Last weekend I worked really hard mapping out my new Math and Language Arts curriculums to try to figure out what the heck I am supposed to be teaching. I learned that apparently I am a hands-on/ visual learner. First, I wrote all of the standards out on color-coded Post-it notes:
Then, I quite literally taped a grid onto my wall and started sticking the standards where the curriculum recommended they should be.
Here's a closer picture:
You can see the Post-its for months, quarters, days off and the stickers that were the "keys" for the subject area colors. I am such a nerd!
The good news is that it helped--a little. I have a much better grasp of this quarter and a fairly good idea of what direction to go in. The bad news is that this map needs to stay up all year. Ha! I still inexplicably feel like a brand new teacher even though this is my fourth year teaching first grade! I need to figure out the "how" now that I've got the "what".
This weekend I would like to finish the quilt I bought and started for my son before he was born. Over a year ago. Instead, I think it's going to go more along the lines of something like this:
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