Category: Planning
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Building Positive Relationships While Teaching Virtuallly
It’s important to build positive relationships while teaching, but especially important while teaching virtually. Host a Zoom Coffee at the beginning of the semester. Tell students to bring your favorite (school appropriate) beverage and be prepared to introduce yourself. Use the time to briefly go over the course, your syllabus/ pacing guide, and expectations. You… Read more
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Tracking Reading and TBR
I’ve been feeling the strong urge to re-organize my physical TBR (to be read), and I’m sure my husband would be glad to not have towering stacks of TBR books to trip over. We’re not even going to talk about the Kindle TBR…because I don’t even know. Any thoughts on organizing ebook TBR? I also… Read more
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The Elusive Self Care
For me, self care has looked different in different seasons. When I was pregnant, laying down on the couch with my feet up (and usually napping) after school was the best way to care for myself. In Other Seasons… It’s the Little Things Be kind to yourself <3 Plan your self care ahead of time,… Read more
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My Top Productivity Tip
While you drink your morning coffee or tea, look over your schedule for the day. Decide your top 3 things that have to be completed today. Weeding your tasks down to 3 items will force you to root out what isn’t urgent. Once you complete these three tasks, you should feel proud. Either continue on… Read more
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2024 Goals
My 2024 Goals are: I’ve divided the year into chunks. I like Sarah Hart-Unger’s quintile system. Her life looks different when her kids are home from school, so she divides the year into seasons of life, or the school calendar. Read more about her system here. I am not using traditional quarters of the year,… Read more
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Starting a new planner!
I love starting a new planner! Filling out a new planner is like a treat for myself! I keep a list of events / tasks for the next calendar year in the back of my current planner. The Tidbits planner, which I’m currently using, has one page open for this, but I ended up using… Read more
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Fitting in Workouts with Kids
Fitting in Workouts- Here’s What’s Been Working for Me Lately: -chasing my daughter around the house or yard -playing ball with her -walking laps while she is on the playground or at sports practice -cosmic kids yoga on YouTube -kids dance workouts on YouTube -take her on a walk around the block -Give her a… Read more
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How to Make a Pacing Guide for an Online Class
Divide the number of units by the number of weeks = number of units per week that need to be completed Pay attention to when school holidays and teacher workdays are (especially short weeks). You do not want to assign a full load on a three-day week (ask me how I know 🤪). To break… Read more
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Gift Guide for Planner Lovers
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Neutral Planners for Students
Sarah Hart-Unger had some great ideas for neutral planners on her podcast, Best Laid Plans– Ep 158- Aug Q&A. Daily Spread The Full Focus Planner would be a nice option with a daily spread. The Simplified Daily Planner also looks nice and budget-friendly, although it is undated. Weekly Spread I always recommend the Passion Planner… Read more