Have you ever had a week where you were wondering how you would get it all done? That week is coming up for me. Next week is a four day week for us. Sounds good right but we also have Parent Teacher conferences and three of our days are minimum days (which means we get out early, sounds good but just before Thanksgiving break with 3 furlough days, Ugh!). I still have to teach our Treasures reading program (last week of Unit 2). Continue with math patterning and geometrical shapes (as per our grade level pacing plan). Then if there's time, try to get some Thanksgiving information and activities in. My dilemma, how do I do everything? I guess we all run into weeks even days when this happens. My mantra is "do my best and move on".
Tip:
In order for me to enjoy my Thanksgiving Holiday break and take some pressure off me during Parent Teacher conferences (because those conferences allow me zero time to prep) I decided this past week to prepare and set up my materials for the week we return from the holiday. In all honesty I try and have one to two weeks of materials/lessons prepared ahead of time. I have never been one to work on the fly. If you try this you may find it's very easy to tweek and change or move things to other days or even to another week when things pop up. Best of luck.
Thanks for reading and have a GREAT day.
