the best laid plans of mice and saras

It is 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

I have been up since 5:30 working on my new unit. Here is what I am planning on doing in the next week and a half. I think I might be going crazy

1. Washington D.C.
1. Bus Rental
2. Permission Slip
3. Fundraising/Money Ideas
4. Deciding how who is going
5. Finding teachers to help plan the trip
6. Come up with Itinerary/Budget
7. donors choose funding possibly for D.C.
   
2. upload grades
   
3. test revisions re-grade
   
1. Staple papers together
   
4. plan out unit 3
1. UBD template
   
2. smartboard slides
3. weekly overview
4. update google docs calendar
5. Portfolio work
6. Guided Math for Group D
1. come up with schedule for meeting
2. separate lessons to help them understand structure
3. acuity results/put them into play

In particular, I am planning on using guided mathematics in my CTT class, based on the model that I used last year. I found a REALLY great website by an elementary teacher who is using guided math in her class. Check it out! It's awesome, and has planning documents, tips, routine strategies and more

http://www.mandygregory.com/guided_math_groups.htm

My next unit is on probability and fractions. This makes me a little nervous, since I know that many students were struggling with fractions last year. (I gave a diagnostic in the fall, and a disproportionate amount did not do well on the fractions parts)

any advice on my endeavors would be appreciated!

Hope you are resting as I should be. =)

Sara