Chapter 1 of Friend book Planning Instruction by Analyzing Classroom and Student Needs

Chapter 1 of the Friend book has a ton of useful information for inside the classroom. First of all, the INCLUDE strategy seems to be a great way to make sure that all of your students are receiving the type of education they need dependant on their abilities.
1. I thought the sidebar on sponges was amazing. In our fields, it is easy to observe how much classroom time is wasted transitioning from one activity to the other or waiting for special area or lunch to start. Using these wasted moments as teachable ones will help your students master content they are working on and can be a lot of fun.
The website below has a variety of sponges you can use that actually address standards.
http://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/standards-based-sponge-activities/

2. Teachers are discovering that informally grouping and regrouping students in a variety of ways throughout the school day can make a teacher's job easier and students more productive. This teaching strategy is called flexible grouping.
The PDF below has defintions of flexible grouping as well as 4 models of use. This could be useful in the classroom because you will need to use flexible grouping in today's diverse classrooms. Whole group instruction will no longer be solely effective.
http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/literacy/flexibleGrouping.pdf

3. Indirect instruction is an approach to teaching and learning in which the process of learning is inquiry, the result of discovery. The idea is that children can actively construct knowledge and solve problems in developmentally appropriate ways.
The website below is a chapter from an online textbook that is based on indirect instructional strategies. It answers these questions:

1. What is the indirect instruction model?
2. What are constructivist strategies for teaching?
3. How does direct instruction differ from indirect instruction?
4. What teacher behaviors are required for indirect instruction?
5. What are some ways of promoting the goals of indirect instruction in a culturally diverse classroom?

The chapter also has self quizzes and praxis prep(case studies) to assist you
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http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_borich_effective_5/16/4135/1058716.cw/index.html