EP200 How to plan for the first weeks of school when everything feels uncertain
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 2 August 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Whether you're with kids face-to-face daily or a few days a week or totally online, I think it's fair to say that your lessons for back-to-school this year are not going to be what you wish they could be.
You probably won't be able to do what you did in previous school years. The sooner you can accept that, the easier it will be to plan because you won't be spending so much energy shoehorning in activities that just aren't going to work. The sooner you can accept that the start of this school year is not going to be optimal for you or your students, the easier it will be to see things in a really clear-headed way and find the best possible solutions.
In this epsiode, I'll share the WHY and HOW for keeping your lesson plans simple for the first couple of weeks. As you get more answers from your district about what's expected, you'll be able to do build in more activities and experiences for kids. But, you don't have to have it all figured out before the first day of school.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 200 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:08.5 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of |
| 0:14.3 | educators and get you energized for the week ahead. Today I'm going to share some |
| 0:18.9 | thoughts on how to plan for the first week of school when everything feels uncertain. |
| 0:24.0 | Visit Truth for Teachers.com to get the transcript |
| 0:27.0 | or find our Truth for Teachers podcast community on Facebook. |
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| 1:50.9 | you after the summer hiatus. I have some really good topics planned for this |
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