We’re always looking for ways that we can save teachers some time, and here’s our newest idea: our free editable assessment records. Let’s explain what they are and how to use them!
All of our teacher planners come with records pages. These pages have lots of rows and columns, and the idea is that you can keep records of lots of things, like who has done homework or completed certain tasks. The left hand column is for children’s names, but if you’re doing multiple records pages with the same class list, it can be tedious and time consuming to write out the names over and over. Enter the editable assessment records!
You’ll now be able to edit these with your own list of names (or whatever you’re putting in that left hand column) and then print out as many copies as you need to stick into your planner on top of that column.
So here’s how it works: First, head over to the product page and ‘buy’ the product. You’ll need to add it to your cart, but it’s totally free so you won’t be charged anything. Then you’ll be able to download the file – make sure to save it somewhere where you’ll be able to find it again! Though, if you do lose your file, you can always come back and download it again.
Next, open up the file in Adobe reader. It’s editable, which means that you’ll be able to click in each row and type in whatever you need. Be careful to keep the font the same size – if you make it bigger, then the rows will get bigger, and it won’t fit perfectly anymore. Just keep the font the same and type your information into the rows.
There are multiple different ones on the same page, each in a different colour. This is because our planners have different colour schemes, so you can choose the colour that matches your planner – or choose a different colour, whichever you prefer! But there’s no need to fill out all of them, just choose the colour you want, and add your names.
Then you’ll print it out, and here’s where you’ll just need to check the size of your planner – is it A4 (like our dated Teacher Planner, our Teacher Training Planner or our Weekly Planner) or B5 (like our undated Teacher Planner and our Daily Planner). If it’s A4, make sure you’ve selected to print the page at Actual Size in the Page Sizing settings. If it’s B5, you’ll want to hit ‘Custom’ in the Page Sizing settings, and change 100% to 84%. This will make the page a little smaller so that it fits a B5 planner. Not sure? Check our list below to see what page size settings to use:
Teacher Planner (dated) – Actual Size
Teacher Training Planner – Actual Size
Weekly Planner – Actual Size
Teacher Planner (undated) – Custom 84%
Daily Planner – Custom 84%
Once you’ve printed your page out, all that’s left is to cut it out and stick it right on top of your left hand column. It should fit perfectly! Make sure you save your document so you can print it out again in future. We recommend hitting ‘Save as’ and giving it a different name. That way, you’ll have the original plus the new one that you’ve just added all your information to. We hope this saves you a little bit of time – it all helps!
Get the Editable Assessment Records Columns here
