If You Struggle With Lesson Planning as a Teacher: WATCH THIS!

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If You Struggle With Lesson Planning as a Teacher: WATCH THIS!
Lesson planning can be time consuming, overwhelming, and stressful if you feel like you waste all your time looking for ideas, finding resources, and searching online for what you need. Don't worry... you aren't alone! In this video, I'm going to share my best lesson planning HACK to make it easier, faster, and more organized! Plus, I even have a FREE template for you!
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@claudineamato1161 Жыл бұрын

That would be a good future video, "How to write lesson objectives and success criteria based on a standard. "

@kayann6409 Жыл бұрын

Yessss!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Umm... YES! Adding this to my list IMMEDIATELY! This video will be coming in the future! 🥰 Thanks for the idea Claudine!

@mariannamolina111 Жыл бұрын

Yes, great idea! I always have a difficult time with success criteria for my first graders!

@myrandarosenbaum9332 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@immastar312 Жыл бұрын

Yassss! That’s the part I struggle the most with and it takes me the longest to figure out. I end up having to asking someone for help.

@lisaingram6819 Жыл бұрын

As a veteran teacher I really appreciate all the tips and tricks I've picked up from you. You are bringing renewed excitement back into career. Thank you for that!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much Lisa! That's so sweet of you and I'm beyond thrilled to hear that you're able to learn some new things even as a veteran teacher! Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰🖤

@alysonserenastone2917 Жыл бұрын

Unit planning is a life changer. It's how I plan all of my lessons now and I just store them and reuse them. It cuts my lesson planning down so much.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

YES! I'm with you Alyson! It's so helpful! I appreciate you watching and commenting! 🥰🖤

@olalekanjuma4687 4 ай бұрын

❤

@lupitaochoa9529 Жыл бұрын

I never considered a lesson unit template, BUT I just recently created a template for my daily lessons, and my today Lupita is REALLY grateful to my 2 or 3 months ago Lupita for having done so. Unit templates might be a summer project. 🤔

@michelle5564 Жыл бұрын

same! I did a draft similar to this for my weekly lessons

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

YES! I swear creating templates for those things that you create again and again is one of the BEST things you can do! I'm so happy to hear that your future self was able to benefit from your choice 🥰

@leahferrell7027 Жыл бұрын

This came just in time! I am an aspiring teacher/elementary education major in my last year. I was starting to get overwhelmed thinking about how I can organize all of the digital files related to specific plans in my future classroom. Thank you for this, well-organized resource and explanation!

@rebeccaleathers7342 Жыл бұрын

I gained so much from this. You had the neatest links in your materials. I’d love to see more of your online resources you use in your lessons and I’d love to see you model some of your lessons. Thanks for sharing so much already!

@luciamacias9469 9 ай бұрын

As a new teacher, I really appreciate your videos. I'm working as an ESL teacher and while it's been really fun, it can also be really challenging. With your tips and tricks I was able to correctly and quickly plan my lessons while keeping it stress-free! THANK YOU.

@jackalex Жыл бұрын

Back again! Always so excited for Michelle’s videos! ❤

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching as always! 🥰🖤

@sheenabruce450 Жыл бұрын

Love that you are doing teacher videos again 😊

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Sheena!

@hayleeblack6639 Жыл бұрын

Michelle, this is sooooo awesome! Thank you for putting this together. 18 years of teaching and this is one of the very best “teacher treasures” I’ve ever seen. It’s all together in one place. 🙌🏻 You’re awesome! Keep the helpful videos coming.

@myrandarosenbaum9332 Жыл бұрын

This has been on my watch list since it popped up on my up on my notifications. I kept yelling "YES! JUST YES!" haha thank you

@blueskies6073 Жыл бұрын

Great idea! Jumping back into teaching after a 4 year break and lesson planning with very limited time stresses me out. Thank you for the support! ❤

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🥰 I'm so happy this was helpful for you... sounds like perfect timing!

@MotherhasSpokenNow Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video! I just downloaded this file today and I am planning for a new unit, and this has helped me so much! Thank you for this, and all of your content is great! Have a great rest of your week!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, that's such perfect timing and I'm happy you found it helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting Silas and have a great rest of your week as well! 🥰

@betsyfernandez1104 Жыл бұрын

Yes!❤thank you so much!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Betsy! I hope you enjoyed it and thanks for watching and commenting! 🥰

@robinwilson133 Жыл бұрын

As always, Michelle, you make everything seem so easy. Really like this FREEBIE. Have a great week.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much for your kind words and support Robin! 🥰 I'm happy you enjoyed it and hope you have a great week as well!

