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On this page I have tried to
combine all the things I do to make planning easier. This is
still an area that I work hard on!
Below are links to the different kinds of planning forms that I use
in my classroom.
I have found that it is much easier to plan in units rather than a
day at a time. When I plan for reading, I plan the entire
book. When I plan for Social Studies I plan the topic from
beginning to end and the create the test and study guide. It
takes more time initially, but I feel it saves time in the end.
Reading
Social
Studies
Sub Lesson Plans
Daily/ Weekly Lesson Planning
Long Range
Planning
Do
It Yourself: Plan Book
Do It Yourself:
Guided Reading Book
Reading
I use this form to plan
each group
Reading
Group Lesson Plan
Here is another version of my reading
plans. I like this one because it caters more to my style of
what I will be doing at the beginning, middle and end of a book/
groups.
Guided Reading Lesson Plan
I use this form to
figure out the "big picture" and what the class is doing while I am
working with small groups.
Guided
Reading Plan
This is another version of my "big
picture" reading plans. I just created this one and prefer it
to the other one. This plan allows for two weeks verse one.
The last box is blanks and this is an activity that will be changing
(it may be partner reading, working on strategy sheets or a
project).
Guided
Reading Whole Class Plan
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Social Studies Units
When I am planning a
unit I usually type the plans in this format. I often use this
with my Social Studies units. I have a binder for each unit
and I just put the plans in the front of the binder. At the
end of the unit I jot down notes of what did and didn't work for the
next year.
Unit Lesson
Plans
To see examples of my
Social Studies Units click
here.
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Sub Plans
These are the plans
that I usually leave for a sub. Next year I am thinking that I
want to use some kind of computer lesson plans. I am not sure
if these are the ones I want to use, but I may use some form of
these. I like these plans because they leave detailed
instructions for the subs about routines. This is an already
filled out example.
Daily Lesson Plans
Another website with great examples of
what information to leave for substitutes is
Mrs. Levin's Pre-K
pages. Under the section "Organize It" she has an
extensive list of what she keeps in her sub binder. She also
has printable examples! Very impressive! I am going to
have to try to put this together this summer for my own classroom!!!
Mrs. Levin's
Substitute Binder Info (scroll down)
Another excellent website for substitute
information is Mrs.
Smith's Third Grade. She has a substitute binder as well
and has included MANY of the printables she uses as well. Her
lesson plans are excellent- VERY clear!!!!
Mrs.
Smith's Substitute Information Page
Here is a
great site on how to create a sub packet from JC Schools.
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A friend of mine from school has agreed
to share her lesson plans when there is a sub. She teaches
Kindergarten so she must be quite through when there is a sub!
Thanks Audra!
Audra's Sub Lesson
Plans
Daily/Weekly Lesson Plans
I decided this year I want to move away
form my standard issue plan book that the school gives me. I
like the idea of a big binder because I think it will give me more
flexibility and I can individualize my plans more. We will
see! These sheets will replace my weekly lesson plan book.
Feel free to use these and adapt them. Please remember I only
teach Language Arts so they may not exactly fit your needs.
Hopefully you can adapt them.
2005-2006 Weekly Lesson Planning
page 1
2005-2006 Weekly Lesson Planning
page 2
This year I am going to *try* something
new with my lesson plans. I really liked one of the templates
posted below. Instead of reading the days down the page and
the subjects across a two page spread, it is flip flopped. I hope it
doesn't confuse me too much!!!
I also got rid of the section for guided
reading I included last year because it seemed redundant. I
keep this information in my guided reading book with my guided
reading materials where I will actually USE it.
However, I like to extra room for
positive recognition, homework and meetings. I think this will
keep me more organized. I may even type my lesson plans this
year, instead of print and handwrite them in, I can't decided yet!!
2006-2007 Weekly Lesson Planning
8/06- I had a hard time getting my
template to look exactly how I wanted it to look. Finally I
gave up and now I am using the old fashion plan book. It will
be interesting to see how I like it.
8/07 I decided I wanted to go back to the
computer plan template. The handwriting was ok, but I often
plan when I am on the computer searching for ideas, so it seems
easier to use a template. I can also customize it better to
suit my needs. Another new addition is I have decided t type
my lesson plans, instead of handwrite them into a template.
I wanted to do this because I can cut and paste lessons as well as
save them from year to year. So far I really like this
template because I can create my to do list right as I type the
lessons in the far column!
2007-2008 School Year
page 1
2007-2008 School Year
page 2
A friend of mine from school has agreed
to share lesson plans . She teaches Kindergarten and has
created her lesson plans to look more like a planner and can be
opened as an Excel spreadsheet. Thanks Audra!
Audra's Lesson
Planner
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Links to Other Lesson Plans Templates
These website has several different
versions of lesson plans. Check them out. Some are
great!
http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/templates.php
http://www.teachnet.com/powertools/neattools/lessontemplate.html
http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/teachers/instructional_tech/itw/templates.htm
http://www.mrsperkins.com/testing.htm
http://markives.net/- These need to be downloaded, but WOW, they
are great.
These lessons were submitted by a
Proteacher visitor. She agreed to share her awesome plans, but
asked not to be named! They are really well organized.
There are two templates. One is an Excel file she used in 2004.
The other is a word document for the 2005 school year.
2004
Excel
Lesson Plans
2005
Word Lesson plans
Here are another set of wonderful weekly
lesson plans shared by a Proteacher visitor. She also said she
did not want to be named, but I love how her plans are so well
organized. Check it out
Weekly Lesson
Plans
Weekly
Lesson Plans as a template
This is a nice change of pace. This daily
lesson plan was shared by MNolan from Pennsylvania. Very
organized and would be really helpful for a substitute!
