Numbering your lessons may be the most important part of your curriculum planning, and helping your classroom run.  Giving your course a coding system won’t just be beneficial to you either.  Numbering your lessons will help your students, parents, admin, guidance and team teachers. 

I use my coding system everywhere that I can. I number my lessons and put those codes on worksheets, notebook pages, lesson plans, unit plans etc.  You name it, there’s a number on it! By using a coding system, you can streamline your photocopies and get out of the copy room as soon as possible. 

My numbering system for my lessons has 7 major benefits

1. It outlines where I am in my curriculum and pacing
2. It forces me to create flow within my lessons and planning
3. Paperflow and photocopies aren’t stressful
4. Keeps my students organized
5. Parent communication is much clearer (this is especially true for more complex subjects that parents don’t use in their everyday lives, like chemistry)
6. Gradebook is much more organized and it’s easier for kids to make up work  
7. INBs take up less time  (If you’re interested in hearing more about My Unpopular Opinions about Interactive notebooks, you can read the post here. )

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