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Welcome to Life's Lesson Plans; thank you for stopping by.  My name is Kyle, and I am a Fifth Grade teacher.  With a year and a half of teaching, an internship, and a plethora of student practicums under my belt, I can honestly say that I have learned quite a bit in the field of teaching.  In fact, as cliche as it sounds, I learn something new every single day.

Whether I figure out a new, exciting way to teach something or I come up with a new solution to a behavior issue, I find myself constantly broadening my teaching horizons.  Being a teacher is much more than teaching a group of students different subjects.  Teachers instill morals and values in children and are also their support system for seven to eight hours a day.

One of the key ingredients of being a teacher is lesson planning.  All teachers do this differently, I'm sure.  For instance, I like to plan a week ahead.  On Wednesday and Thursday of every week, you'll find me using my planning time wisely by figuring out what I'll be teaching the following week.  Other teachers plan day-by-day.  After all, you never know how long a lesson will take.  I have found that a lesson that you think will be so simple for the students to grasp will take two days to execute.  (There's another lesson that I've learned...)

This blog will be dedicated to the many lessons that a teacher learns throughout his or her career.  Believe me...  It's not just the students who learn something new each day.

So...  Beginning tomorrow, each entry will house a new lesson in the field of teaching and some even in life in general that I have learned that day.

Please come back and visit, and learn something new everyday with me.