The ins and outs of planning with tips, printables, and questions to make your planning time worthwhile and effective.
I’m so pumped to announce that the printable calendar for the 2026-2027 school year is available. This calendar template is my most popular teacher tool – it’s the best! And since it’s a two-page spread calendar, it’s ideal for putting it into your teacher planning binder. Here is the debut of the new 2026-2027 printable…
Are you gearing up for the 100th day of school in kindergarten? I am working here behind the scenes to help you pull off a fun and learning-filled day. I’ve got some freebies to share as a result. It’s my goal on KindergartenWorks to have your back – by helping you keep the beauty in…
Planning is a necessity of being a teacher. Here are some of my teacher organization ideas on how I try to make planning simplified and I share my lesson plan organization systems. You can jump right to seeing how I organize my lesson planning below but if you aren’t feeling that teacher planning is actually…
How to teach math in small groups looks different for each teacher due to personality, teaching style, grade level and a group of kiddos. Here is how I create a guided math binder to help me stay on top of lesson planning for my four kindergarten math groups. For some, teaching guided math in kindergarten seems…
“That’s not the way our teacher does it…” I can’t even imagine the number of times a substitute teacher will hear that phrase upon entering my classroom in my stead. I give them props! I try to be super detailed for my subs, and have worked on how I put my materials together for them…
Make a planning calendar for your teacher planning binder with this free calendar template. This free teacher planning calendar template can easily help you organize and add style to your planning system. Do you like getting organized for the upcoming school year? Or do you need a little help mastering teacher organization? Use this blank…
Stay organized for more than just lesson plans with your teacher planning calendar. If you’ve got this year’s 17-month printable calendar, then you’re set to plan all kinds of things. Here are 5 more ways to use your teacher planning calendar. These are my tips on using it for planning for a maternity sub, college coursework, long-term…
Teacher planning is part of what we do as teachers to create lessons and plan for students. These are the key items I include in my teacher planning binder. Having a sense of teacher organization and incorporating organization into teacher planning is possible. Readers, I’d like you to meet my sanity saver. This is where…
Keeping your guided reading materials, lessons, observations, running records and such can be overwhelming for new teachers and more experienced teachers alike! My school, my first year of teaching was binder happy (I’m sure some of you can relate!) and so naturally I worked on a system to keep all of my materials in a binder….
A staff meeting is part of the teacher’s job… whether we like it or not. Keep everything straight coming out of a teacher staff meeting with these staff meeting notes papers. Take notes on what is important to you, things to take action on and you’ll be doing so in style. These staff meeting notes…
Developing a routine to get yourself out the classroom door at the end of day can be handy. Here is a routine – or a mental checklist I’d run though – that would help me feel confident walking out the door at a relatively decent time. I never did mind staying until my work was…
A little bit of tranquility set in when I digitized my files. I added bonus storage with my newly emptied filing cabinets and there’s something to be said for having less. If you like feeling organized, you’ll never want to look back. It’s a bit like going minimalist and it is very freeing… seriously. Here’s how…
A guided reading binder helps me keep lesson plans and guided reading group notes both organized and at my fingertips. Here’s how to create a guided reading binder in 4 steps and keep it organized with 6 simple recommendations. I hope you find these tips helpful as you teach your guided reading groups. Create Your Guided Reading Binder 1….
What’s a teacher to do when her to-do list is outrageous? Here’s how I try to streamline super-busy weeks as a teacher using this free teacher planning to-do list. If you’re a reader of mine then you know how much of a sanity-saver my teacher planning binder has been for me! And I hope that…
Preparing for a substitute long before you need one is a great way to make life easier on yourself. For when you really need one, and are in a pinch – you can feel better knowing that you’ve left behind explanations for all of the major things and can just leave some details and a set of…
Teacher organization comes in lots of shapes and sizes depending upon your classroom. Here’s an idea that probably will fit your classroom as it will help you with organizing teacher materials for each week and an entire quarter. This idea surely isn’t new and you may already be doing it! Where to put materials for…
What are the thought processes that go on in a teacher’s mind when creating her own standards-based math curriculum? This might be a scary trip, but I invite you into my planning process. I hope to reveal how I learned to plan my guided math curriculum this past year. This isn’t meant to tell you…