Let me share a few organizational tools we use to get ready for Co-op. We use several Google apps. Why? They are all free. I like the convenience to merge their apps into Google Classroom. One app we use, which isn’t shown is a spreadsheet listing all of the students. My husband also maintains a spreadsheet to track grades and attendance. It’s not too late to get organized. You need to be ready for the first day of class; details about the class can wait a little longer.
1. Create a slide deck. I organized the overview into Google Slides.
2. Use the slides, labs, homework, etc. to make a lesson plan. My lesson plans are just lists. Yes, I know there are many, many lesson plan templates and notebooks. I just need a list to jar my memory and cross off activities as completed.
3. Create a dedicated calendar for class.
4. Put all the resources together into Google Classroom. Classroom allows students and parent s to see all the lesson, assignments, slide decks, articles, and videos. Students can upload their work directly into Classroom.
