Sunday, February 20, 2011

where to start?

It is all so overwhelming in the beginning.  There is so much information on the site and so many different ways to get started.

1st thing I did was enter my students information into the system and created student profiles.  The system configures all the data and then spits out a level that they should be instructed on (level 1, 2, 3).  These levels coorespond with the 3 different levels of lesson planning.  AWESOME!!!

After all my student data was in, I went straight to that month's lesson plans.  I am fortunate to have a principal that allows us to print off each unit of study.  You can access some of the lessons if you have a smartboard, but I prefer to print everything off.  My students are tested through paper pencil method, so I might as well teach that way as well. 

Here is a picture of 1 unit printed off.


Lots of paper huh! I have found that placing these lessons into a binder doesn't work for me.  Once you pick apart each lesson and make the lessons for your students, it just won't fit!  So, I keep all of my prepared lessons in a crate, like this one:




I keep my lessons in tabbed generic folders...lesson 1, lesson 2, lesson 3 etc...  This way, I can do this month after month.

Hopefully this at least gives you an idea of 1 way to organize your lessons!

Happy teaching!

J.D.




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