Once again, sorry for taking so long to update this! I'm finally getting back in control of my paper work/life! I've been looking for a new way to keep anecdotal records - I say new but I really haven't done anything consistently. My record keeping last year was basically keeping all of their work (writing pieces, running records, math sheets, tests etc...). This year, I have been doing long extensive projects with my students and I really don't have a lot of concrete work to keep. I wanted to write notes in my plans but I couldn't find a plan format that I liked besides the one I was using.
I'm not sure why I even cared about my plan format because my plans are useless. I only do about 50% of what I write in the plans because of meetings and workshops and projects the students are doing in the classroom and class parties. I don't have time to go back into the computer and move around what I didn't do and add what I really did. My plans don't help me from year to year because it isn't an accurate reflection of what was done.
Today, I found a free (for the first year, $7.95 a year after that) online lesson planner (http://www.planbook.com/). It allows me to put in my 6 day schedule. You just click on group you want to write plans for and type them in. There is also a spot for homework which I am using for anecdotal notes. I can write my plans out for the week. On Monday, if I notice that Johnny really needs extra help with subtraction, I can simply hit "extend" on my lesson. That sends Monday's lesson to Tuesday and moves all my other lessons for that group down by a day. If Mrs. Jones need me to push into the room on Wednesday, I can hit "bump" on that groups daily lesson and it will move all my lessons for that group down a day. I can add Events (like snow days) and it will either come up as a reminder on school days or you can set it as a non-school day and it will move all my plans down a day. Finally my planbook will accurately reflect what I'm actually doing in the classroom! It's worth looking into it - especially if you are like most teachers I know and hate your plan format.
Happy Planning!
I'm not sure why I even cared about my plan format because my plans are useless. I only do about 50% of what I write in the plans because of meetings and workshops and projects the students are doing in the classroom and class parties. I don't have time to go back into the computer and move around what I didn't do and add what I really did. My plans don't help me from year to year because it isn't an accurate reflection of what was done.
Today, I found a free (for the first year, $7.95 a year after that) online lesson planner (http://www.planbook.com/). It allows me to put in my 6 day schedule. You just click on group you want to write plans for and type them in. There is also a spot for homework which I am using for anecdotal notes. I can write my plans out for the week. On Monday, if I notice that Johnny really needs extra help with subtraction, I can simply hit "extend" on my lesson. That sends Monday's lesson to Tuesday and moves all my other lessons for that group down by a day. If Mrs. Jones need me to push into the room on Wednesday, I can hit "bump" on that groups daily lesson and it will move all my lessons for that group down a day. I can add Events (like snow days) and it will either come up as a reminder on school days or you can set it as a non-school day and it will move all my plans down a day. Finally my planbook will accurately reflect what I'm actually doing in the classroom! It's worth looking into it - especially if you are like most teachers I know and hate your plan format.
Happy Planning!
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