During my first year, I always had an agenda up for the class to see. It was mostly for myself because I wanted to have access to a visible list during my lesson to remind me of the key areas I'd need to remember to hit that day. But during our summer school PDs, one of my colleagues shared her variation of daily agendas. You'll see that they look like your typical web or concept map. It's a perfect visual tool for the kids and the teacher. This allows you to see how many main "chunks" there are in your lesson(s) that day and what tasks or ideas branch from them. I've created these agenda maps on the smart board, but more importantly on chart paper, so that students who are absent have easy access to finding out what they missed in previous days. |