Savvy Schedules

I'm once again linking up with delightfully dedicated for week 3 of her summer series.



Call me crazy, but I L-O-V-E sitting down the week before school begins and figuring out my schedule. It's like unwrapping a present...wondering when my prep time is, what lunch period we get, how I'm going to squish everything into my day, and which recess duties I have. Yep, just like a present...maybe not so much!

This was my morning schedule last year.

But really, I do enjoy figuring it all out every year, but the biggest challenge is helping make it simple and usable for my students. I like to see my day hour-by-hour, so I do the same thing for my kids.

My daily schedule

Last year's daily schedule

This alleviates all the questions about what we're doing next. I put it on the board every morning, and the kids write it in their day-planners as soon as they arrive. If there is an assignment to be turned in, I underline it on the board and they either underline it with a colored pencil or highlight it in their planners. If they finish the assignment and turn it in, they check it off in their planners. At the end of the day they can see whether or not they'll have homework. For the first couple of months, I also check their planners at the end of each day to make sure they are filling them out completely and keeping track of their work. The planners also have monthly calendar pages so kids can keep track of field trips, due dates, assemblies, and holidays for themselves. It's also a great parent communication tool. There is a note section for parents to write in or for me to send a message home.

Head on back to Delightfully Dedicated to see more scheduling ideas!