My ENTIRE Year in Lesson Plans! | 6th Grade ELA and Read 180 

I love this. This will be my first year teaching EVER and I've been interested in seeing different planners and how they're organized. Thank you so much for this!

Thank you so much for sharing! This gives a great perspective about the flow of the year (and how to reflect to prep for the next year)!

This is so helpful! We cover some of the stories you mentioned in our high school and articles are always helpful! ❤️ Thank you for this! This provides a way for a teacher to reflect on her previous year. 👩🏻‍🏫👍🏻

This is so great! I would love, love, love to see how you teach history! Currently putting together my curriculum for my first year of teaching EVER and am just so excited!

I love how much collaboration you guys do with your history department. That is great!

Oh my goodness I wish I'd had you as a teacher when I was a little one!!

I love all of your plans! I am studying to be a middle school social studies teacher but you are making me seriously consider also getting my ELA credentials because of all the amazing ways to incorporate both subjects! I also plan to incorporate literature into my history lessons! You are such an inspiration!

I love looking at other teachers' plans. Your handwriting is so pretty!

love how organised you kept it all the way through the year!!

This is a great idea to do before the new school year. Thanks 😉

I can't even begin to explain how helpful this is for me! I'm coming back from a year of maternity leave and you have given me so much ideas for this coming school year. The best part is that I also teach 6th grade ELA!!! Thank you so much!

Enjoyed this! It is so nice to see how someone else plans! I am starting my 27th year... but am moving to 9th grade English. I have never taught HS. Even though this was for 6th... I jotted down some great ideas from you. Thank you!

I absolutely love this video. It is so helpful... thank you

Im not a teacher (well pre k in Sweden and thats such a difference) but I still just got so inspired to organize my activities and lessons in a similar way. It was just so aesthetically pleasing for my brain! And I also just wanted to be 11 again and have you as a teacher! All your lessons sounded fun and interesting 👍🏼

Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I actually checked out Common Lit and found that they have texts for 3 of the 4 novels I'm reading with my 7th grade ELA classes this year, so I will definitely be adding it into my resources!

This video is what I've been looking for..I'm planning on becoming a first year teacher this school year and all of the interviews I've gone on ask: "Tell me about a lesson plan you enjoyed doing" (even if you've never taught, they ask this) And at least you've sparked some ideas which I plan to research further and come up with full lesson plans..so Thank you, thank You, thank you

Oh I love this! Thanks for sharing! Great reflection idea :)

Next year will be my first in teaching 6th-grade ELA. So...I watched your video and took meticulous notes! Thanks so much for sharing.

This was a fantastic video! Thank you for sharing!

Great: Thank you as I go back to middle school after High School.😀

Thank you for sharing! Your handwriting is beautiful, and your book is so neat! My plan books never look this neat, i'm afraid, but I'd enjoy them more if they did!

Great idea for a video! I kind of did this when I did a flip through of my Erin Condren, but that was in April. I may snag this idea 💡💕 can't wait to see what your lessons look like! 😘

Loved it! Very helpful in case I teach 6th grade!

This was great ❤ Thank you so much!

I do the same thing😊reflecting is so beneficial 👍🏾great video!

Excellent video, lots of thanks to you!!!!!

I'm going back to 3rd grade. I can't even go over what I did last year! Your planner is cute!!

Thank you for this video.

you are a amazing helper.

Awesome video. It was such an inspiration that I went and bought the 365 teacher planner to do my lesson plans. When you submit lesson plans, what do you turn in?

I love the idea of comparing easier leveled article and more advanced versions of the same article. I did something similar to this with my sons using RAZ Kids, having them read easier leveled versions of stories, then increase in difficulty. (Some of the stories there are offered in 3 different versions of increasing complexity.)

This was so helpful thank you!

I love how you work with you Social Studies team! As a 6th grade Social Studies teacher it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when I hear of cross curricular collaboration. It would amazing if you broke down/go into detail about how you teacher "Bud, Not Buddy".

I cannot find the lessons that are shown in this video. I would love to get a close up look at your lesson plan book. I have taught 6th grade for 10 years but absolutely LOVE your video. I have started following you and hope to get many more great ideas! Thank you.

I love the Jazz names. How fun! I'm so glad you walked through your year in lessons. I have gotten so many ideas from you. I sooooooooo much wish other middle school teachers would be inspired to vlog the way you have. There are not as many of us [middle school teachers] that are out there, spilling their guts :P Maybe you could put a link for other middle school teachers' videos that you have found helpful or enjoyed. Thanks again!

This was amazingly helpful and inspiring. Thank you! I hope more people do this!! Would you be willing to tag other middle school teachers to take your lead? I just began teaching social studies on top of reading and writing to 8th graders and I need something outside the textbook. Thanks!

Your planner is so cute and organized!

This is perfect 👌 and what I was So looking for. So refreshing to see that you are not a mega “ Franken- planner” like 😫🤭 some of the people in these videos. It is insane how they use their books to fill it full with stickers and such. They never mention how they wrote notes or lesson plans which is ridiculous since the majority are teachers. Although this makes the book pretty, these people go into overdrive, dedicating hours just using tape, stickers, sticky notes etc. It is next level creepy! I LOVE 💕 LOVE ❤️ LOVE 💗 YOUR NOTES. This is what a planner is used for, lesson planning and writing ✍️ notes not taping and pasting stickers. Their videos have left me traumatized and made me almost cancel my order but my faith has been restored. This video has not only restored my faith but has helped me tremendously! Thank you 🙏 😋

Purple Trails has a palm leaves and pink background cover! I know how much you've been loving that pattern. I thought of you when I saw it

I would love to hear more about your September 11th lesson plans!

