Lesson Plans

One of my summer projects each year is to reorganize my lesson plans.  It took me several years, but I've finally found a system that works for me.  I doubt it's the most time efficient or visually appealing system, but it works for me. I keep everything in a 3-ring binder and have one 1 binder for each 9-weeks.

Then, I organize my binders into weeks.

At the front of each week, I have an overview of the week.  This is what I have for the first week.  Yes, we're starting back really late this year-it all has to do with budget cuts.  We have furlough days and a shortened calendar year with extra time added to each day.

You can click on any of the pictures for a free copy of the templates.

Then, for the majority of my lessons I have a template that I use that has all of the specifics (standards, materials, questions, differentiation, etc).

I also include anything that I print or handout, and any homework behind the lesson plan so that everything is kept there together.  This really helps me to stay organized from year to year-not that my lessons are ever the same.  I always make notes on my lessons as soon as I use them to remind myself of what I want to add, take away, or modify for the next year.  If I don't write it down, I won't remember by the time I start working on my lessons again.  Now, I've got to decide how to include my work station activities into my lesson plans.  What do you use, any suggestions?