Planbook - The Leader in Lesson Planning

Lesson Actions

Edit Lesson

Lock lesson to date

Move Lesson

Link Lesson

Unlink Lesson

Copy

Paste

Bump Forward

Bump Backward

Extend Lesson

Extend Standards

Delete Lesson

No Class Day

Print Lesson

Options

Apply Template

Restore Template

Remove Template

Add Assignment

Add Assessment

Add Attendance

Revision History

Choose Account

Select an account you want to login with

Lesson

Homework

Notes

Tab 4

Tab 5

Tab 6

Instructional Strategies

Standards

My List

School List

Custom Event in Series:

Private Event No Cycle Day No School Day

Add Days

Remove Days

Attachments

Import Events

Select a tab to import from

Teacher CSV File

To import events from another teacher, enter teacher's email address and teacher key

Select a school year to import

School Year

To ensure a valid import, please make sure that your CSV file is formatted correctly.

To view a sample CSV file, click here.

Export Lessons

Export Events

Planbook.com uses HTML code to format lesson and event text (bold, italics, etc.) If you plan to import this file back into planbook.com, you should include this HTML. If you plan to use the file in another application (such as Microsoft Word) that does not recognize HTML formatting, you should not include the HTML.

Do you want to include HTML formatting in your export file?

Class Schedule Change

When would you like this schedule change to start? Note that only lessons that occur on or after the entered date will reflect the schedule change.

Class schedule change should start on Use Class Start Date

Class Schedule Change

When would you like this schedule change to start? Note that only lessons that occur on or after the entered date will reflect the schedule change.

Class schedule change should start on Use Class Start Date

Don't ask me again

Always start on the current date

Always start on the class start date

No School Event

Would you like your lessons shifted to accommodate for the new No School event? Note that if lessons are not shifted, any lessons on the No School day will be deleted.

Would you like your lessons shifted to accommodate for the No School event date change? Note that if lessons are not shifted, any lessons on the No School day will be deleted.

Would you like your lessons shifted to accommodate for the No School event series change? Note that if lessons are not shifted, any lessons on the No School day will be deleted.

Would you like your lessons shifted back to accommodate for the removed No School event?

Delete Event

Would you like to delete only this event or all events in the series?

Edit Event

Changing the start date, end date or repeats would apply this change to all events in the series. Do you want to continue?

Edit Event

Would you like to change only this event or all events in the series?

Class Schedule Change

Would you like your lessons shifted to accomodate for change, or would you like them to remain where they are currently?

Delete Lesson

Would you like your lessons shifted back to accommodate for the deleted lesson?

Administrator No School Event

An administrator has added or updated the No School event listed below. Would you like your lessons shifted to accommodate for this event? Note that if lessons are not shifted, any existing lessons on the No School day will be deleted.

An administrator has added or updated the No School events listed below. Would you like your lessons shifted to accommodate for these events? Note that if lessons are not shifted, any existing lessons on the No School days will be deleted.

School Year Update

A change has been made to the school year provided by your School or District. Please select the button below to refresh your plans.

Lesson Section Layout

Current School Layout:

The following lesson section layout(s) have been added or updated by an administrator at your school

Your school has provided one or more layouts for your lesson sections. Teachers will typically use a lesson section layout provided by their school. To use a school layout, select it below, or click Close to use your own lesson section layout. You can change this at any time on your Display page.

Add a School Year

It looks like you're ready to add a new school year to your plans!

You can do this now, or you can add a school year at any time by clicking the year drop down (upper left corner) and selecting "Add a Year".

Would you like to add a school year now?

Move Lesson

You are moving your lesson currently on .

Enter a new date and class for the lesson below.

Lesson Date
Class Name

Link Lesson

You are linking your lesson currently on .

Enter the date and class for the target lesson you are linking to.

Lesson Date
Class Name

Link Lesson

A lesson already exists for class on . Would you like to shift or overwrite the existing lesson.

Promote Students

The promote process will add one grade level to each student in your school. For students currently in the highest grade level, the promote process will set their grade level to "Inactive". Note that Inactive students will remain accessible to both administrators and teachers, to review grades, etc.

