Hunter Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Do any of you have a crib notes notebook of bits and pieces of information you have taken from curriculum you didn't want to keep or always pull out? Scope and sequences, charts, book lists, etc.? The meat without all the scripts and fluff? I'm thinking of getting a really nice journal and copying what I need in tiny script, so I have it all in one place. This is a S/O from http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/487962-10-books-in-an-underground-bunker/?p=5196393 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 No, but I like that idea. Sort of like a homeschool teaching common book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Oooo, I like how you put that! Maybe we should retitle this thread? What exactly should we call it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 ME!! I just started one this past summer. I wanted to purge a lot of good homeschooling material. So I basically took notes just like you described. I want to keep adding to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Um, sort of, but it is done in my email and Google docs and is mostly composed of suggestions I learned here. :) If printed, it would be TWTMForums Book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I have bookmarks on the computer that serve the same purpose. I do not desire more paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I have never done this, but it feels like it would be a really neat project. And while I typically do my stuff on the iPad, I like the idea of having a physical book. Like a little scrapbook with quotes and printed things cut out and so forth all together in one place. I think "Teaching Commonplace Book." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 I changed the title. Thanks farrarwilliams! I do EVERYTHING on the iPad Mini right now, but I want my crib notes in a small and nice journal. Something small enough I CAN lug around, and more dependable than tech, which is NEVER entirely dependable. It's just NOT! I'm not talking about just any old information, but the real gems that we keep an entire book, just for what will fill two pages if written tiny. I might type out the info, in tiny text with small borders, and keep both a printed and a digital copy. I definitely want something in hardcopy though. Condensed, not copy and paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 I'm bumping this thread, since it came back up in the 10 books thread. I've made no progress in this at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Since the original thread, 10 Books in an Underground Bunker, has resurfaced, I'm bringing this thread back, also. Does anyone have links to blog posts, etc. that could be posted here to share? Thanks and Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I tried to do this actually. I started compiling bits and pieces on Notability - pictures, articles, quotes, notes to myself. But I haven't gotten very far. I should make a goal of sitting down once a month and adding a page or something. I think that would probably be nice. When I was teaching in China, the school gave me copious amounts of planning time. But, of course, there was nothing else I had to do. So I would sit in the English office and I had a massive set of teaching books that I would update. It was probably too much reflection (though it may have been more needed to juggle the crazy number of classes that I had to visit and keep the kids all semi-straight) but it was brilliant to have that sort of teaching reflection time and really have to do it. I don't carve enough of that out for myself now. And because I only have two students (who, good grief, I know other people occasionally mix them up, but I should hope I can tell them apart), the reflection is more about articles and things I want to keep in mind to keep my educational thoughts focused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raising Little Shoots Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Do any of you have a crib notes notebook of bits and pieces of information you have taken from curriculum you didn't want to keep or always pull out? Scope and sequences, charts, book lists, etc.? The meat without all the scripts and fluff? I'm thinking of getting a really nice journal and copying what I need in tiny script, so I have it all in one place. This is a S/O from http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/487962-10-books-in-an-underground-bunker/?p=5196393 Hunter,did you end up creating one of these? I love the sound of it. I make a "thinking book" each year. I start it when I begin planning for the new school year. It contains lists,inspiring quotes, anything that I will find useful or encouraging for the year ahead. I add to it over the year. I really like this idea of a teaching commonplace book. Off to mull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_mom Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hunter - if you did create this-- this is funny--- the Commonplace book is described in the new book "The Living Page." I just realized this is an old thread but I thought you suddenly read "The Living Book" and was using one of the suggestions :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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