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Everyday Mathematics® ePlanner

Contents

Introduction

Create Your Lesson Plan in Quick Start

View Weekly Calendar

Navigate within ePlanner

View Lesson Plan Details

Introduction

The Everyday Mathematics® ePlanner is a digital tool that allows you to

instantaneously lay out a full academic year of Everyday Mathematics lessons and

view content on a lesson-by-lesson basis. In addition, ePlanner allows you to

customize your lesson plans with the following options.

Add a full grade level of Everyday Mathematics lessons to the calendar.

View all resources for each lesson to help you plan and teach

Add personal notes to yourself for any lesson.

Set a Games Day at regular intervals throughout the year, if desired.

Link directly to specific EM Games Online for every lesson.

Set your calendar to reflect non-instructional days.

Move or delete lessons from your customized lesson plan.

Export your lesson plans into a spreadsheet.

Email lesson plans to colleagues with your comments.

Search for lesson plans by keyword or by lesson number.

Link directly to other applications in the eSuite from the ePlanner page.

Print daily, weekly, or monthly lesson plans.

Print Everyday Mathematics blackline masters for every lesson, as well as

class checklists to aid in assessment.

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Create Your Lesson Plan in Quick Start

The first time you log into the eSuite, you will be asked to create your ePlanner. On

the Quick Start page you will have to do the following: select *Create a New Lesson

Plan*, set the grade level, name your lesson plan, establish a start date, and select

both non-instructional days and Games Days for your lesson plan.

Create Your Lesson Plan

Select Create a New Lesson Plan on the My Lesson Plans drop-down menu.

Click the Grade Level drop-down list to select a grade level for your lesson plan.

Then add your lesson plan name in the Lesson Plan Name field

Set Start Date

Add the start date of the school year in the Set Start Date field in MM/DD/YYYY

format. Or, click the calendar icon and select a date.

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Show Advanced Options

To change the range of the lessons you want to appear in the ePlanner, click the

Show Advanced Options button. From the Set Start Lesson and Set End Lesson

drop-down menus, select your units and lessons. Select Update Lesson Plan to

change the Start and End lessons for your school year.

To close the advanced options, click the Hide Advanced Options button.

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Add Color-Coded Non-Instructional Dates to Your Lesson Plan

1. Click the Create

ePlanner button to

show the blank school-

year monthly view. On

the calendar, click

specific dates that will

be designated as non-

instructional day(s).

The ePlanner will not

assign Everyday

Mathematics lessons

to non-instructional

days. Click a date to

open the Set Non-

Instructional Day(s)

pop-up window. The

start and end dates

default to your selected start date however you can adjust them accordingly.

Then select the Day Type from the drop-down menu. Click Save to set the Day

Type. Also, be sure to set Everyday Mathematics Game Days at regular intervals

throughout the school year. You can use the Day Type “Other” for Game Days.

2. To edit non-instructional days, click on the day. Type new dates in the Start Date

and End Date fields and/or select a different Day Type.

3. Click Save to add the color coded, non-instructional day(s) to the calendar, or

click Cancel to leave the calendar unchanged.

Remove a Non-Instructional Day

1. Click the non-instructional day on the calendar.

2. Click the Day Type drop-down menu, select Unassigned, and then click Save.

The date is now displayed as an Everyday Mathematics instructional day on your

calendar. (See instructions on page 10 for changing a non-instructional day back

to an instructional day.)

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Edit a Lesson Plan Name

1. Click the Edit Name button under the My Lesson Plans drop-down menu.

Several editing buttons appear as well as the Lesson Plan Name field.

2. Type a new lesson plan name in the field. Click Save to set the name change or

Cancel to retain your original lesson plan name.

Delete a Lesson Plan

Select a lesson plan from the My Lesson Plans drop-down menu and click Delete.

A pop-up dialog box asks you to confirm whether you really want to delete the

selected lesson plan. Click OK to confirm or Cancel to retain the lesson plan.

Make a Lesson Plan Public/Use a Public Lesson Plan

To make your lesson plan accessible to other teachers in your school, click the Make

Public button under the My Lesson Plans drop-down menu. The plan now appears

in the drop-down menu for Public Lesson Plans.

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To use a Public Lesson Plan, select a plan from the drop-down menu for Public

Lesson Plans and click the Copy to My Plans button. A copy of the public plan now

appears in your My Lesson Plans drop-down menu.

You can edit your copy of a public lesson plan. The changes you make only affect

your copy of the public plan.

NOTE A public plan’s creator is the only user who can

delete or edit the original public lesson plan.

Show Advanced Options

Use Advanced Options to create a lesson plan with a different start and/or end

lesson than the default settings. Note This option erases any schedule changes you

previously made on the weekly view page. Click Update Lesson Plan to save your

changes.

a. A pop-up asks you to verify whether you want to overwrite any

modifications you made before updating your planner.

b. Click OK to save your changes.

c. Click Go to ePlanner to view your changes.

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Create Your Lesson Plan

Click the Go to ePlanner button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Quick Start

window. This directs you to the weekly calendar view page.

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View Weekly Calendar

The ePlanner weekly calendar view opens by default and shows your lesson plan

for one week. To see more than one week, click on the Show Monthly View button.

Toggle back to see the weekly view by clicking the Show Weekly View. Here, you

can view weekly or monthly lesson plans and make changes to your lessons and

calendar as needed.

A mini calendar and

the options to email,

find, export, or print

lesson details are

always visible on the

left side of the weekly

calendar view.