Hi Megan, these is an amazing video . I will start teaching Read-180 for the first time in my third grade classroom. You are an amazing person I follow on Instagram. Hope to meet someday.

Love this video Megan! I teach high school severe-profound special education, but I still found this really interesting!!

This might sound like a dumb question, but I'm thinking of going into teaching and am trying to learn all I can! What is the difference between 'curriculum' (i.e. what the school/district/state requires you to teach) and a teacher's own personal 'lesson plans?' How much work does the school/district/state requirements lay down for you specifically and where does that end? (i.e. where does your work begin) Thank you so much!

Who would click the thumbs down finger? I loved it! We got to meet Amy Grant in Forrest City Arkansas! It made my husband's night.

I LOVE Miranda Sings! I was surprised a few of my 3rd graders knew who she was (since she can be a little inappropriate at their age). I enjoyed this walk through...always interesting to see where all of my 3rd grade language arts teachings will lead to...hopefully :P

Hello❤️,hope you stay safe during this virus.but I’m starting 6th grade middle school next year in I’m very scared,shy,nervous.

The Steve jobs unit that you mention sounds interesting. What did that consist of? Maybe do a video on it because I have not come across anything substantial on this topic before! Awesome video. Thank you for taking the time to share 💚

I loved this video! So helpful!

Thank you so much for sharing this! Question: Do you have to submit full lesson plans to your administrator? PS: I have an interview (my first...I'm nervous!) for a 6th grade ELA position. Yay!

Love this video! Very useful as an education student to see a whole year of lesson plans!

This is so helpful! I am a somewhat new teacher. This really helped me to brainstorm some ideas for the year. Thank you so much!

We've been saying News ELA ot my school like the letters E L A. I wonder if we are saying it wrong,. Love your videos this is amazing!

Wonderful video! Great reflections! Do you have separate lesson plans with more detailed info?

Thank you!

I had a feeling that experienced teachers had a plan but not written out in great detail. Do you often "think on your feet"? ...just sense what you need to do next? Obviously you have a plan and know where you're going.

We've been saying News ELA at my school like the letters E L A. I wonder if we are saying it wrong. Love your videos this is amazing!

Thanks!

We use Engage ny for Bud not Buddy for fifth! I love it!!!

I'm looking back at my plans from last year when I was pregnant and man, some of those lessons were victims of pregnancy brain. I love doing a paper planner.

How do you decide what topics and skills you will cover year to year, and which ones are mini lessons and which ones need a full project?

As I'm looking I see that on your planner for May 24, 2017 you have written Leader in Me what did you do with that or why was it in your planner. I am a huge fan of the program, really wish all school could apply it in they classrooms.

I wish I had your handwriting!

can you please how do you use newsela.. when pick an article. I'm trying to do the same with my up coming 5th grader

I have question with lesson planning that may seem basic or naive. So, I love your weekly layout, which is like the old school way of doing it. But do you ever do like a full lesson plan layout like a UBD layout listening out the standards, objective, and all that those other details? I feel like idk what to do in terms of which lesson format really suffices. Would love to know your thoughts.

Hs math teacher here. I enjoyed watching this lol. I love this binder!

Can you explain the 15 min productivity burst in more detail

Do you turn in lesson plans? If so, does it become cumbersome to write things our like this as well as type proper plans? I like this idea, but I'm a little apprehensive about spending so much time on plans.

You mentioned that you posted grammar games on Google classroom for your Read 180 class. Do you have links? I've been hoping to find something fun online that would reinforce grammar skills. Also, for the biography project where the kids wrote diary entries and interviewed each other, was there a video on those lessons? Or maybe I saw it on Snapchat? Was this project also from TPT? Thanks so much for this video! I loved this walkthrough! I have so many great resources to try now!

First year teaching 6th grade and I’m terrified! 👀 I taught 4th grade for ever! 😩

Do a video about how The Leader in Me has affected your school (or at least comment about it sometime). My cousin's school is doing it, and she talked about how impressive it was.

I love read 180 and by the way I just got out of 6th grade going to 7th

This was amazing! Do you keep more detailed lessons online or is this all you need for your planning? I am going into my 4th year of teaching and am still working on balance what I actually need to write down vs what I know in my head that I will do.

Ok. I'm a bit later but I'm hoping you can still help me. I just recently started homeschooling my son (6th grade)and I noticed that the way the schools taught was pretty ineffective. Any good resources for more practical ways of writing? Also I heard you talk briefly about Newsela and the multi leveled articles for the students to see the different ways one can write. Are there are other resources or ways that you know of to aid in the process of them transitioning their writing? My son's 12 and very much still a little kid so I'm hoping this can also help him to become more expressive. Also he's currently reading Bud not Buddy and I'd love to hear how Steve Jobs speech was used in reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey You still had to write detailed lesson plans right?

I know this is for 2017 but how can I write like you? I have chicken scratch!! lol

Would you be interested in providing your entire yearly lesson plans for 6th grade English for a school with inexperienced trachers?

Thanks for sharing! It was good to see a READ180 in another state. I will also teach READ180 this year with my middle schoolers.

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I'm here from 2020, watching all your videos to support BLM! Anyways, I love this planner...was wondering if you'll have an updated code for this coming year?

This isn’t lesson planning - it’s a to-do list

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