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Tagged: CM organizer, Module 4 Middle Ages guide

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September 9, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Sue
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I am using the SCM Module 4 History guide/handbook (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, & Epistles) as a plan for history this year, but I am not using every resource listed. Also, I only have students in grades 9 & 12. I purchased the pdf format.
I was wondering how any of you used the guide, but not “as is.” How did you keep track of everything you used & when it was scheduled? Has anyone used it with the CM Organizer? I was thinking of scheduling it under Teacher Resources, but I would have to either delete all of the lesson divisions and rewrite everything I’m using, or just do a lot of editing.
I’m thinking of just printing out each term’s chart, whiting out what I don’t need and writing in what I’m substituting. But I would still have the earlier grades showing on the chart.
I don’t want to create too much extra work for myself, but I’m a very visual person. Any thoughts?
September 9, 2015 at 1:47 pm
Tristan
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What about a chart in Word that you simply adjust the page numbers/chapters on each week as needed. So if you’re reading The Sword in the Tree this week and next it gets a row, labeled on the left. Then you have five boxes for Mon-Fri and any day you want to do a chapter in that book write the chapter number. Under the row for that book type the next book you’ll be reading. On any day you need to read from it put page numbers or chapter numbers. Then you only need to change the title on the left when you finish a book (some books may finish in two weeks while others may stay on your chart for 11 weeks) and you would simply change the chapter number to do each day of the new week. When you start a new book add a new row for that book. (This makes it easy to substitute books you want and then list the SCM books out that you’re keeping.) Here is a totally made up sample of what I mean:
September 10, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Kayla
Participant
I don’t knowing you mean what Tristan is talking about or actually physically keeping track in each book. We use post it sticky flags as book marks in every book. So if the lesson say next chapter in xyz I just pick up the book where we stopped the time before. Bonus, the flags don’t just fall out like regular books marks.
September 10, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Tristan
Participant
Kayla is right, I tend to have a post-it type sticky for bookmarks in each book we are reading. 🙂 But if you are wanting a schedule to look at or to hand to the kids so they can do their work more independently a chart can work.
September 10, 2015 at 1:37 pm
Sue
Participant
We use bookmarks in individual books (of the reader’s choice & responsibility to maintain), but I was thinking about the term’s overview. As it turns out, I am coming down with the same virus that my girls had on Labor Day, so I think that’s why I am having trouble wrapping my head around organizational skills, lol.
I think I will either print out the term 1 chart from the SCM Middle Ages, Renaissance, etc. handbook and then white out what I’m not using so I can write in my substitutions……or, I may make up a chart in Word, putting in only what I’m planning to use, just for our grade levels since I only need “Family” and “Grades 9-12.”
I’m still planning to put our resources into the CM Organizer to keep track of what we’ve done, but I really want to see a big picture of what we are all doing for the first term before I do that. Gotta get that done soon, though, or I’ll have too much data entry to catch up on in the Organizer!