@living4itall Жыл бұрын

This is great! Thank you from a brand new teacher, I also love the office clips! 😊

@teresitabarnett8853 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you so much for sharing.

@kaitlynekramer5115 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for sharing this resource! I've always had materials stored digitally in my google drive but this is such a good way to see everything visually all at once!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Awww, yay! I'm so happy you got some new ideas from this Kaitlyne! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! 🥰

@MaryDHazel-qb6vt Жыл бұрын

Wow! This.Is.Awesome!😊Thanks for helping me become a better teacher, Michelle.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU so much for watching and commenting Mary! 🥰

@isabelmarisy5457 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos! Thank you for helping to make my stressful life a little easier.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much for your feedback Isabel! 🥰 I appreciate you watching and commenting!

@wendyrobinson667 Жыл бұрын

Oh I am so glad to see a teaching video from you again!! This old teacher picked up a few tricks. I am definitely stealing the horse and fly idea. I’m also sending this to my daughter because if I were to be starting again, I would use this template to grow my lessons! Thank you so much!!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Wendy! I'm happy you were able to get some new ideas and I appreciate you sharing the video with your daughter! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🥰

@SpringStargazer Жыл бұрын

You are such a lifesaver for this first year teacher!!!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, that's so great to hear! Thanks for watching and commenting Michelle! 🥰🖤

@dhines3804 Жыл бұрын

Great planning ideas and I love your thinking process of a unit!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback and I appreciate you wanting and commenting! 🎉

@missa9146 Жыл бұрын

I looooove your lesson plan template. I sent my student teacher to get a copy and showed her how to write a good plan. My mentee even loves your template!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much! I'm so happy you love it and were able to use it to help your student teacher and mentee... that's amazing! Thank you for all your support as always! 🥰🖤

@CCBeanzzz Жыл бұрын

I’m not a teacher and I will never be but man, this is such good information and you are so smart and knowledgeable.

@dianalauraborodan863 Жыл бұрын

You are wonderful!

@frenchwithmadameg1116 Жыл бұрын

I love how versatile all of your templates are. As a middle school French teacher, I can definitely see myself using this and I will be grabbing it today! The World Language Standards are being revised in my state and implemented in the Fall of 2023. This template will be PERFECT to plan those units with the new themes/standards. You just made my life so much easier! I purchased your label templates from your TPT store and use them all the time to organize my bins in my classroom! Best $5 I have spent. Even though you taught elementary school, I want you to know that your tips, tricks and hacks work for any subject or level. I have learned so much from your channel and I have evolved as a teacher since I discovered you in 2020 (You saved me during the lockdown and virtual teaching). I also LOVE that hack for inserting chips. I never knew this before. Thank you again for another great video! I can't wait until next week!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Awww, yay! I'm so happy you're able to (hopefully) use the template even as a middle school French teacher! That's AWESOME! Also, that's definitely perfect timing with your standards being revised and implemented at the start of next school year. That's so great to hear as well! First of all, go you for getting all your labeling done... doesn't it feel good?! Second, I LOVE hearing that my resources are able to be used across different grade levels and subject areas! It makes my teacher heart so happy! Thank you as ALWAYS for all your amazing support and for commenting on every video! You are a true gem! 🥰🖤🎉

@frenchwithmadameg1116 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for always responding! I want to do whatever I cant to support your channel (and your dad too)! :)

@susannaltman1856 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this video!! We have been asked to submit lesson plans, materials, and videos for specific standards and this template will be a wonderful way to organize all of that information. I have absolutely loved your teaching tips through the years, but this video may just be my favorite!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

That's so perfect Susann! I'm happy this will work for you and I appreciate you watching and commenting! 🥰

@MariaRocha-yk2ib Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing more ideas for teachers!!!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting Maria! 🥰

@crystalcarson9535 3 ай бұрын

I love this thank you for sharing! I would love to use this for my tutoring business.

