I’m excited to link up again this week for Tried it Tuesday with Holly over at Fourth Grade Flipper. There were so many fun posts to check out last week!
My tried it tip:
There are many lesson plan book websites out there, but this one fits me perfectly!
I actually like that it is not overflowing with tons of bells and whistles. I don’t want a planning website
that is going to take me more time than just entering my plans in my old word processing planning
document. I just want to document my plans in a neat, organized, easy-to-access fashion.
Planbook.com gets right to the point and saves me time!
Here is a 1-week snapshot of my 6th grade plans.
Reasons why I love this site:
- Easy to enter your plans and move them around from day to day.
- You can add multiple classes and can view your plans in a few formats.
- Printing plans is a breeze!
- Allows you to link to standards easily. (Honestly, I don’t usually take the time to do this…I probably should!)
- You can copy lessons from one year to the next. I pretty much never teach the same lesson twice, but it is nice to easily reference a particular date from the year before.
- The number 1 reason I LOVE this site is SHARING MY PLANS with my colleagues. We have saved a TON of co-planning time by simply typing in our plans (which we would do anyway) and then sharing them with each other. We still meet as a department, but our discussions are much more brief and on-target because this site provides a “window” into each other’s classrooms. (I’m lucky to work with two super talented teachers, so seeing their plans is a huge inspiration!)
This site does cost $12.00 per year, which is SO worth it for the convenience it provides. You can sign up for a 1 month free trial to check it out if you want to give it a run.
Do you have an online planning website that you love? Please share it!
Be sure to visit The Fourth Grade Flipper for the rest of this week’s Tried It Tuesday blog posts!
In other cafe news… I’ve decided to open a Teacher’s Network store. Here is one of my first additions to the store. Does anyone have advice to share about selling on TN? The seller dashboard is a bit harder to navigate if you ask me, but I may just be used to TpT. How do the giveaways work?
Thanks for visiting and happy teaching…