Please be sure to promote your existing students BEFORE you add new students to your school. The promotion process will run for ALL students, and you do not want newly added students to be promoted (Kindergarten to First Grade for example).

Please select your school's highest grade level.

Grade Level

Move Lesson

A lesson already exists for your class on . Would you like to overwrite the existing lesson, or shift the existing lesson one day forward?

Welcome to Planbook.com!

This overview will introduce you to the main features of planbook.com. It only takes a few minutes, and is a great way to become familiar with how planbook.com "works".

You can exit the overview at any time, and can always view it later by clicking on your display name (upper right corner) and selecting Overview.

Add or Edit Lessons

Perhaps the first thing you'll want to know is how to add or edit lessons in your plans. To add or edit a lesson, you can either single click on the lesson title (class name), or double click anywhere on the lesson.

You can also use the action arrow in the upper right corner of each lesson to edit, copy/paste, bump (move to next day), extend (copy to next day) or delete your lesson.

Note that before you add lessons, you'll want to create your classes (the subjects you teach). Your first class was automatically added when you created your planbook.com account, and we'll show you how to add additional classes later in this overview.

School Year List

The School Year List allows you to add a new school year to your plans, which you'll want to do at the start of each school year. You can also add years when you teach at multiple schools, and would like a separate set of plans for each school.

Planbook.com saves all your prior years, and you can also use the School Year List to switch between years, to easily view prior year plans.

Your first school year was automatically added when you created your planbook.com account, and we'll show you where to edit your school year later in this overview.

Teacher List

The Teacher List allows you to view each of your teacher's lesson plans.

To view a teacher, you simply select his or her name from the list. When you sign in to your account, the first teacher in your list will automatically be displayed.

Display Name

When you click on your Display Name, a menu will appear with the following options:

Account - Update your email address and password, check when your subscription expires, purchase your yearly subscription, and set up Google+ Integration
Contact Us - Send a message to our support team
Overview - Watch this overview of planbook.com
Tutorials - Watch one or more tutorial videos
Support - Connect to our knowledge base
Feedback - Tell us the features you'd like us to add
Sign Out - Sign out of your planbook.com account

Date Buttons

There are four buttons in planbook.com, to help you navigate to various dates in your plans:

Today - Takes you to the current date
Calendar - Allows you to select a date
Prior Arrow - Takes you to the prior day, week or month
Next Arrow - Takes you to the next day, week or month

Teacher Notes

The Teacher Notes button provides you with a simple notepad to keep track of any information you'd like to have available at the click of a button.

Your notes are not tied to a specific day or week, so the information you add to your notes will remain as long as needed. Teachers use this feature to capture a variety of information:

To Do list, materials list, reminders, etc.
Student pull out schedule
Important phone numbers
Account information (Scholastic, Discovery, BrainPop, etc.)

Student Announcements

The Student Announcements button provides you with a simple method to communicate with your students and parents. It is used in combination with the Sharing feature (covered later in this overview) such that when you share your plans with your students, they will also be able to view any information you place in Student Announcements.

Student Announcements are not tied to a specific day or week, and your students will be able to view this information until you update or remove it. You can use Student Announcements to remind students of important upcoming events, assignment due dates, materials to bring to class, etc.

Substitute Notes

The Substitute Notes button provides you with a place to store general classroom information that would be helpful to a substitute teacher. This may include a list of students with special needs, classroom rules, bathroom procedures, transition activities, who to contact with questions, etc.

When you will have a substitute teacher for your class, you can simply print out your daily lesson plans, print out your Substitute Notes, and leave them on your desk. You can also save your plans and notes to a PDF file, and send them via email if you are not able to return to your classroom.

Add Item

The Add button allows you to quickly add a variety of items to your plans. The following items can be added via the Add button:

Assessment
Assignment
Class
Event
Extra Lesson
Template
Unit

Note that each of these items can also be added to your plans by using the Go To button to jump to the appropriate view.

Comments

The Comments button allows teachers and administrators to send and receive comments between one another.

When a teacher posts a comment it will be shared automatically with all administrators connected to the school account. Administrators are able to send comments to individual teachers.

