It's time to go back to school, which meant it was time to get my act together and get my teaching binder finished up for the 2019-2020 school year! For many years, I have designed and printed my own personal planner. (You can see last year's here). I know it would be much easier and probably cheaper to buy a pre-made planner, but I am picky. :)
This year's planner has 3 sections - a Monthly Calendar section, a Lesson Plans section, and a Gradebook section. As always, I bound it with the wonderful Arc System :)
The Monthly calendar got a bit of a facelift with the left side staying the same, but changing the right side to include a few things like "Start / Stop / Continue", a small look at the next month, and some notes and to-dos:
In the Lesson Plans section, there are two layouts - a long range quarterly look to help with flow and planning and a weekly layout with a more detailed view:
The long-range outlook has a 2-page spread for each semester. I've included holidays and important dates to help with planning as well.
The weekly spread got a huge update this year. I decided to put the lesson plans on a single page so I didn't have to have my binder open to the whole 2-page spread. I also decided to only use this for school, so I took out the weekend areas. On the left, I put in more of a weekly reflection place so that I could keep more of a teaching journal with some reflection questions inspired from Fairy Dust Teaching. I also trimmed down my habit tracker and added in some other checklists (To Do, To Buy, Strategies Used).
Finally, it was ready to print! I took it to Staples as they have a bit heavier pound paper than I have at home and had them print it grayscale. While at Staples, I browsed through their Studio C 2 pocket folders as they are my favorite DIY Arc Binder covers! Cut them in half, punch some holes and you have a sturdy cover with pockets! The photo at the right shows the pattern I picked out for this year: Doesn't that just bring you happiness and joy?? :)
As always, I've uploaded a generic version in PPT for you if you want a copy of the planner for yourself! :)
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