@victoriaangels5881 Жыл бұрын

Hi Michelle, thanks for sharing this video and template. As a first year teacher this is really useful, however, I find it so hard to come up with activities and ways to practice. I try to plan a week in advance but so far I've been basically planning each day from scratch the night before. I take forever to find stuff online and sometimes I just end up making my own resources. I would love to be able to plan a unit knowing I have all the tools in my tool box to pull from. One day I'll get there

@marykeegan2606 Жыл бұрын

Dtegfan

@celestestoll123 10 ай бұрын

This video really helps!

@yvettehernandez369 Жыл бұрын

Love this…

@amandawilkins8403 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Michelle! I feel like your video proves that anxiety levels related to lesson planning decrease when we prepare using a template that can be reused and tweaked every year based on specific needs of students. As educators, sometimes we feel we need to reinvent the wheel due to pressures from the district or keeping up with the illusion that being busy means being effective. Using a template is definitely a way to work smarter, not harder. I think it is also a beneficial way to model efficient use of time for our students. We give them graphic organizers, charts, templates, etc. to give them a guideline to start working and to complete assignments in a timely manner. Thank you, as always, for continuing to encourage and inspire educators to be their best personal self and professional self. Have an amazing weekend! 💜

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

YES! You are so right Mandy... teachers definitely feel the pressure to constantly reinvent the wheel and I think you're onto something about busy being seen as effective 😉 Also, you're so right that it's a great way to model this skill for students! We sometimes forget to apply these strategies to our own lives and practices even though we do it so effortlessly with our students. Thank you as ALWAYS for all your support and for commenting on every video... I need to give you an award or something! MVV... most valuable viewer! 😂🥰🖤

@wendlit 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@SmudgerPhotography Жыл бұрын

Very detailed and helpful video This certainly cut through a lot of jargon available on the net for this subject.

@andreamorgan8935 Жыл бұрын

This is great !

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Andrea! 🥰

9 ай бұрын

Amazing!!❤

@alexandrayoung8070 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This sparked an idea for me. I love helping people find resources in my school. Our materials are all given to us but are not always easy to locate. I'm thinking I'll create a one pager of links to each of the resources and curriculum that we use and share the link out for all of the newer teachers.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much for watching and commenting Alexandra! 🥰 I'm so happy you were able to get some ideas for this video to help within your school... that's perfect and I'm sure the teachers will love it!

@alejandrad8021 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I teach in high school and I'm not from USA, however it is very useful. Thank you!

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you were able to use the information even though you don't teach in the US (and teach high school). Thanks for watching and commenting Alejandra! 🥰

@anneramirez451 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! This even works for an entire week of Kindergarten, with expansions and resources below! I love keeping it all together. *** Do you also keep the list of standards in the same file?

@terrywright4112 Жыл бұрын

Hey Michelle! Great video as usual!! You mentioned something about vocabulary cards. Do you have any that you have created from years past? Do you plan to make some? I would love to see your version of vocabulary cards, especially for math.

@spaceblaster09 Жыл бұрын

This is a great template and lots of good tips in here! I'm currently fixated on the fact that mass and weight are being taught as the same thing though - yikesssss no wonder students get to me in middle school thinking that. Mass and Weight are TOTALLY different (mass is the amount of matter in an object; weight is the force of gravity on the object's mass).

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sarah! Just to clarify... it's not that they are taught as the same, it's just that the fourth grade standard doesn't specify that you have to teach the difference. It's a little bit challenging for fourth graders to understand the difference and for the sake of the math skill, time isn't spent on differentiating between the two since that's more of a science standard. Hopefully that makes sense!

@thetraumainformedteacher Жыл бұрын

Michelle, you always offer something new when it comes to tech! Curious...do the chips work for people you share docs with if you are working in a planning team? We are writing expanded curriculum guides for our district right now and I would want anyone to be able to open them.

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and that's a great question! The sharing settings for any files you add in as a chip are preserved. This means if the file you create a chip for is set to "anyone with the link can view", then anyone who accesses it through the chip will be able to view it. But, if the file you create a chip for doesn't allow access, then anyone who tries to access it through the chip won't be able to. Hopefully that makes sense!

@Cathee45 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Do you have a video or a blog post about how to use the digital manipulatives in an intentional way? Thanks so so much

@maryblessing2025 Жыл бұрын

Hi 👋🏾 Thank you for your information and help. Is it possible to have a personal class with you? I’m a new teacher and really want to learn more from you.

@anneramirez451 11 ай бұрын

Hi Michelle, I love the “chip” connector with @! Can you cover how to access the file if it’s in a folder? I hope it will do that… I’m going to try using “>” and “/“ .