When a teacher or administrator receives a new comment, they will see a notification icon to let them know a new comment has been added.

Print to PDF

The Print to PDF button allows you to save and print your plans via a PDF file. You have the following options when printing:

Print View - Week, Day, Class or Events
Print Items - Lesson sections to include
Print Range - Date range to print
Print Layout - Portrait or landscape, one or two page layout

Hide All / Show All

The Hide/Show button allows you to easily hide all lesson detail from your Plan view (only lesson titles will show). Click it again to bring all your lesson detail back to the display.

View Options

The View button allows you to control the information you see in your plans.

Timeframe - You can choose to view your plans by Week, Day, Month or List
Items - You can choose the specific items (such as lesson sections, class times, standard descriptions, etc.) you want to show or hide in your plans
Classes - You can select which classes to show or hide in your plans

Plans

The Plans button takes you back to your lesson plans.

This is the default view each time you login to your plans.

Assessments

The Assessments button takes you to a list of all your assessments. You can select to view all of your assessments, all assessments for a single class, or all assessments for a single class unit.

Assignments

The Assignments button takes you to a list of all your assignments. You can select to view all of your assignments, all assignments for a single class, or all assignments for a single class unit.

Classes

The Classes button takes you to a list of your classes. You can add new classes, make a change to an existing class, or remove a class.

Adding classes (subjects) to your plans is how you create your schedule in planbook.com, and you'll need to do this before you can enter lessons into your plans.

For each class you add, you select a class color, specify the class start and end date, and enter the days and times you teach the class.

Display Settings

The Display button allows you to customize your lessons.

Specifically, your lessons can have up to 8 sections, and you have the ability to name each section as appropriate. For example, you may want to create lesson sections for Objectives, Materials, Warm-Up, Activity, Assessment, etc.

Note that the first 6 sections are "open" sections, which you can use any way you would like. Section 7 is used for your My List items, and section 8 is used for State and National standards.

Events

The Events button takes you to a list of your events.

Your events are also displayed when viewing your lesson plans in the Week, Day and Month views, so this page is simply a way to see all your events in a list format.

Grades

The Grades button will take you to your Grades view, where you can capture grades on each assignment and assessment for your students.

You can also capture student performance on standards connected to your assignments and assessments.

Grades

The Grades button takes you to a list of your events.

Your events are also displayed when viewing your lesson plans in the Week, Day and Month views, so this page is simply a way to see all your events in a list format.

Grades

The Grades button takes you to a list of your events.

Your events are also displayed when viewing your lesson plans in the Week, Day and Month views, so this page is simply a way to see all your events in a list format.

Lesson Layouts

Lesson Layouts allow administrators to define the lesson structure they'd like their teachers to use when entering lessons into their plans. Administrators can decide how many sections to include in the layout, and the name and order of each lesson section.

If needed, multiple lesson layouts can be created for a school.

My Files

The My Files button takes you to a list of the files you have uploaded to your planbook.com account. You can then add, remove, or rename your files.

Note that any changes you make to your files will be reflected in all lessons where the file is attached.

My List

The My List button takes you to your My List items. You can add a new item, make a change to an existing item, or remove an item.

My List items can be used to store any information you regular add to your lessons, such as IEP goals, accommodation strategies, unit objectives, etc.

To add My List items to your lessons, you'll want to go to your Display page and enable the My List section, which will create a new "My List" tab when entering lessons.

School List

The School List button takes you to your School List items. You can add a new item, make a change to an existing item, or remove an item.

School List items can be used to store information your teachers regularly add to their lessons, such as school-specific learning objectives, accommodation/differentiation strategies, core instructional strategies, etc.

School Year

The School Year button allows you to manage your school year. You enter a name for the year, and specify the school year start and end dates.

Planbook.com also allows you to select the type of schedule used by your school or district:

One Week - Schedule is based on a typical week
Two Week - Schedule repeats every two weeks
Cycle - Schedule follows a cycle of days (2 - 20)

Sharing Options

The Sharing button allows you to control how you share your plans with others. You can share your plans in two ways.

Adding a Teacher Key will allow other teachers to import (copy) your lessons directly into their plans.

