Digital Planning

Aloha friends!  March is upon us and Spring Break is right around the corner! Then only 1 quarter left!! This year has flown by and there has been a lot going on in my school.

We have a new administrator and she is very tech savvy and moving our school along the tech path.    Our little country school by the beach is cute, but not high tech.

This year our principal has really focused on making us a 1:1 school.  All students in my class now have a Chromebook and all of our data and info is online in Google Docs.

I decided it was time for me to catch up and begin creating my lesson planners in a digital version.

My Blushing Pink Planner is one of my most popular planners and is now available in a digital version.  Simply open it up in Google drive and add your own text, tables, charts or graphics.

 You can access your plans, data and calendar from any digital device through Google.

If you have purchased one of my planners in the past it is essentially the same format.  It includes:

Cover Slides

Organizing Pages

Planner Pages

Grade Book

Calendar Pages

Blank Templates For Your Own Creations

The file comes with 104 different slides. You can delete any you don't need or create a new page with the templates I have provided. There are 18 different planner pages to choose from along with two background choices.

Now all of your plans and info are online, easy to share with admin and colleagues and looks stylish and fun!

Are you ready to go to paperless planning?  Head over to my TpT shop to check out this planner. I will be rolling out all of my planners in digital form soon, so keep checking back for your favorite design.

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Visual Plans and A Few Freebies

Aloha and happy Sunday!  I am feeling a bit better today. Still have the sniffles and a bit of a cough, but laying around all weekend has helped.  I am happy to be finished with my report cards and decided I needed to get to work on my Visual Plans for the week.

It was much easier this week plugging in all of my activities!

For my Daily 5 rotations I added some new writing prompts to my center from Stephanie at Falling Into First.  I think my kids will really enjoy them.

For Writers Workshop I have been reading The Four Square Writing Method and I love it!  So simple and easy to get kids writing.  This week we will be adding more details.  I created the following template to use with my kids.

I have been really pushing some of my struggling writers to "Tell me more" and I think this will do it.

Below is a sample of what I plan to show them after we brainstorm some ideas.  Just click on the pictures to grab this in Google Docs.

On Tuesday I have an observation planned and I told my Admin that I was working on improving our Problem Solving skills.  That is one of the main reasons I created my April Word Problem pack.  For my observation I will be using a larger template for the students to solve their problems.

I used the same 4 Square template and added on Another Way To Solve It.  I know I will have some students who will be done instantly, so having them solve it a different way will keep them on task.

You can click on this pic to grab this in Google Docs as well.

If you are interested in creating your own visual plans check out Deedee's tutorial that she created.  Her plans are fantastic!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! I plan to retire to the couch and take a little nap :)

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Peek At My Week

Aloha friends and Happy Easter!!  I hope all of you are enjoying your day with loved ones and eating a few chocolate bunnies or Cadbury eggs along the way!

This was a three day weekend for me and since I had an extra day I decided to join Deedee's Peek At My Week Linky.  

I have admired everyone's plans for awhile and finally decided to share my own.  This was no small feat let me tell you!!

I love that I can look at this and quickly get a snapshot of my week!!  If you click on the pictures it will take you to the Powerpoint in Google Docs.  I could not make it into a PDF file because then all of the links wouldn't work.  So my cute fonts don't look as nice :(  

I WILL figure out how to do this for next time!!

Once I started creating I realized how many wonderful resources I use that have been created by other teachers. 

Each week I have a Star Student, but this year I called it Surfer of The Week.  My friend Tanja from Journey of a Substitute Teacher had this great pack.  It is perfect for my students to share out about themselves.

The rest of the class writes a nice letter to our Surfer.  I place them up on our Surfer of The Week board and then turn it into a nice book at the end of the week.

For my Daily 5 rotations I am using Lori's Writing Through The Spring to place in my Writing Center and my Sunshine and Rainbow literacy centers will be in my Word Work area.

On Fridays we always read the latest issue of Scholastic News.  This week I got some exciting news from Scholastic News.  One of their representatives contacted me and asked me if I would like to be a 2nd Grade advisor for them.  

Basically I read each issue with my class and then fill out a survey letting them know my thoughts on it.  The editors may also contact me and ask for my opinion on some of their issues throughout the year.  The best part about it is that I get paid in Scholastic Gift Certificates!  More books and resources for my class?  Yes please!!

Writer's Workshop is all about Rain this week, since we have had A LOT of it lately!

I was so excited to find a new Earth Day resource from Anna over at Simply Skilled In Second!

She makes some amazing resources and you need to check her out if you haven't already!

I am also using a new addition Scoot Game for my Intervention block from Gina over at Beach, Sand and Lesson Plans.

Finally this week we will be starting with our Beach Bucks.  The kids are just so excited they cannot stop talking about their money and jobs!!  They will get their first paycheck on Friday!

The rest of my plans are pretty easy to figure out, but if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Oh!  The Math Facts Masters is something I use in my class that I haven't really finished yet.  Once I develop it fully I will share:)

Don't forget to stop by Deedee's fabulous blog and check out all the other amazing visual plans.

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