Let's review for a moment. Weekly worksheet. It's like the GPS, for the next five to seven days. It's all about your upcoming week. And then we have comprehensive calendar. Here's where you'll store those To-Dos, that have those hard dates attached. Deadlines, trips, marathons, report card due dates. Now in this session, we're going to concentrate on what I call, the softer To-Dos. That is the stuff that definitely has to get done, but not necessarily on or by a particular day. I call this third and final tool, an upcoming To-Do list. Here's why it's crucial. Let's say you want to reorganize your classroom library, for the next school year. And let's say it's February. You certainly don't need to think about it this week, or even this month. There's no hard deadline, so you shouldn't write, reorganize classroom library in your comprehensive calendar, but you've got to put that To-Do somewhere. An upcoming to do list is a list of upcoming To-Dos, creative title, huh? Like the calendar, it should be comprehensive. That is, your only To-Do list. And this is where you put things down like, reorganize classroom library, schedule the field trip to the museum, and make new posters for the second term. An upcoming To-Do list, lets you strategically procrastinate, and helps you build in lead-time, to accomplish deadlines, you've noted in your calendar. Here are the attributes of an effective upcoming to do list. 1.The list has got to be portable and accessible, 2, it's got to be comprehensive. That means you can't also make lists, on Post-It notes, on the backs of envelopes or on napkins. One list. 3.The To-Dos are grouped. I'm purposely not telling you your method for grouping them. It could be by the month, the To-Do needs to get started or the location or maybe even the project. Group them in as many ways, as you would like. However feels most valuable, to you. So let's imagine you group by start date. If it's January and you want to redecorate your classroom for the spring, you might put that To-Do, in March. If you want to buy your grade level team start of year gifts, put that in August. Like I keep saying, it's all about strategic procrastination. Put that to do aside, and then pick it up when you need it. One more thing, for those of you creating digital To-Do lists on your phone, or your tablet or your computer. It's really nice to be able to sort them out. Especially if the to do is in multiple categories. That way, you can look at all the August To-Do's or all of the lesson planning To-Dos. Sortability is a big plus. And finally, you're probably asking hm, why not just put these To-Dos on the calendar? The answer is this. Arbitrary deadlines are like kryptonite, for an organization system. If your brain spots a fake deadline, it breezes right past it. Calendars for due dates, upcoming to do list is for the softer To-Dos. Both are comprehensive long term tools.