After 24 years in the library I have finally come up with what works
for me:
First, this year I have created in Word (Tables - on legal sized paper)
a full year plan for each grade (I teach K-4). I am filling it in as
the year goes by, but started out identifying when parent-teacher
conferences are, when holidays are, when I need to introduce certain
skills, etc. As the year goes by I can change this easily as I am
keeping this on the computer, but it could be done by hand if you are
not comfortable enough with the computer. I showed this to my principal
when I had my observation and she was really pleased!
Next I created a weekly calendar with all of my classes listed on it. I
fill a new one in each week with more specifics as to what I am doing
and brief notes. (as needed I write out more complete lessons and they
get filed as described in the next paragraph.) This is on regular
8.5x11 paper, is printed landscape. I keep this on a clipboard, with
each week being stacked on top of the previous one. I can them make
changes and notes (today when I get in I will have to write NO SCHOOL
on all of yesterday since we had a snow day and then LATE START on this
morning because we still have a delay!) Those lessons that I need to
still do as they are part of a sequence will get transferred to next
week, others will just get skipped. Eventually I will do a 'catch up'
week to get everyone from the same grade back on schedule.
This year I have also started doing a better job of collecting my
materials. I have invested in 5 different colors of file folders, one
for each grade, and have 5 different 'milk crate' type boxes and am
filing the lessons/books/handouts for each grade in order. There are
still some things that won't fit, like big books or posters, but I am
attempting to identify which cupboard the other parts in!
If I do a lesson for multiple grades (like the Snowflake Bentley one)
then I still put a file folder in for each grade, but note which grade
actually has the materials.
I know this is probably more than you wanted to hear, but like I said,
this is what I have finally found to work for me!
Barb Engvall
Teacher-Librarian
John Campbell Elem
Selah, WA
macbarb@charter.net
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
On Jan 5, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Mary wrote:
> Okay, I have a notebook with a page for each teacher, but is there a
> better (no, not the best, but the quickest and easiest)way to keep
> track of what is taught, for example, I was going to teach all the 4th
> grades this week a note-taking lesson, some for science, some for
> social studies. To make a long story short, I did not do it with the
> 4th grade today, but did a Caldecott lesson with the books Snowflake
> Bentley and Snow crystals. (which we are doing with K-2 this week and
> with 3rd and 4th later in the month) What is the easiest way to
> remember I did not do note-taking with this class, but did do
> Caldecott?
>
>
>
> Mary Walter, Librarian
> Jamestown Elementary, Arlington, VA
> sky3ler2003@yahoo.com
>
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