Back to School with Great Lesson Plan and Record Books

Educators in schools will be meeting their new classes. Some new teachers will be meeting their very first classes. Although they want to make their first bulletin boards of the new school year welcoming ones to set the stage for the students, they know that the most important thing will be their lesson plans. Most will be needing a new plan book, but changes in standards and curriculum may require new lesson plan formats and a planner that will meet these new requirements.

Those teaching preschool may not need a lot of small squares for different daily subjects and they may prefer large blocks for their unique needs. Their student rosters may also need more information than those for older students. One of the best is the Year Round Preschool Lesson Planner
. It has two large lined blocks per day of the week with another set of lined blocks for notes at the end of each two-page spread. It features illustrated examples of the Ten Stages for Emergent and Early Writers, as well as a chart of Multiple Intelligences / Learning Styles with space underneath each for writing the names of students who most match that intelligence or style. There is also a chart for Early Learner Stages of Development. The Student Roster has spaces for not only the normal information, but also siblings, allergies, and additional information to keep in mind.

Teacher of older students may find the normal lesson plan book format just fine, but some will need something special. Some will want a single book to contain space for both lesson plans and records of attendance and student grades. Others will want plans in one book, records in another. Some want the books to match each other in style, and others may want different styles. Some may want a specialized plan book but a cheap record book. Some may need a plan book with space for standards. Some might prefer a larger book with much larger squares or flexible squares for more subjects. One of the most popular of these larger format books with flexible squares is the Professional Planner.
Whatever style teachers need for planning and keeping records -- even software to do the job -- can be found at Barb's People Builders at discounted prices.

The picture above is of my mother, Marjorie Hart, who taught English for many years at Gahr High in Cerritos, California.