It was the end of a very long day. Sassy students, technology fails, and (joy!) a staff meeting after school. I was working at home, writing a lesson plan for the next day. Needing a file from a co-worker, I checked my e-mail. And there …
I’ve been around a lot of high schoolers over the years and seen them use (or not use) their planners for a variety of reasons. Much of the time, kids don’t use the planner because it’s not designed well. Super small, lots of extra fluff …
It was just a few weeks before the state exam when I realized that my students had a problem. And that problem was totally my fault. It was my first year teaching and I did not require my 9th graders to keep a notebook for …