Peeeeeeeps! I'm falling apart over here...okay, not really - right now I'm sipping coffee, blog stalking and praying my oldest who is on DAY THREE of being sick is all better tomorrow because he HAS to be - that's when hubster goes in for his surgery. Yesterday was like any other day...it moved along at hyper speed, like it always does and then I called Grandma to see how my sick boy was doing and she uttered the words I REALLY didn't want to hear, "Not good, hasn't eaten all day"... Of course I'm sad he's sick, of course I want him to be better, of course when he hurts I hurt... BUT.... "Not good, hasn't eaten all day" = another day of sub plans. I already knew I was going to stay late to plan for the two days I'm going to be out for hubby's surgery - tack another day onto that = not getting home until 8:00 PM!!! Oy. I'm so lucky to have a retired teacher as my sub. I taught with her for years. She's awesome. She rocks it out like no other. She knows the kids really well because her granddaughter is in my class. So... Why do I insist on compulsively planning? Seriously, I should have taken a picture of the gloriousness called "organization". I'm really proud of myself this time. I had three bins, color coded {pretty primary colors} and color coded my plans with the same color sticky note tabs {to match the bins}. They really were a work of art. You would have been impressed. Necessary? Probably not. Then, I had to organize my room. I had to tidy up. I had to make it look all pretty for my Guest {Guest Teacher}. Why do I do this? Anyhoo - I hope she sneezes on cue...cuz Lord knows I probably put that in my plans. Christina, over at Mrs. Bainbridge's Class {Click Here} is hosting an "unofficial linky party". She posted a picture of her lesson plans and others have done it too. I thought I'd put mine up for you to peruse. I'm surprised by how detailed some of the documents are that I've seen. I think I must be pretty bare bones when it comes to this. I'm with Christina, in that I like to pencil in more details, I guess I'm still holding on to a piece of "old school". Here are mine: Click on picture to download PDF - you'll be able to see it better! I print them back-to-back, three hole punch, and put in a binder. Where you see multiple subjects: i.e. word wall, word study, handwriting or social studies/science - I circle or highlight what I'm working on for that day and pencil in some small details - maybe a page number or a short phrase describing the lesson. In the small boxes next to the subject I will pencil in more info if necessary, or put the page number{s} there. With all the changes in legislation and the "threat" of my current principal soon retiring {I'm trying to stop that from happening} I'm guessing my lesson plans may have to change and include something about the Common Core {which Michigan has adopted and our district is fast and furiously implementing}...until then, they'll stay nice and streamlined... Hope you all had a good day at school..I'm now going to try to squeeze a little school work out of my sick boy. You miss a couple of days as a fourth grader and OH MY it's hard to unbury yourself!!!!! {Okay, I'll do that right after this next cup of coffee...promise} Holly