Daily Lesson Page
One
Daily Lesson Plan
Page Two
These very well organized lesson plans
are from
Melanie Diminnie, a kindergarten
teacher. She writes, "I teach kindergarten. I have a
page for each day, but I duplex copy the Monday/Tuesday pages and
Wednesday/Thursday pages to save paper, and then run the Fridays
separately. Several teachers at my school have copied my templates
because they like them. Sometimes instead of photocopying the
templates and writing in the lessons, I type them and just print the
plans. If you do this, something that I have found helpful is to
make the font for the “out of the room” times, like lunch and
specials, a different color. This seems to help subs especially."
Monday
Lesson Plans
Tuesday
Lesson Plans
Wednesday
Lesson Plans
Thursday
Lesson Plans
Friday
Lesson Plans
Also, check out her well organized site
for parents and teachers,
http://mrsdiminnie.com
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Long Range Planning
I love the concept of long range
planning. I love being able to see where I am going and being
able to integrate all the subjects. So when I am teaching
determining importance in reading nonfiction, we can work on how to
writing and informational writing AND match that up to my favorite
science unit (life cycles or solar system, its a toss up!). It
is easier for students to see the connections between the subjects
when I can see the connections!!!
Here is a
copy of the map I
used in fourth grade. It still needs a good deal of work, but it can
give you an idea. Here is a
blank copy of
the map.
I have also created a
curriculum
map for second grade. I prefer this style of map because
it is color coded and I am crazy like that!!! : ) I modeled/ copied
this after a map I found on
www.hellofirstgrade.com
I have also just started working
on my long range
Language Arts plans. I thought is may help me with my
pacing because I have a really bad habit of dragging things out and
beating and totally dead horse!!! Of course, most likely I
will already be off track by September, but it is worth a shot!!!
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Do It Yourself: Plan Book
My goal this year is to create a
plan book that is really useful and I intend to use ALL parts of the
book. As I said before our school gives us the standard issue
one, but I want to customize my own. In this section I will
try to show what I will be adding in the book. Some of it may
be repeated from above, so I apologize. Also, since this is my
first year using this method so I will be sorting my way through
this process!
I intend of having several sections.
These sections will be separated using dividers with pockets. I
figured the pockets would be useful. I also bought the white
binder with the clear pocket on the front and back to hold
information.
SECTION ONE: Weekly Lesson Plans
Weekly Lesson Planning
page 1
Weekly Lesson Planning
page 2
SECTION TWO: Parent Communication log.
In this section I will have all my kids
vital information listed in the top white box. The other boxes
will be used to document any phone calls.
Parent Phone Log in
Excel
UPDATE: I got lazy on this one!
Instead of typing in all the information into the neat and tidy
spread sheet I made, I simply hole punched the list the school gave
me with all the information on it. After the class information
sheet I have notebook paper with a child's name on each sheet.
I write any contact I have had (or tried to have) with parents on
the child's sheet of paper. Not as neat, but much easier!!!
This is a
parent communication log that was shared by another teacher at
my school. Thanks, Kathleen!
SECTION THREE: State Objectives
List of all the state objectives. I
have a list of all the objectives and the indicators that the
students have mastered the objectives. We are provided this
list by our county.
SECTION FOUR: Long Range planning
In this section I have the curriculum map
we created as a grade level. I also have my personal
curriculum map that I created from our grade level map. This
might sounds repetitive, but my personal map is much more detailed
than the grade level map.
SECTION FIVE: Grading Rubrics
Our grade level uses a reading rubric
that assigns a level a numerical grade, a writing rubric that
assigns a writing stage a grade and a fluency rubric. I want
to keep a copy of these on hand.
SECTION SIX: Calendar of Events
My school prints a monthly calendar
with all important events and meetings posted in it. This may
be a section in the binder, or it will be slipped into the back
clear pocket of my plan book.
In the back pocket I keep a spiral
notebook for grade level meetings. I simply take the spiral
with me when I want to take notes about the meeting.
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Do It Yourself: Guided
Reading Book
I keep this
binder with me whenever I am teaching guided reading. It has
all the useful information I could use, right at my finger tips.
I started this one last year (which led to me creating my own plan
book) and have been adding to it to make it more useful. A few
teachers in my school have one and I have been asking them for
tips!!
SECTION ONE: What is everyone else doing
during Guided Reading?
Guided
Reading Whole Class Plan
SECTION TWO, THREE, FOUR and FIVE: Reading group lesson
plans
Since I usually have four groups there will be four
dividers labeled with lesson plans for each group in each section.
Guided Reading Lesson Plan
SECTION SIX: Long Range planning
I
was able to observe at another wonderful, local school. They
had created curriculum maps in language arts and then shared them
with our school. I have taken the maps and edited them to fit
my needs. These plans are great because they keep me on my
toes. I also include a match up of the seven Mosaic of Thought
Strategies to reading skills. I DID NOT create this list.
It was posted on the Mosaic List Serve and of course I did not save
who posted it. I THINK it came from this website.
Strategy Match Up
Sheet
SECTION SEVEN: Grading Rubrics
Our
grade level uses a reading rubric that assigns a level a numerical
grade, a writing rubric that assigns a writing stage a grade and a
fluency rubric. I want to keep a copy of these on hand.
SECTION EIGHT: What to say when....
These are sheets with ideas for what to
say to a student who is not monitoring for meaning, using visual
cues, etc.
SECTION NINE: Blank copies
Blank copies of
lesson plans and
whole class
plans.
SECTION TEN: Mentor text
This is a
list of books with strategies matched up. These are al from the
Mosaic
Tools website. I highly recommend visiting it. There
is SO much information on this site!!!
Picture Books and Strategies
Using Picture books in the Upper Grades
SECTION ELEVEN: Notes for me!
This is just notebook paper.
Here I plan out where I am going with my mini lessons.
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