@chibihinata13 11 ай бұрын

Love your lesson plan. where did you get the popper palooza worksheet?

@PocketfulofPrimary 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🖤 I made the worksheet!

@olviaangulo3058 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this good video! I appreciate the time you put into your tutorials. Quick question: Do you use a Chrome extension for your mouse cursor icon?

@m.e.chishti786 8 ай бұрын

Sharing for you the weekly colourful planner a.co/d/j6GZ3VM

@user-sn9zd4ld9o 11 ай бұрын

Hi, thank you for all the great videos! I was watching your video about Summer Ideas and really liked your Unit Overview Template. I signed up with my name and email address but still don't have access to it, not sure how that will happen. Please tell me if I am missing a step. De ante mano, muchas gracias.

@swimrock9410 Жыл бұрын

Can do a example for reading

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

I don't plan to show examples for each subject because the steps are the same but hopefully you can adapt the ideas in this video to fit what you need!

@meg03fhl 11 ай бұрын

Does that @ shortcut work inside Slides as well? Or just Docs?

@Linguela 2 ай бұрын

Good question... I´ve just tried it and it seems it doesn´t... I tried linking my offline files in her Google Docs template using @ sign but for me it doesn´t work. Any ideas why? Thanks

@coryvargas9797 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Question: are you making this unit from scratch based off experience or is this from like how a past curriculum would have sequenced?

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Cory! This was based on my experience teaching this standard in fourth grade. Hopefully that helps!

@coryvargas9797 Жыл бұрын

@@PocketfulofPrimary it honestly does! I’m struggling with sticking to the curriculum in my district when I feel like the standard could be taught more effectively using other methods so I just wanted to see if your lesson planning could be done without using the curriculum.

@francesharrigan1374 Жыл бұрын

Hi. I would love to attend the next PD conference. Do you have any details to share yet?

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Hi Frances! Most of the PD I do is for specific schools and districts so the sessions aren't open to the public. But, I will be presenting several sessions at MACUL in Detroit in March!

@rs2343-o4e Жыл бұрын

Let me start by saying that I really like your channel and videos, with that being said this is what is wrong with the American education system. Lesson plans and programs of instruction should be standardized nationwide. Every teacher in every school district should not have to come up with something. This is why we as a nation have such poorly educated youth we spend more per child than any other country and have some of the worse out comes for our dollars spent. Parents should be able to go on the schools website and see and down load the complete class if they so desire. Total Transparency. This no child left behind is hurting our children, you either make a passing grade or you fail the class and don’t move up to the next grade until you do.

@snaubdca7yebf Жыл бұрын

Good idea

@Linguela 2 ай бұрын

I tried linking my offline files in her Google Docs template using @ sign but for me it doesn´t work. Any ideas why? Thanks a lot! Btw this video is so useful, Michelle! Thank you so much for your work! 🙏

@yvettemasullo5879 Жыл бұрын

I've been searching for what you referred to: objectives based on the standards...I cannot find this. How do I find resources that break down possible objectives? Maybe I'm not searching correctly? I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if that information is out there somewhere. Thank you.

@danieldelacruz7305 11 ай бұрын

Where do we get these templates?

@pickleball247 5 ай бұрын

Am i able to edit in Microsoft software ?

@user-yn7uo3qq1b 7 ай бұрын

Michelle, this video is more of aUnit plan right?

@educatelove8111 10 ай бұрын

Can I hav the link please

@horse_chick Жыл бұрын

How did you know?!? 😅😅😅❤

@adalawad8668 11 ай бұрын

Please i need the form?

@angelicamargaret9096 Жыл бұрын

where is she writing this ? on google drive? or Microsoft word?

@cdeeeen 4 ай бұрын

How to get your lesson plan????

@darchelescott6505 Жыл бұрын

I never received the template via email

@PocketfulofPrimary Жыл бұрын

Hi Darchele! It's possible that it went to your spam folder. If you email me at pocketfulofprimary@gmail.com, I can check to see if the email was delivered or not. You can also try searching my email in your spam to see if it's in there!

@anneramirez451 11 ай бұрын

Can someone please tell me the MacBook equivalent of “right click”?

@PocketfulofPrimary 11 ай бұрын

You can either click with two fingers on the track pad or hold down "Control" when clicking!

@anneramirez451 11 ай бұрын

@@PocketfulofPrimary thank you so much!