Student Teacher & Teacher Training Resources
Student Teacher & Teacher Training Resources
Ready-made units for student teachers and anyone in their first year: complete lesson plans with timings, slide decks and worksheets you can teach, adapt and then talk about in your reflection.
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Units you can teach on placement
Sensible starting points for the middle-grade classes where new teachers usually get their first solo lessons; tap any cover for the full preview, contents and price.
Comprehensive English Language Arts Curriculum: Build Skills, Ignite Creativity
ELA Test Prep & Assessment Toolkit – Reading, Writing & Grammar Practice | Grades 3–5
Listening and Viewing Comprehension – Practice Pack
Future Visions: Utopian & Dystopian Narratives in Literature and Media
Pompeii and Herculaneum – What Was Lost? History Resource for Grades 7–10
Why teachers use these
Why student teachers use these
A placement asks you to plan like a fifth-year teacher while you are still learning the photocopier code. Your mentor wants a plan with timings, your supervisor wants visible differentiation, and both want it Monday. Working from a finished unit is not cheating. You can see how an experienced teacher sequences a lesson, change the parts that do not suit your class, and explain those decisions afterwards, which is exactly what the observation conversation is for.
What's covered
What is in each unit
A complete lesson you can walk into a classroom holding.
- Lesson plan with minute-by-minute timings
- Four levels of differentiated worksheets
- Editable PowerPoint slide deck
- Full answer keys
- Printable and digital versions
Make it work for everyone
Differentiation your observer can see
Observers look for what you did with the students who were not in the middle. Having one task on four levels lets you name that in the plan and point to it afterwards. Collect the completed work as evidence of the range in your class, and use the slide questions as the checks you discuss in your post-observation meeting.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is it acceptable to teach someone else's lesson plan on placement?
Most mentors would rather you teach a strong plan well than improvise a weak one. Tell your mentor and your supervisor what you adapted and why. Because the files are editable, you can change the examples, the timings and the questions to suit your class, which turns the plan into a teaching decision you can defend.
Can I use these in a formal observation or a portfolio?
For teaching, yes. If you are assembling a performance assessment portfolio such as edTPA, check your program's rules about materials you did not write, and cite anything you adapted. The plans, worksheets and keys are yours to edit and annotate, but the commentary and analysis have to be your own work.
I have almost no budget. Where should I start?
Start with one unit in the subject you teach most on placement, and look at the free downloads first. Prices run from free to about $69.90. A unit is licensed for your own classroom and reusable every year, so the same file follows you from placement into your first paid post.
Walk in with a plan you trust
One download gives you slides, worksheets, answers and timings for your next lesson.
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