Big announcement...

Whew- I am still blown away by the response to my lesson plan format.

In case you missed it, I wrote about my personalized lesson plan format here, and offered the Docx starter file for customizing your own lesson plans here. (If you'd like the .doc file, just shoot me an email. You can find it off to the right!)

To me, a custom lesson plan format makes life SO much easier. Those pre-formatted books may work well for people who have a special at the same time each day and are able to have the exact same schedule every day, but it doesn't work at all for me.

Here are a few tips if you're a new follower and making your own plans:

1. Use little margins. 0.5 inches in all directions is a great starting place.
2. Use a small font size.
3. Try to choose a font that is still easy to read when it's small. (I use ABC Teacher.)
4. Make sure that the font is set to be single-spaced (in the new Word, it defaults to 1.5 line spacing). 
5. Make sections smaller when I don't need them to be big. Morning work is the same every morning for me, and I don't really need planning space, so that section gets to be skinnier. Lunch- well, I don't really need to plan for that, either, so it gets skinner.
6. Add those things you do every week right onto the template. Spelling test? Introducing new vocabulary a certain way? Math centers? Add it in.
7. At the beginning of the year, don't print out a year's worth. After a couple of weeks, stop to look back at your plans and adjust to make it work better for you!
8. You can highlight whole columns or rows by clicking above the column or to the left of the row.
9. Don't press enter to add space below your text. Just stretch the box size- that way if you need to make it smaller again, it's much simpler.
10. Make a checklist for the things you need to make sure are done every week.

I will tell you- figuring out the format for perfect lesson planning pages is sometimes a hassle, but the end result is worth it.

If you aren't too tech-savvy, or just plain don't want to spend the time fussing over it, I'm going to take a leap here.

Hehe, a leap. {Because I'm luckeyfrog, and... never mind.}

I'm going to start Luckeyfrog's Lesson Plans. (cute logo to follow!)

I can make a custom 2-page lesson plan format specially for you for just $10.00. You can pick the font, the colors (or black and white), the style, and what's included! I'll even throw in sub plan templates for each day of the week at no extra charge!

And if you email me with your interest by this Friday, June 22, at 11:59- I'll do it for $8!

Questions, comments, or ready to sign up? Email me! :)

I know that at my school, we don't get our specials schedule until close to the start of school, so unless you know yours already, I'll just get the basics started now and reserve your spot until you know more details!

I won't take on too many at once, though, if you will be finding out your schedule in August... so don't wait! :) If you haven't spent too much time playing around with Word tables, I could be saving you hoooours of work this fall, and then making your planning easier all through the year!

In other news, I'm going to be spending the next few days with my husband (YAY!), who's been gone on an internship 1000 miles away for the past month, so I may not post much or respond to comments right away- but I'll try! :)

Have a GREAT weekend!

{P.S.- If anyone is wanting to get their TpT store or one of their products out there by donating it to a giveaway... please let me know!}