-Balloon Read & Retell
Choral Reading Puppet Show
Experience Price is Right Role Plays
Draw, Illustrate Storyboards
Interviews Puzzles Show & Tell
Graphic Organizers Tabloids
Reading Passage Ring Toss Silly Stories
Greet ‘n Go Venn Diagrams
Simulations Scattergories Simulations
Guided Reading White Boards
Slideshow Slap Jack, War Skits
Hear/Say Writing in air, pudding, sand,
Songs Speed Scrabble Story Squares
Highlight Cognates,Known Words shaving cream, sidewalk chalk
Stories Spoons Story Switches
I Have. . ., Who Has?
Videos Taboo Taboo or other word Community-based Activities
Listening Bingo, Listening Grid
Telephone games
Paired Reading
Tic-tac-toe Telephone After-school activity, club
Focus on Form Read & Retell
Think-Pair-Share
Vocabulary Concert or exhibit
Cloze Passages Read Aloud
Squares Three-in-a-row, Way-to- Exchanges
Games Round Robin Reading
Weakest Link go! Field trip
Grammar Coloring Say Something
Wheel of Fortune Twenty Questions Guest speaker
Worksheets Sequence, Sort or Unscramble Text
Who Wants to be Voicethread Service learning
Inductive Grammar Lesson Story Switches
a Millionaire Who Am I? Study Abroad
Table Tents
Word Search Videoconference

Standards-based Lesson Planning Menu ♦ 2009 ♦ Based on collaborative work by Dr. Cherice Montgomery, Dr. Nieves Knapp, Dr. Blair Bateman, Dr. Helena
Curtain, Donna Clementi, Anny Fritzen, Suzanne Kauer, Jessica Haxhi, Cindy Kendall, Stacy Thackeray, Mary Cartier, & Amanda Gorman
 Lesson Planning Menu
(Note: This is NOT a comprehensive list – click on the links to see instructions, worksheets, and photos of activities in that section.)

Activity Structures Culturally Authentic Materials, Assessment & Projects Technology

Realia, & Resources Animoto
Individual Pairs Groups Whole Class (Products, Practices, Perspectives) Baby Books Audacity
Big Books Bubbleply
Affinity Diagram Ads, Magazines, or Newspapers Bulletin Boards Buzzword
Carrousel Walk Art, Images, Photos, or Pictures Capture a Concept Create Your Scenario
Dialogues, Hear/Say Cartoons, Comics, and Graphic Novels Children’s Story Dumpr
Focus Groups Children’s Books Clone Stories Edublogs
Four Corners Costumes, Manipulatives, Play Food, Props, Commercials FD’s Flickr Toys
Grab-a-Word/Grab-a-Picture Puppets, or Toys Dear Abby Letters Gabcast or Gcast
Human Graphing Games, Jokes, Puzzles, & Tongue Twisters Disney Projects Gliffy or Mindomo
Information Gap (or Paired Activities) Music & Songs Documentaries Glogster
Inside/Outside Circles Native Speakers Extinct Animal Projects Google Earth
Interviews Online (blogs, e-mails, websites) Fables or Fairy Tales Google Forms
Jigsaw Poems & Stories Family Food Projects Google Language Tools
Learning Centers Proverbs & Quotes Family Trees Issuu
Mixers Realia (Money, Programs, Receipts, Tickets) Famous Person Projects Jing
Musical Chairs Video Clips Fashion Magazines or Letterpop
Paired Activities (Info. Gap) Shows Motivator
Popcorn Interviews MyBrochureMaker
Prioritization Learning Centers Picnik
Check for Understanding &
Problem-solving Newscasts Pikistrips
Reciprocal Teaching (a.k.a. Power Teaching) Closure Activities Newspapers Playlist
Role Play ABC Personal Puzzle Collages Podcasts
Rotation Review Acrostic Poems PowerPoint
Scavenger Hunt Blog or Journal Pop-up or Smoosh Books Scrapblog or Mixbook
Show & Tell Concept Map Public Service Skype
Signature Search Foldables Announcements Voicethread
Simulation Gimme 5 Puppet Shows Voki
Graphic Organizers Show & Tell
Multiple Intelligences
Skit Sacks Weebly
Portfolios Soap Operas Interpersonal
Snowballs Wiffiti
Signal Cards Talent Shows Intrapersonal
Story Squares Wikispaces
Think-Pair-Share Time Capsules Linguistic
Surveys Xtranormal or GoAnimate
3-2-1 +1 Time Lines Logical
Think-Pair-Share
Ticket Out TV Game Shows Kinesthetic
Three-in-a-row, Way-to-go!
Venn Diagrams Videos Musical
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Wows, Wishes, & Words of Wisdom Wanted Posters Natural
Spatial (visual)

Standards-based Lesson Planning Menu ♦ 2009 ♦ Based on collaborative work by Dr. Cherice Montgomery, Dr. Nieves Knapp, Dr. Blair Bateman, Dr. Helena
Curtain, Donna Clementi, Anny Fritzen, Suzanne Kauer, Jessica Haxhi, Cindy Kendall, Stacy Thackeray, Mary Cartier, & Amanda Gorman