Additionally, the small

monthly calendar

highlights non-

instructional days and

Game Days.

To view a different lesson plan, click the Lesson Plan drop-down menu

and select a lesson plan, if you have created a second one for a multi-age

classroom.

To view a different week, click the blue left or right arrows on either side of

the weekly date range, in the gray bar above Friday. Or, click a specific

date on the mini calendar. The week with your selected date will then display

on the right.

To view a different month in the mini calendar, click the left or right arrows

on either side of the month’s name at the top of the calendar.

To view a detailed monthly view, click the Show Monthly View button

above the mini calendar. To return to the weekly view, click the Show

Weekly View button above the mini calendar.

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Move, Delete, or Schedule Two Lessons for One Day

Click the Move/Delete button under the lesson you want to move or delete. A pop-

up window appears.

1. To move the lesson to another day,

a. select Move this Lesson to:

b. enter the new date in the To Date box in MM/DD/YYYY format. Or, click

the calendar icon to select a date.

c. To move all scheduled lessons forward, leave the default selection in place

for Move the subsequent Lesson(s) forward. Click Save.

2. To schedule two lessons in one day, click Leave existing Lesson in place (TWO

in one day).

e. Click Save.

3. To extend the allotted days for a lesson, click Extend this Lesson. Enter the

extended day amount in the field provided. Then click Save.

4. To delete a lesson, click Delete this Lesson from my calendar. Then click

Save.

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5. Enter any notes about the lesson in the Add Notes box.

6. Click Save to finalize your changes or Cancel to retain your original planner

details.

Modify a Non-Instructional Day

Click the Modify button on the non-instructional day that you want to alter. A pop-

up window appears.

1. To change a non-instructional day description, click the Set Non-Instructional

Day button. Select the appropriate non-instructional day description in the drop-

down menu. Click Save.

2. To change a non-instructional day back into an instructional day:

a. Click the Modify button.

b. Click Add a Lesson to the day and then click Save. (This changes the

classification of the day back to an instructional day.)

c. Next, click the Move/Delete button under the day where you just added a

lesson. Click the radial button for Delete this Lesson from my

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calendar. Click Save. (This action removes the lesson, but leaves the day

classified as an instructional day.)

d. Click the Move/Delete button under the first day to the right of the now

empty day.

e. Click the radial button for Move this Lesson to:

f. Change the date to the now empty day, which should be the calendar day to

the immediate left.

g. Click the radial button for Move the subsequent Lesson(s) forward.

h. Click Save to finalize your changes or Cancel to retain your original planner

details.

3. Click OK in the dialog box to confirm your change.

Navigate within ePlanner

Email a Lesson Plan

To email a weekly calendar, monthly calendar, and with or without daily lesson

details click the Email Lesson Plan button underneath the monthly calendar.

In the resulting box, type the recipient’s email address and any additional comments

to send with the lesson plan in the provided boxes. Click Send Email.

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Search for a Lesson

Click Search for a Lesson, underneath the monthly calendar. You can search by

keyword or lesson number. Click Keywords or Lesson Number to select your

search method.

For a Keywords search, enter your search criteria and click Show Lessons. Click

any lesson in your search results to view the lesson details.

For a Lesson Number search, select a Unit and a Lesson from the drop-down

menus. Select Show Lessons. The lesson detail view opens in another window.

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Export Lesson Plan to an Excel Spreadsheet

Click the Export Lesson Plan button underneath the monthly calendar. Select the

weekly or monthly information you want to export and click Export Lesson.

Print Lesson

Click the Print Lesson button under the monthly calendar. A pop-up window asks

you to enable the Print Background Colors and Images.

1. If the Print Background Colors option is

already enabled, click OK and then click Print

in the Print pop-up window.

2. Click Cancel in the Print pop-up window if

you need to enable the Print Background

Colors option:

a. Click the Tools menu and select Internet

Options.

b. Click the Advanced tab.

c. In the Settings box, scroll down to the

Printing header.

d. If the box beside Print background

colors and images does not have a

checkmark, click the box. Click Apply and

Okay.

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View Lesson Plan Details

Click any blue lesson number on the weekly calendar view to view lesson details.

The lesson details will appear under the calendar. (You can click the light blue Hide

Detailed View link under the monthly view to close the details.)

Resources for Lesson Parts 1, 2, and 3

Text in blue and italics indicates a live link to a PDF resource. Click on these PDF

links to view components used to teach the lesson. A live printer icon in the top left

of the PDF window indicates that the page is printable. A half-tone printer icon

indicates that the PDF is not printable.

Not printable

Printable

Live links appear above the Part 1 title bar, next to Teacher’s Lesson Guide, and

under the Materials heading.

See also live links to the Teacher’s Reference Manual under the heading

ADVANCE PREPARATION, at the bottom of the column for Part 1.

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Ongoing Learning & Practice, and Differentiation Options

Text in blue and italics indicates a live link to a PDF resource. Click on these links to

view components used to teach the lesson. Live links appear under each blue activity

heading for these sections of the lesson.

Additional Resources

From the lesson detail view, scroll down to see additional links to PDFs that

supplement the lesson: Lesson Resources, Unit Resources, Grade Level Resources,

Spanish Language Resources, Technology Resources, Home Connections.

Note The file is exported as a comma-delimited text file (CSV) to ensure

compatibility with a wide variety of applications. Microsoft® Excel® can read this

file, but it is unformatted. Consult the Excel user guide or Help feature for tips on

how to format the lesson plan.