I make sure that those materials are either in the daily folder, or the workbooks are out and ready to go. I write in what we will be doing each day for Sophie and Bella using pencil. I booted up Excel and after a few evenings I came up with a daily lesson plan that worked for us – I only wish I had done it sooner. One night I decided that I should perhaps try to make my own instead of constantly trying to make something else work for me. What wasn’t working was that I kept having to refer to my planning book, which is spiral bound and I made a mess crossing things out and moving them over to another day, or switching materials, or when we just didn’t do school one day! I’m able to plan 3-6 weeks ahead (depending on our schedule) and it’s been working well. I started in the fall with folders for each day of the week (Mon-Fri) and I usually place all lessons, lap-books, papers, etc that we will be working on in the folder for that day. I really wanted to start off 2016 organized and ready to go, but how? I’ve tried dry erase schedules and paper schedules and check off boxes – but nothing I found was working for me. I’ve tried at least 4 different planners since September, each of them great but all lacking one thing here or there.
You will be taken to dropbox where you can choose your size or download the images.When it comes to lesson planning I am all over the place. Now we can keep it all in one place with this tracker. I know just last Spring, there were so many to keep track of and I was tired of checking emails from the teacher to find the passwords or usernames for my kids. The websites and passwords tracker is a great way to keep track of all the websites and logins you will need to access your student’s distance learning materials.
You can use symbols or a color code to mark the days. The attendance logs are simply an annual calendar in which you can track which days they attend class. You can track the title, author, and how many pages were read each day. The reading logs are perfect for keeping track of independent reading or family read alouds.
They also include Saturday and Sunday in the spread. You can fill them in with subjects/categories or for each child/student. The weekly lesson planner includes 7 sections on a 2-page spread. I’ve left the time slots blank so you can fill them in yourself or if you would rather use time blocks such morning, mid-morning, afternoon, etc. I’ve included 2 different versions – a 2-page spread from Monday to Sunday, and a 1-page spread with just the weekdays (M-F). The weekly time schedule is perfect for seeing your week’s classes and setting up a good weekly schedule for you and your family.
When school starts I will be using it to mark down important dates and deadlines. We don’t have any idea what’s to come yet so all I have planned so far is when we start and when we need to go pick up chromebooks from the school. I love using it for big important dates and appointments. I have included a Monday as well as a Sunday Start. The monthly planner is great for big picture planning. Then click the picture icon to place your images within your digital planners. If you want to use it in your digital planners in the GoodNotes App, simply save the images to your iCloud drive or into your camera roll. The spreads will come with 2 copies of each so that you can print them double sided. You can choose which planner size you need, and print out what you need. I have included multiple sizes as well as JPG images so you can use it in your digital planners.