Lesson Plans

As a teacher, I am constantly thinking about my lesson plan format, and how to make it more useful. I have gone from an excel format that was very detailed (I used this my entire first year) that was broken down by day, to broken down by subject, to what I am doing now that is broken down by subject and day. 

These were the lesson plans that just would not end. They printed out like three pages back to back for ONE DAY! It took so much time to go back through and read my plans that I never did. Timeeessssss areeee a changggiinnnn!!!

So this is what I went to next:

This was better. By far. I used these from about November 2014- May of 2015. They worked. They were very effective. SO much easier to read and refer back to and PLAN! 

Well... this year I wanted another change. I found that I was not referring back to my plans (bad teacher bad), and was instead just going by the routine. I needed some fun. Some color. Some visually appealing yumminess. So this is where I have landed:

TWO PAGES! TWO PAGES PEOPLE! I print these out just like this, IN COLOR (WHOOHOOOOOOO!!!!). I love me some color. I lay them down just like this (like a folder opening facing each other) so it's nice and flat. I can look at the subjects, and then by the days across. It's like magic and I am in L-O-V-E love {for now}. So far, works like a dream. I am going back to my plans, thinking ahead, and the visual reminders of the products I am using help me remember what I need to do and when! 

What do you use? Do your plans work for you? If not, MAKE THEM!