Search for Lesson Plans

You may want to search for and use lesson plans that have not been scheduled yet, were written by another teacher or curriculum director, were used in previous school years, or reinforce specific academic standards.

You can search for lesson plans saved in the Lesson Plan Bank using several search criteria. Some of these search criteria have options for further filtering. For example, if you select a class from the Class drop-down list, Date displays as a Sort by option.

1.On the Teacher Home Page, click Search Lesson Plans, or on the Class Dashboard, click Search for Lessons.

2.On the Lesson Plan Search screen, enter information in any of the following fields:

•Content Area – Specific subject area in which the lesson plan was taught

•Grade – Specific grade or grade range in which the lesson plan was taught

•Class – Class in which the lesson plan was taught

•Owner – Lesson plan author

•Me refers to yourself

•A teacher name is a specific teacher with whom you have shared lesson plans

•All is all the teachers who have shared lesson plans with you

•Unit – Unit or category in which the lesson plan was taught

•Keyword – Enter the full or partial title of the lesson plan

3.Select any of the following display options:

•Show Summary – Brief summary of the lesson plan

•Show Standards – Academic standards, if any, that are enforced by the lesson plan

•Show Only Unscheduled Lessons? – Returns only lesson plans that have not been taught

•Sort by – Sorts the returned results by content area in which the lesson plan was taught (Subject), by lesson plan title (Unit/Title), or by Date (if you selected a class from the Class drop-down list)

4.Click Search.

The lesson plans that meet the search criteria entered display.

Note: To view a lesson plan in a separate window, click the title. To print the lesson plan, click Print in the top-right corner on the Lesson Plan View window, or click  beside the lesson plan on the Lesson Plan Search window. To edit the lesson plan, click . To schedule the lesson plan, click . To delete a lesson plan that has not been scheduled, click .

Note: If you edit a lesson plan on the Lesson Plan Maintenance screen, click Back to return to the Lesson Plan Search screen. The previous search results no longer display, so you must rerun the search if you want them to display again.