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Last year, I taught 10th grade Lit, yearbook, Spanish I, and Creative...

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:30:45 PST

Last year, I taught 10th grade Lit, yearbook, Spanish I, and Creative Writing. It was my 4th year of teaching, and by then I had basically stopped writing traditional lesson plans. I kept one of those "teacher plan books" where I would write out the topics of each day's lesson for each class (it had enough squares per day to accommodate all of my teaching periods). So, for example, it might say "ar/er/ir verbs, Jeopardy...

I used to teach all different subjects over the course of a week --...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:48:09 PST

I used to teach all different subjects over the course of a week -- math, writing, literature, science, history, advisory were group lessons, plus I would give individual "sequence" math or geography lessons to kids in between the group lessons. I kept separate sections of hard copy files for each subject, and separate desktop "folders" on my computer, but kept my student records (attendance, work completed, notes) as...

If it's any consolation, I never mastered this in 38 years of HS...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:16:47 PST

If it's any consolation, I never mastered this in 38 years of HS teaching :) I never did a "formal" prep (not required in my school). Some days I would make a list of "things" that I planned to achieve (eg. vocabulary work, sentence work, etc.); other days I would have a sense of the concepts I wanted to go over, but I would always try to work from where the students in that particular class "were." ...

I was teaching third grade with a co-teacher half day, Elementary...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:49:51 PST

I was teaching third grade with a co-teacher half day, Elementary Science the second half of the day, tutoring fourth grade after school, and teaching High School Advanced English classes (pre-college) in the evening. I am relieved to not be doing all of those things at once anymore -- it was a bit nuts! My method of organization was to have file folders in separate filing drawers for handouts, separate grade books, and separate computer files...

Until last year, I taught 7th and 8th grade English and 7th grade...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:08:54 PST

Until last year, I taught 7th and 8th grade English and 7th grade Reading. (Can someone explain to me why reading is separated from English???) My school was on a "modified" block schedule, meaning that class periods were 90 minutes, but the courses were year round and not one semester. In order to fit 8 classes into a 4-block day, we had A and B days, with 4 classes on each day. Also, since there are only 6 core courses, we had to...

I teach four different subjects, and have done so for the past nine...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:43:45 PST

I teach four different subjects, and have done so for the past nine years. I keep my day to day lesson topics on microsoft word and in a three ring binder. All of my exams, project assignments, and term paper assignments are logged as documents on microsoft word by number according to subject matter and class. Since I am always adding, changing, and updating my lessons for each subject I leave ample space to accomodate the alterations....

I also teach multiple subjects, and I have found that using Excel really...

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:21:05 PST

I also teach multiple subjects, and I have found that using Excel really helps. I have a template that I use each year. Along the top is the day of the week and down the side is the time and the subject. In this way, I have the entire week at a glance. I have one sheet for each week of the year. Before school starts, I add in all of the dates, black out for holidays, and make notes of any early-release days. I have found it to be very helpful....

Lesson planning for several different subjects

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:12:10 PST

What are some organizational techniques that you use to help differentiate your plans for different subjects? For instance, do you use an altogether separate plan book for each one to avoid confusion? Do you have "flags" or markers denoting the different areas, and how they are to be treated? Any helpful pointers for keeping subjects straight would probably be of assistance.

I use the same template for all my classes, but...