This year, our charter school required that I submit a plan detailing what we expect to complete each week by subject over the course of the year. The plan is in no way rigid or set in stone but serves as a flexible guide. Each week, I take this plan and make form a more detailed plan for the week. This is what Mary's schedule for this week looks like:
I love having a plan written down for a few reasons. First of all, I don't need to remember anything--it's written down, so I just look at the plan and check things off as we complete them. Also, it's really clear what we have completed. If there is an x over the box, we completed it; if not, we didn't. I also like this because Mary can look at the plan and know what is expected of her for the week. Sometimes, I even allow her a say in the order in which she completes tasks. I also save the completed schedules and refer to them when inputting attendance and meeting with our Education Specialist.
Anyways, this is the system that works for us at this time. I have no idea if this will still work for us next year or the year after that, but at this time in life, this works great!
Just wanted to say hi. I ended up here as I was looking for the correct link to my mouse paint post I just put up. Looks like you enjoyed the poem "paint puddles" too ;). Anyway, I strayed from my search for a moment to look around here and say hello. Your children are beautiful!
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tj
Thanks so much for stopping by:)
DeleteYou are so organized. I am truly impressed. I can see why you get so much accomplished in a day.
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