Lesson Planner: How I Plan and a Chance to Win!

Hey guys! Hope everyone is doing great!

A couple of weeks ago, I posted this on Instagram.

Always a working lunch... 

Many comments were made about how they loved this and wanted to know how I create it. So I thought I'd share!

I start with a blank template. I created my lesson planner using (of course!) PowerPoint. 

I just inserted a table and made the boxes fit my needs. I added my name and the date. Then I created Month at a Glance pages, months, and then duplicated enough pages to stretch my entire year. The file came to 101 pages, 2 page spread per week. 

I also included some blank pages in the back for faculty meeting notes and next year ideas.

And then I printed out the entire file, two sided. Ran it through my binding machine, and bound it for the year. 

Speaking of binding machines, mine is awesome! I got it at Office Depot. It's a Swingline Pro Click.

You can buy the spines and precut paper, too, if you don't want to invest in the machine. 

This little machine is perfect for how I use it. I've bound a lot of things!

So after I've printed and bound my planner for the year, I'm ready!

I take the blank planner book with me to grade level meetings with my team for planning. I write plans in pencil. 

Not pretty, I know. 

Then later on I type up my written plans in the blank template I made in PowerPoint. It really doesn't take long and I suppose I could just keep the penciled plans and use them, but it's not pretty!! And there are no pictures! 

Print them out and all that's left is to glue them on top of the penciled plans for prettiness. 

And that's it. Easy peasy. 

Now you have a chance to win this for yourself! A bound, personalized hard copy and the digital template! 

Enter the rafflecopter here: 

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Winner will be chosen March 11.

Don't want to wait? 

You can buy the file here, complete with instructions and pictures on how to make it your own. It's on sale this week for half off! 

Click to purchase.

Thanks for reading!

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Student Teacher Survival Planner

Happy Wednesday Night to all!! I hope your week is going great! We've got 16 days left of school. 16. SIXTEEN! That's crazy soon for me. I mean, wasn't it just January yesterday?

Well, regardless, the end of the year is coming, which means summer is coming which means the NEW school year will be here before you know it! 

And don't I know it! My new student teacher visited today to get a feel of the school and the classroom. She is so adorably cute and vibrant and I think she is going to do wonderful with the students next year! Even though she won't be with this group of firsties, she was awesome with them! She jumped right in and was talking, visiting, helping, and teaching with my littles. 

I made her this adorable planner to help her get a good footing for the coming year. I bound it and personalized it. And I didn't take any pictures of it! I don't know what I was thinking. But here are some still pics of the file that I've posted on TpT. 

This adorable, superhero themed survival planner is perfect for an incoming future teacher HERO!!

You can print it out, put it in a binder, folder, or bind it with a binding machine. Your student teacher will feel so special when you present him or her with a planner specifically designed for them!!

Included:
Cover
Teacher information
Introduction
Contact
Websites and passwords
Helpful websites
Class list
Class schedule
Student groups
Calendar June 2015-May 2016
Week at a glance
Month at a glance
Meeting log
Meeting notes
Next year planning
Super ideas
Super notes

All of the pages are editable so you can type teacher and school names, a letter to the student, class lists, class schedule, websites, contact information, and student grouping.

Teachers can pick and choose the pages to print and place in the planner. A lot of the pages are generic and can be used in a regular planner.

[CLICK HERE] to grab a copy!

Do you have a student teacher? Hope to get one? Or maybe you are a student teacher!! How awesome!!

Well here's to everybody finishing off their school year with a bang!! Happy Teaching :)

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