What is better than a Teacher\'s Lesson Plan Book? Imagine a Digital Lesson Planner where you can type, copy and save your Lesson Plans, where you can e-mail them to your Principal, or share them with your colleagues. Consider e-mailing the homework to parents -and students- at a click of a button. All major State Standards preloaded. Think about our new revamped program: The 10-Minute Teacher\'s Planner

1. The 10-Minute Teachers Planner TM
What’s is better than a teacher’s lesson plan book? A digital
lesson planner where you can type, copy and save your lesson
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plans in just minutes!
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Roosevelt Elementary School and Title VII in Indio, CA;
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Dante and Willy Fiorini. Andrés Cal lovely
Diego García
Eduardo

2. The 10 Minutes Teacher's Planner
Welcome to “The 10 Minute Teacher’s Planner”, an amazing program that will help you
create your daily or weekly lesson plans in few easy-steps.
Forget about your traditional Plan Book and imagine now a Digital Lesson Planner where
you can type, copy and save your Lesson Plans, where you can e-mail them to your
Principal, or share them with your colleagues. Consider e-mailing the homework to
parents -and students- at a click of a button. All major State Standards preloaded. Think
about our new revamped program: The 10-Minute Teacher's Planner.
On the following pages, you will find an easy “How To” prepare six different lessons
plans (weekly, daily, single subject, all subjects, etc.). However, within the CD-Rom,
besides the 10-Minute Teacher’s Planner program, you will get 3 documents containing
more in depth instructions:
1. User's Manual
2. Teacher's Quick
Guide
3. HOW TO…

4. HOW TO…
1. CREATE A WEEKLY LESSON PLAN: WITH ALL SUBJECTS ............................................................................................................................................ 3
2. CREATE A WEEKLY LESSON PLAN: WITH ONE SUBJECT ............................................................................................................................................ 5
3. CREATE A DAILY LESSON PLAN: WITH ALL SUBJECTS ................................................................................................................................................ 7
4. CREATE A DAILY LESSON PLAN: WITH ONE SUBJECT ............................................................................................................................................... 9
5. CREATE A CALENDAR: (MONTH, WEEK AND DAY) .................................................................................................................................................. 11
6. CREATE A STUDENT INFO SHEET ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

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6. 1. CREATE A WEEKLY LESSON PLAN: WITH ALL SUBJECTS
1. GO TO “SETTINGS”
2. ADD A SUBJECT
3. SELECT “WEEK”
TAB - ALL CLASSES Double
Click
4. FILL IN “EDIT LESSON
PLAN” WINDOW
(Lesson details,
Standards,
Attachments…)
5. Click on “Finish” to SAVE
the information.
7. Choose one of these options:
6. Repeat these steps
with all the subjects.
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8. 2. CREATE A WEEKLY LESSON PLAN: WITH ONE SUBJECT
1. GO TO “SETTINGS”
2. ADD A SUBJECT Double
Click
3. SELECT “WEEK” TAB –
“SPECIFIC SUBJECT”
(i.e. “Math”)
4. FILL IN “EDIT LESSON
PLAN” WINDOW
(Lesson details,
Standards,
Attachments…)
5. Click on “Finish” to SAVE
the information
7. Choose one of these options:
6. Repeat these steps
with all the subjects
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6

10. 3. CREATE A DAILY LESSON PLAN: WITH ALL SUBJECTS
1. GO TO
“SETTINGS”
Double
2. ADD A
Click
SUBJECT
3. SELECT “DAY”
TAB – “All
Classes”
4. FILL IN “EDIT
LESSON PLAN”
WINDOW
(Lesson details,
Standards,
Attachments…) 5. Click on “Finish” to SAVE
the information
7. Choose one of these options:
6. Repeat these
steps with the
subject for each
day
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12. 4. CREATE A DAILY LESSON PLAN: WITH ONE SUBJECT
1.GO TO
“SETTINGS”
Double
2.ADD A Click
SUBJECT
3. SELECT “DAY”
TAB – “Specific
Subject”
(i.e. “Math”)
4. FILL IN “EDIT
LESSON PLAN” 5. Click on “Finish” to SAVE
WINDOW the information
(Lesson details,
Standards, 6. Choose one of these options:
Attachments…)
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14. 5. CREATE A CALENDAR: (MONTH, WEEK AND EACH DAY)
2. ADD TASKS AND NOTES 3. IMPORT BACKGROUND
1. GO TO “CALENDAR”
OPTION
Double
Click
ADD TASKS AND NOTES IN DIFERENT DAYS
EXTRA!!
To see the weekly and
daily calendar,
click on different TAB
Double
Week TAB
Click
ADD TASKS
Choose one of these options:
Day TAB
Double
Click
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16. 6. CREATE A STUDENT INFO SHEET
2. ADD THE INFORMATION 3. CLICK “ADD” TO SAVE THE INFORMATION
1. GO TO “STUDENT INFO”
OPTION
5. CHOOSE ONE OPTION
4. Choose one of these MASTER LIST: SHOW ALL THE STUDENTS
options
STUDENT PROFILE: SHOW INDIVIDUAL STUDENT’S
PROFILE
MASTER LIST STUDENT PROFILE
6. YOU CAN GENERATE:
A) “ALL STUDENTS
REPORT”
B) “SINGLE STUDENT
REPORT”
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