The Review
The picture below is how the back of the cover looks. What I really like about the cover is that it will be durable throughout the year. It is hard, laminated, and it will be easy clean if something is dropped on it or a kiddo gets too close with sticky fingers. This happens to me a lot! I feel like every single day there is a birthday in my classroom and a boatload of donuts or cupcakes. Somehow all my stuff gets touched in the process. Well, at least if anyone touches my planner it will be just fine!
I chose the Scales pattern for $59. I went with the same coloring that is in the template on the website, because I LOVED the colors they chose. My Pattern color is white, and my background is Lagoon. It reminds me of a mermaid tail or a friendly dragon π
There are so many color options on the website. If you have a custom one like I did (with your name), it takes a week or two to be made and ship, so keep that in mind if you need one ASAP. Erin Condren offers a planner that is already made and ready to mail if you need it super soon.
The covers can also be changed and personalized. You can swap out planner covers for your mood or seasons! Definitely helps keep your beautiful planer new and fresh!
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SECTION! I have a chronic issue of writing down field trip dates on post-it notes and then promptly losing them (whoops). This will be perfect! I will also put down my most dependable volunteers or ones that I utilize the most (like room parents, a copy mom, Wednesday Folder mom, etc.) here. What a nice, easy, and central spot for all the volunteer information! I am loving the color combo here too, the green is beautiful.
This section is good for an emergency. I leave super detailed sub plans for my substitutes when I am sick, doing professional development, or traveling, but this is good for those emergency situations. On the bottom part for “students with special needs” I may go over it with Washi Tape and change it to “Morning Meeting.” Then I can put down a generic greeting, share, activity, and closing that can be done in my absence. Since my school does Responsive Classroom, Morning Meeting is a key part of every morning. I know the kids would be a bit on the wild side if Morning Meeting goes missing from their routine! “Class Rules” or “Dismissal procedure” could also be put there if you are not comfortable with putting down the confidential special needs information either. Oh, and how stinking cute is that owl?!
My school utilizes an online attendance check, so unfortunately I would be unable to use this. Some ways that I may redo this page with Washi Tape include:
- Students’ home phone numbers
- Parents’ email addresses
- Read alouds read in class
- Literature circle/book club group books
This will be PERFECT for creating seating charts and getting those chatty students away from one another. One day I hope there is an app that could do seating charts…. you could type in the behavior students and the quiet students, click a button, and suddenly have your seating chart done! I am positive this app would make millions of dollars… I would certainly buy it! If only I could create apps. Until that is created, this graph paper works out great π
This may be my favorite part of the planner. I adore having simplified information in one spot. What a terrific way for year-long planning and truly looking at the “big picture.” These two pages are genius. I usually have a bunch of post-it notes falling out of a binder for my “year at a glance,” this one clearly wins. The font on the “year” is so pretty.
There are 40 weeks worth of planning.
I do wish that the dates were printed in the book along with subjects, however EC offers labels on their website that you can get made for this. You could also easily make your own with some labels from the store. I tend to rush through things, and I know I will somehow manage to screw up the dates/subjects if I wrote everything out in pen by myself. Plus I have hideous handwriting….
Do you like stickers and decorating things? Let’s be real, of course you do! I would decorate my face in stickers everyday if it was socially acceptable. These stickers say things like “report cards due,” “REMINDER!”, “conferences,” “field trip,” “library,” “testing,” “IEP,” and “assembly.” There’s also one for “furlough.” To be honest I didn’t know that teachers could be furloughed! I guess you really do learn something new everyday.
There’s a nice section with a checklist. This is a great way to keep track of project requirements, homework, permission slips, etc. I am very excited for this page, I love the colors used and it is really handy. You also do not have to rewrite everyone’s name again when the page is all filled up… just fold on the dotted line!
SECTION 13: FOLDER
Erin Condren included a nice plastic folder pocket to keep important documents in. I think I would keep a class roster and maybe field trip forms here.
The pouch comes with some extra little goodies, like calling cards and stickers. In the future, I am going to store grading stickers in this pouch! I am always losing my stickers, and this will be an easy place to grab everything that I need.