Adding a Student Key will allow students, parents, substitutes, etc. a way to view your plans online. You can also control what information is viewable, and how far into the future your plans can be viewed.

Standards Reporting

The Standards button allows you to run reports on the standards covered in your lessons.

You can select state or national standards, select subjects and categories, and select a lesson date range. The report will then tell you how many times each standard is included in your lessons.

Students

The Students button will take you to your Student view. This will allow you to add students to your account, as well as to assign students to your classes. For administrators, this view will allow you to add students to your school, and assign students to your teachers.

Once students are added, you can then allow them to access planbook.com via their accounts, to view teacher lesson plans and student performance.

Teachers

The Teachers button allows you to manage the teachers connected to your school. You are able to:

View all teachers connected to your school
Add teachers to your school account
Remove teachers from your school account
Reset teacher account passwords

Templates

The Templates button takes you to your templates. You can add new templates, make a change to an existing template, or remove a template.

Templates allow you to add repeating information to your plans (e.g. "Spelling Quiz" each Friday for your Spelling class) to save you from entering this information into each lesson.

Units

The Units button takes you to your class units. You can add new class units, make a change to an existing unit, or remove a unit.

Units provide way to structure and group your lessons, assignments, and assessments, and help facilitate long term planning efforts.

Search Lessons

The Search button allows you to search your lessons for a specific word or phrase. The search will look through all of your classes for the current school year as well as prior school years, and return up to 50 lessons that match your criteria. Your returned lessons will be sorted with the most recent lesson shown first.

Searching is a quick way to locate a lesson you have previously taught, and then easily copy/paste the content to another lesson to allow you to teach the lesson once again.

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Happy planning!

Plans	Assessments	Assignments	Attendance
Classes	Display Settings	Events	Grades
Lesson Banks	My Files	My List	My Strategies
School Year	Seating Charts	Sharing Options	Standards Reporting
Students	Templates	Units	Sign out

Plans	Grades	Lesson Banks	Lesson Layouts
School Events	School List	School Profile	School Strategies
School Years	Sharing Options	Standards Reporting	Students
Seating Charts	Teachers	Templates	Sign out
Alternate Schedule	Class Seating

Collaborate Teacher

Teacher Email
Teacher Key

Import via CSV File

To ensure a valid import, please make sure that your CSV file is formatted correctly. Imported lessons will be added AFTER any existing lessons for this class.

To view a sample CSV file, click here.

Import via CSV File

To ensure a valid import, please make sure that your CSV file is formatted correctly. Imported lesson banks will be added AFTER any existing lesson banks.

To view a sample CSV file, click here.

Sharing Options

Collaborate - Individual Teachers

Collaborate - All Teachers

View - Teachers

Add School Year

Select classes to copy from :

Note: Depending on the amount of information to copy to the new year, the Add Year may take up to a minute to complete.

Select information to copy to new year:

Class Lessons
Class Days
Class Times
Class Templates
Class Units
Class Assessments
Class Assignments
Students Events

Note: Depending on the amount of information to copy to the new year, the Add Year may take up to a minute to complete.

Select No School days to include in the school year. You can add or change No School days at any time on your Events page.

U.S. National Holidays

Additional No School Days

Event	Start Date	End Date

Subscription Renewal

Payment Type

Select a Subscription Plan

$15.00 for one year

This will extend your subscription to

$27.00 for two years ($13.50/year)

This will extend your subscription to

$36.00 for three years ($12.00/year)

This will extend your subscription to

Lesson Section Layout

Select a layout below to serve as a starting point for your lesson sections. You can customize your lesson sections at any time on your Display Settings page.

Basic

Lesson

Homework

Notes

Standards

Instructional

Objective

Direct Instruction

Guided Practice

Independent Practice

Homework

Notes

Standards

Detailed

Standards

Objective / Essential Question

Lesson / Instruction

Differentiation / Accommodations

Homework / Evidence of Learning

Instructional Strategies

Materials / Resources / Technology

Notes / Reflection

Planbook.com Version 3.0

Welcome to planbook.com version 3.0!

Listed below are the key features added to this release. To take advantage of these features, we need to first update your plans in our repository. This should only take a minute or so, and you'll then be able to continue to your plans. To learn more about these new features,click here.

