direction and a vision for your day. they help you feel less stressed and more confident. they’re there for you to grab onto when your classroom is buzzing with activity and you can’t remember what you were going to do next! don’t get me wrong, as teachers we should always be willing to step away from our lesson plans and steer our instruction in a different direction when our planned vision takes a turn in a different direction or our students show us they are in need of something else or something more. however, thoughtful lesson plans set the tone for the day.
lesson planning is a very individual process, taking 