Since I have my mad scientist brain, though I enjoy planning, prepping, scheduling and thinking ahead, I like to have my wiggle room, so I enjoy doing a unit at a time. Planned enough to feel like I got my shit together, but open enough to throw in a last-minute novel unit on a book I read over the weekend and think the kids would love. Your students will appreciate the structure but also the humanity you bring to your teaching when you balance rigor with creativity and give space for life to happen. Teaching is messy, beautiful, exhausting, and rewarding all at once—and the structure you create helps you lean into the moments that matter most.
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