Lock a lesson to a specific date
Add extra class lessons to a day
Create multiple schedules for a class
Line up lessons and adjust size to fit content
Add weekend days to your plans
New Print to PDF features

Updating Plans

Continue to Plans

Get Free Months!

When 5 or more teachers at a school try planbook.com, we provide each teacher with 3 free months of service. If the number of teachers reaches 10, we provide each teacher with an additional 3 free months (6 months total)!

To receive the free months, simply enter your school information below, and we'll create a unique ID for your school. You share this ID with your fellow teachers, which they enter on their Account page. We keep track of the number of teachers connected, and automatically add the free months when you reach each threshold.

If you think your school may already be in our system, enter your zipcode and click "Look for school".

Assignment

Class:
Unit:
Date:
Type:
Points:
Title:

Standards

Attachments

Assessment

Class:
Unit:
Date:
Type:
Points:
Title:

Standards

Attachments

Points:

Description

Lesson

Homework

Notes

Tab 4

Tab 5

Tab 6

Instructional Strategies

Standards

My List

School list

Assessments

Assignments

Student


Student ID:
First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Grade Level:
Student Key:
Email Address:
Parent Email:
Phone Number:
Birthdate:
Gender:

Add Accounts

Please provide the number of accounts (Teachers and Administrators) that you'd like to include in your current subscription.

Number of Accounts

Expiration Date

Subscription accounts x 18 months x $1.25/month	US$
Discount % School/District Purchase Discount + 10% discount on subscriptions over 18 months		()
Amount Due	US$

School Subscription Renewal

Please provide the number of accounts (Teachers and Administrators) and the date you'd like your new subscription to expire. Note that you can add or remove teachers at any time during your subscription. A new invoice will automatically be generated for any additional accounts.

Number of Accounts

Expiration Date

Subscription accounts x 18 months x $1.25/month	US$
Discount % School/District Purchase Discount + 10% discount on subscriptions over 18 months		()
Amount Due	US$

Subscription Expired

Your subscription to planbook.com has expired.

You can continue to view your plans, but you'll no longer be able to make changes.

School Subscription Expired

Your school subscription to planbook.com has expired.

Would you like to renew your subscription? Note that you do not need to make an immediate payment to renew your subscription. You can choose to have an invoice sent to your billing contact.

Subscription Expiring

School Subscription Expiring

Account Suspended

Payment on your school or district invoice is now more than six months past due. You will continue to have access to your plans, but you will not be able to modify them until payment is made. Please contact your administration to request invoice payment.

Image Actions

Attach

Embed

Cancel

Embed Image

Select lesson section for image

Cancel

Disconnect from Google

You will no longer see Google events or classes in your plans.

Delete File

By deleting, you are also removing every instance of the file in your lessons. Would you like to continue?

No School Event

You are creating a "No School" event that exceeds 2 weeks. All classes will be removed from these dates, and you'll have the option to either shift out, or delete, the lessons currently on these dates. Would you like to create this No School event?

Class Start Date

Changing your class start date will cause all class lessons to be shifted to reflect the new start date. You cannot undo this operation. Would you like to continue?

School Year Change

We do NOT recommend changing an existing school year, as this will cause all existing classes and lesson dates to shift. You cannot undo this operation. Rather, we recommend that you create a new school year. This is a simple process, and will ensure that all classes and lessons for the existing year are not changed. Would you like to add a new school year now?

To minimize disruptions to existing classes and lessons, we only allow changes during the first 7 days of the school year. Instead, you can add a new school year with these changes. This new year will include a copy of all classes and lessons from the current year. Would you like to add a new school year now?

To minimize disruptions to existing classes and lessons, we do not allow a change to the last day of school once the year is complete. Instead, you can add a new school year with this change. This new year will include a copy of all classes and lessons from the current year. Would you like to add a new school year now?

Please note that changing the last day of school may cause teachers to lose lessons. Rather than changing an existing year, we recommend you create a new school year. This is a simple process, and will ensure that all current classes and lessons are not changed. Would you like to add a new school year now?

