Current Events Done Right
Think back to your school experience. Your history teacher assigns current events. Go home, cut out a story from the newspaper, paste it onto some construction paper, and provide a summary. Easy. You go home, wait until the last minute, pull out the first story you see, and get the scissors and glue. The next [...]
Teacher Hub: 5 Lessons for MLK Observance
As we approach the observance of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., educators must create plans that challenge all students’ current thinking with the goal of diversity and learning from history. This is a challenge. Simply popping in a movie for students to view and reflect on will not engage students. Unfortunately, mid-terms, state [...]
Using Google Apps with Planbook Plus: Google Forms
Special education teachers and regular education teachers alike require a number of student data to inform instructional decisions. Whether formative assessment, progress monitoring, or summative assessment, data is key to making effective instructional decisions. However, this task becomes increasingly difficult as class sizes increase and student needs vary. Google offers a variety of apps to [...]
A Teacher’s Perspective: Turning To-Do List into Organized Plans
Debra Vaughn started using Planbook Plus in it’s Beta stage in the Fall of 2015. She has become a Power User since then and has been inputting plans for a 5 year Robotics course she is developing for her district. We wanted to share her experience of planning ahead with Planbook Plus with you. I’ve been [...]
Be a MASTER Planner: Create and Append Your Own Template
Submit SLOs, draft your annual goal, choose your evaluation cycle, analyze standardized test data, write/read IEPs, individualize instruction, lesson plan… The laundry list above should sound familiar to any teacher. The only trouble is, the list does not seem to end! How do teachers keep up with all directives while also reaching the students? [...]
Planbook Plus TeacherHUB: Election Day
With Election Day only a week away, we have gathered some online resources that you can incorporate into your lesson plans. Teacher Vision – Elections This collection for resources from Teacher Vision contains a collection of activities, printables and lessons on the electoral process. Delve into the election requirements, take a look at historical references [...]
5 Ways to Lesson Plan for Student Success on High Stakes Assessments
Who doesn’t like talking about high stakes testing? While educators hope to see it disappear, we all face high stakes testing. Data analysis is driving instruction and teachers are tasked with helping all students improve on the next wave of testing. Additionally, teachers are asked to insure student success by embedding high stakes test [...]
Planbook Plus TeacherHUB: Halloween Activities
We have gathered a few great resources for you to use in your lesson planning for the upcoming Halloween holiday. Halloween Resources from TeacherVision This set of Teacher Vision resources will provide you with cross-curricular Halloween resources for math, art, language arts, and more. These resources will allow you to teach your students about the history of [...]
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Give your friends the scoop on Planbook Plus and you can reward yourself and your friends. Refer up to 4 new subscribers and get TWO YEARS FREE. SIGN UP AT: http://get.planbookplus.com/friends/ WHAT YOU GET You will get 6 extra months added on to your subscription for every friend you refer that purchases Planbook Plus. [...]
Planbook Plus from a Co-Teacher’s Perspective
Special education teachers are assigned a number of daily tasks ranging from IEP writing and managing a caseload, to teaching direct instruction courses. Now, we continue to see co-teaching with regular education teachers resurface in education. Current trends in pedagogy push for a model of co-teaching that allows for both teachers to lead the class [...]