Hi friends! It's Angie from Lucky Little Learners and I'm here today to tell you how I go about my lesson planning. Now, before I start it is important for you to know that I don't start back to school until September 8th so no judging here when you see that some of my pacing guide planning has not been finished! First things first...the lesson plan book! I LOVE my Erin Condren planner. This will be my second year of owning one of her planners. If you don't own one yet, and want to, here's my affiliate link which will get you a discount on your very own planner!
When I think about lesson planning, I think big picture first. My second grade team will sit down with our standards, learning targets, and curriculum. Then we decide which skills we want to teach in which month. I love this method because I no longer have to stress in May that there are standards to cover and not enough days left to do the job!
As you can see, the beginning of this process starts out with some sticky notes and my EC planner. Like I said, no judging, we don't start until September 8th but might I also add that the reason we don't have ELA and Writing done yet is because of this...
That's right! We JUST received our brand new reading curriculum that we will be teaching this year and a few days later we received our training. So, now my team is going to sit down and figure out the rest of the order in our long range plans. We will be using this product from Traci Clausen over at Dragon Flies in First...
Isn't it beautiful?! When I saw this post on Instagram last spring, I just KNEW that I needed to own this! I can't wait to get ours finished, printed, laminated, and hung! It is going to help keep me focused and organized this year. I also like the visual of what to expect each month at a glance. Each teacher owns this file and will display it on their classroom wall. This will keep us all on the same topics which will make our lesson planning meetings go very smoothly!
Once our pacing guide is complete for each month, then I am ready to do my lesson planning. I wish I could tell you that I use some cutesy templates or some fancy typed plans but the truth is, I like the good ol' fashioned flair pen on paper. I like to cozy up on my couch each Sunday and draft out my week. You will notice that my lesson plans may not seem very detailed but what you don't see are my detailed notes that I have ready to go each day for my core and tier math and reading blocks.
Teacher confession: I love washi tape! Is it an academic necessity to my lesson plans? No. But what I will say is that washi tape makes this teacher's heart happy. So, my goal this year is to add a little cutesy to my lesson plans in an effort to sprinkle a little happiness throughout my week!
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