Quick tip: Post your weekly bubble map near your parent sign-in or somewhere visible in your classroom so your children’s families can see what’s going on during the week! This creates an inclusive ecosystem for the child, and equips parents for meaningful conversations and experiences at home with their children.
In four steps, you can create a lesson plan that will have a BIG impact with your students. Creating an intentional lesson plan doesn’t have to take a lot of time. There are a ton of different charts or lesson planning templates you can use, but for me, the Bubble Map was always the quickest to complete and easiest to follow throughout the week. When you get down to it, it’s not hard, all you need is the right storybook and the right framework. But putting together lesson plans doesn’t have to be stressful or too time consuming! We could all use a little less stress in our lives, right? In fact, you could use just one storybook – that’s right – ONE to create a whole week’s lesson plan.
However, there never seems to be enough time in the day to write out your plans. Sitting down to plan is a time to get your creative juices flowing, to be intentional about the needs of each child in your classroom, to ensure all standards are met, and to make a memorable and fun week for your kiddos. I always had a love-hate relationship with writing lesson plans.
