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Keep Track of Classroom Schedules

Classroom schedules can be almost impossible to keep up with when there are multiple assemblies, field trips, half-days/holidays, and student-pull-outs for special education, speech therapy, reading group, and more -- not to mention all the cancellations and rescheduling.

To keep yourself and students up to date, post your daily schedule on the board using simple laminated strips with magnets on the back so they easily can be moved around. Then write notes (shown here in green) whenever there are special events, calendar changes, or pull-out cancellations. Leave up notes for the entire week so students have a reference point and can copy the notes into their agenda books if desired.

About the Author Angela Powell has been an educator for nine years. She worked for the first five years of her career in Washington, D.C., and currently teaches third grade in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Powell, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Art from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Maryland College, earned National Board Certification as an Early Childhood Generalist in 2006. She continues to maintain Ms. Powell’s Management Ideas for Teachers, a Web site she created in 2003, to share teaching techniques, behavior management strategies, and organizational tips that can help make teaching more efficient, effective, and enjoyable.

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