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44 Responses
Amazing resource!
I would love to have this planner!!
I love my EC planner! This is my second year with one. I love the lesson plan pages — I type mine into a template and print on sticker paper. I do the same thing for my checklist pages with my class list. I make my own stickers for subject areas and extras — super easy!!!
I love everything about Erin Condren!!!
I LOVE Erin Condren!!
Great way to keep organized! I'd love to have an Erin Condren planner!
I know I'm going to love the pouch in the back.
Thank you for the giveaway, I love Erin Condren.
I can't wait to get my tp. I am homeschooling my son this year and can't wait to use this to plan out our lessons every week!
Thanks for your great in forth review!! The price is the only thing stopping me from ordering now!!! The gift card would be awesome!!
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I love everything about my planner and I cannot wait to use it! I have already customized some pages to best meet my needs and I love getting to use my washi and stamps in a new obsession. Love your cover, I have that one on order (in different colors) as a second one. I am obsessed, thank you!!
I just recently got my first ECTP on Saturday. So far I love it. I have enjoyed decorating it with washi tape and stickers from etsy. My favorite part is staying organized and my personalized cover.
This is my first school year with my ECTP. I am obsessed! I've customized pages and headers.
I am waiting for the school year to really get started on using it fully and effectively.
The way is structured, love it !
This would be the perfect gift for my favorite high school teacher! She helped get through senior year. She's a calculus statistics and pre-cal teacher, student motivator, sponsor of a great math club, and has acted like a second mother to all her students. She wrote a letter of reccomendation for my college and it really set me apart in the pool of applicants! It's her last year and I would love for her to receive this planner. She has so much going on that a planner would keep her organized. The volunteer pages are perfect because she does monthy volunteer activities with her classes and club. The checklists would help her keep track of her UIL math competitors which she's also a sponsor of! The goals section would keep her motivated for AP season! It's just perfect! Thank you for this chance!
I love the colors and the stickers π
I love that you can make it so personalized!
The best thing about Erin condensed is how pretty they are but also how functional.
I want an EC for all the goodies lol!
I've always wanted an EC planner! π
I love my ECLP!
Wow! Looks great!
I think I would love the way that this is organized, but like you, I also love the colors!
Mrs O Knows
I love the colors, but I also love that beauty and organization are working together. This has been on my wish list for a long time. π
What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance to enter π
I would LOVE an EC planner to organize my life – as a new mom, my brain isn't always functioning at 100% and this cute and colorful book would help me to keep everything in order.
~Jessica
Joy in the Journey
I would love to have one! I think my fav part is the stickers! stickers for adults!
I love that it's an all-in-one planner! It has everything you need to stay organized!! Thanks for the giveaway π
I like the fact that I can use it for my teaching job and keeping track of my Etsy shop weekly needs.
I love my life planner, I'm wanting a teacher planner!
I think I would love how organized it would help me be. I have a Life Planner, so I know I would love the Teacher Planner too!
I would love to haves this EC planner! I love the colors and the layout! It is so cute! Thank you for the detailed feedback on the planner! love reading your blog. I am also a third grade teacher that uses Responsive Classroom. I hope to join the blogging world soon. Teacher blogs really inspire and encourage me. I love reading yours!
Would love to try an EC planner!! Thanks for the giveaway. π
I ordered my first one and I am so excited about it. I have been reading reviews and unboxings all weekend. Great review!
I like that it will keep me organized!
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I love your review! Very thorough and detailed look at a wonderful planner. I've really wanted one of these but I haven't been able to get one yet. I would love to win and become organized in style!
Sandy from Adventures of a Techy Teacher
I love how colorful these planners are!!!
-Laura, Tales From Third Grade
I love all of the colors and the interchangeable covers. Also would love to stay organized this school year. π Thank you!
I love the Substitute page. I think it is a great resource and it makes it readily available.
What a beautiful way to stay organized! Very impressed!
This is so pretty! I would use this to stay better organized throughout the school year. I love the colors!!
I love how much you can personalize them!
I love the cover!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
This is such a blessing! I would definitely love this planner! I will be following your blog :).