Saturday, July 24, 2010

Hoping it's not in VAIN....

So, I've officially written 6 weeks worth of lesson plans. I am talking real, intense, good lesson plans... Not just something written down to pass a "lesson plan check"!

This year as I am planning, I seem to be more organized, more concise and including all of my resources in an effective way. I know I sound like such a nerd when I say all this - but I am really excited to get the year going. As much as I hate TAKS testing; it has become almost a game to me. I work really hard with my students all year and then the "Final Score" of the game is determined by those TAKS results. So right now, my little troops are about to go into FALL TRAINING in hopes they have the endurance to win the race!

As I was looking over my lesson plans today, I got to thinking there are several days I do not have penciled in yet -- simply because I do not know them. I also got to thinking, I hope my careful planning was not done in vain... I hope my eagerness to be efficient this year does not cause extra efforts later -- ya know, like erasing a lesson plan book and rewriting lessons. Oh yes, I am still using a hand-written planner - nothing electronic. This could be interesting... Ahhhh the joys of being a teacher :)

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