It is simple to add lesson plans to V Planner. Like other V Planners, add one lesson plan per line in column B beginning at Row 6. Enter one lesson plan per row. If you have a teacher's note to add to a lesson plan, add the note in the same row as the lesson plan in Column C. That is pretty much it. Oh yes, do not bother adding line breaks to the lesson plans - the planner sheets will ignore them.
Don't do this ---
Do This Instead - one plan per row ---
If you want the class schedule sequence of 2 days on and one day off, or some other sequence, then that is best handled with the bump column, not by spacing plans in the lesson plan column.
Don't do this ---
If you must make a note of when a chapter ends or begins, use the Teacher's Column - Column C
However - if you really really want to make comments in the lesson plan column, then see this information about the bump column that tells how to make those comments not show on your planner, unless you want them to show.
Info to know - One (**non-tab-separated) line in a text file equals one cell in a spreadsheet.
You may copy and paste lesson plans from text files [text files have the txt extension] AS LONG AS each lesson plan is on ONE line. If the lesson plan breaks and uses two lines on the text file, then it will use two rows in the spreadsheet and that will not work, you will have to "fix" the text file of lesson plans first by causing each lesson plan to use only one line.
Pasting from a text file: It is preferred that the text file itself is opened in a text file editor. The default text file editor in Windows is Notepad. The reason that this is preferred is that a text file copied from a text editor will typically not overwrite the color formatting that is in the S-Sheets.
If the text file is opened from a browser (from opening a text file that is online) and is copied and pasted into an S-Sheet, be sure to choose Keep Destination Formatting, if the file overwrites the formatting.
This page is short, but that is how easy it is to place lesson plans in the V Planner. The lesson plans themselves might not always be easy to make, but they are easy to put in a planner once they are made.
Number System: If we do not do a lesson that is scheduled, will that mess up the lesson plans?
Date System: Bump Column and Missed Lessons
Donna Young
March 25, 2012
**Non-tab-separated - Pressing the Tab key while typing in a text editor will create "Tab Separated Values". Tab separated parts will land in different cells of the same row in a spread sheet. This is GOOD if you mean for that to happen. It is BAD if you don't mean for that to happen because it will overwrite what is presently in the cells. And - blank tab separated values are not "Blank" when pasted. It will occupy a cell rather than skipping over it. To understand what I am talking about, open your text editor, type something, press the tab key, type something else, and then copy and paste all of it into a spreadsheet.
This is only here to advise you to watch out for tab separated lesson plans that you get on the internet. I'm not saying that they exist, but if you get one, test paste it into a blank excel worksheet to see how many cells wide it occupies before using it in your V Planner. If it is wider than one column, then that can be easily fixed, but I am getting into territory that, chances are, no one will encounter, so I won't take the time to go in any more detail. You can always ask me a very detailed question if you encounter tab separated lesson plans that you want to use. Use the form on the V Planner page to write me.
V Planner News -V Planner V2.5 is finished. V2 is being retired, which means that V2.5 is taking its place and I will no longer work on V2. See this Video - V2.5 DT Introduction that shows why V Planner went up half a version.-DY, Mar 25, 2012
All V Planner files were updated March 2012
The V-Planner is a spreadsheet file in xls format. To use the file, you must have a program on your computer [like MS Excel] that is compatible with XLS or XLSXfiles. The V Planner is a homeschool planner and the file is currently only available on Donna Young's Site-CD, YoungMinds as of the 2011 version .
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