To minimize disruptions to existing classes and lessons, we do not allow changes to a cycle reset when the reset date is in the past. Rather than changing an existing year, we recommend you create a new school year. This is a simple process, and will ensure that all current classes and lessons are not changed. Would you like to add a new school year now?

Assign all students to class

This will assign all of your students to your class. Would you like to continue?

Remove all students from class

This will remove all of your students from your class. Would you like to continue?

Assign all students to all classes

This will assign all of your students to all of your classes. Would you like to continue?

Remove all students from all classes

This will remove all of your students from all of your classes. Would you like to continue?

Assign all students to teacher

This will assign all of your students to your teacher. Would you like to continue?

Remove all students from teacher

This will remove all of your students from your teacher. Would you like to continue?

Assign all students to all teachers

This will assign all of your students to all of your teachers. Would you like to continue?

Remove all students from all teachers

This will remove all of your students from all of your teachers. Would you like to continue?

Assign Students

The current school year selected for the teacher has already ended. Would you like to continue?

Delete Lesson Layout

This will also remove the lesson section layout from all teachers connected to your school. Would you like to continue?

No teachers or classes assigned to student

There are no teachers or active classes assigned to your student account. Please contact your teacher(s) to request that you be assigned. You can also use the Add Class button below if you have a class join code.

Teacher Student vs. School Student

When adding students, note that any students you add will only be connected to your account. If it is likely that multiple teachers at your school will want to add the same students, we recommend that you ask your administrator to add the students to your school account, and then assign the students to all appropriate teachers. This will allow each student to have a single account from which to view all of his or her teachers.

Add Student

Import Students

Promote Students

Your students were last promoted on. We recommend that students be promoted only once per school year. Are you sure you want to continue?

Template Section(s) Updated

Updates to the template sections will affect ALL classes using this template. Would you like to continue?

Schedule a Class

Please select the days and times (start/end) for this schedule.

No Time Specified

Reschedule Class

No Time Specified

Would you like to apply the same change to classes found in the following days?

Share Lesson

Click the button below to choose the action that you want to perform to the selected lesson.

Share Lesson

Would you like to move, link or copy to ?

Copy Unit

A unit with this title already exists, are you sure you want to continue?

Copy Unit

Click the button below to choose the action that you want to perform to the selected unit.

Copy Lesson

Would you like to copy or move the selected lesson from this lesson bank?

Lesson Section Layout

Select a layout below to serve as a starting point for your lesson sections. You'll then be able to customize the lesson sections to meet your specific needs.

Basic

Lesson

Homework

Notes

Standards

Instructional

Objective

Direct Instruction

Guided Practice

Independent Practice

Homework

Notes

Standards

Detailed

Standards

Objective / Essential Question

Lesson / Instruction

Differentiation / Accommodations

Homework / Evidence of Learning

Instructional Strategies

Materials / Resources / Technology

Notes / Reflection

Schedule Type:
First and Last Day:	-
Start and End Times:

Grading Periods

Period Name	Start Date	End Date

Grading Scale

Letter Grade	Minimum Percent

Cycle Names

Cycle Resets

Reset Name	Reset Date	Starts On

School Days

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat

Email Address
Current Password
New Password
Confirm Password
First Name
Last Name
Display Name
School District
School Name
School ID

Member Since
Subscription Expires	Renew Subscription Add Accounts
Student Gift Limit (years)

	Email Notifications
	Account Status Notifications
	New Blogs and Knowledge Base Articles
	New Comment from Administrator
	New Comment from Student
	Promotions and Giveaways
	Release Updates and New Features

Show title of lesson section in plan view		Text	Fill
Title	B I U
Body	B I U
Done

Lesson

Linked Lesson

Unit

Linked Unit

Select Score Weight

Select User Type

Select Subject

Account	Overview	Tutorials
Knowledge Base	Contact Us	Feedback
Refresh	Sign out

Connected to Year:
Schedule Type:
First and Last Day:	-
School Days:	S M T W R F S
Start and End Times:

Invoice	1111
Accounts	2
Subscription Ends	08/30/2050
Payment	50
Discount	10%

Students assigned to Teacher		Students not assigned to Teacher