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This is the whole class page I use, with the blanks left in. It's plain on purpose: white background, black letters, no pictures, so it loads fast on the old computer in the family room and prints on one or two sheets for the grandparents. Every word in [SQUARE BRACKETS] is a blank for you to fill in.

How to use it

1. Highlight all the code in the white box below, from <HTML> to </HTML>, and copy it (Edit, Copy).

2. Open Notepad and paste it in (Edit, Paste).

3. Replace every word in square brackets with your own, and take out the brackets. When you think you're done, use Search, Find in Notepad and look for a [ to catch the ones you missed. I always miss one.

4. Save it as index.html. In the Save As box, set "Save as type" to All Files, or Notepad will save it as index.html.txt and you'll wonder why nothing works.

5. Upload it with the File Manager in your GeoCities.us Member Center. You can also open it there in the Basic HTML Editor and make your weekly changes right in your browser.

6. Every week: change the date at the top, "What We're Learning," the homework, the spelling words, "Coming Up," and the "Last updated" date at the bottom. That's your twenty minutes.

Keep a copy on a floppy disk in your desk drawer. Computers in schools have a way of being "reimaged" over Christmas break.

The template

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>[TEACHER NAME]'s Class
Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
 TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000CC">
<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">

<H2>[TEACHER NAME]'s [GRADE]
Grade</H2>
<P><B>Room [NUMBER]</B><BR>
Week of [MONDAY'S DATE]</P>
<HR>

<H3>What We're Learning</H3>
<P>[THREE OR FOUR SENTENCES:
READING, MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES,
SCIENCE]</P>

<H3>Homework</H3>
<P><B>Monday:</B> [HOMEWORK]<BR>
<B>Tuesday:</B> [HOMEWORK]<BR>
<B>Wednesday:</B> [HOMEWORK]<BR>
<B>Thursday:</B> [HOMEWORK]<BR>
<B>Friday:</B> [HOMEWORK]</P>

<H3>Spelling List</H3>
<P>Test on [DAY].</P>
<OL>
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
<LI>[WORD]
</OL>

<H3>Coming Up</H3>
<UL>
<LI>[DATE]: [EVENT]
<LI>[DATE]: [EVENT]
</UL>

<H3>Supplies</H3>
<P>[ANYTHING THE CLASS NEEDS]</P>

<HR>
<P>Questions? E-mail me at
<A HREF="mailto:[YOUR ADDRESS]">
[YOUR ADDRESS]</A>.
I answer within one school day.
For absences, please call the
school office.</P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Last updated
[TODAY'S DATE]</FONT></P>
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Filled in

Here's what mine looked like last week, with the blanks filled in. (I've taken our room number off for this page, which is why that line is missing.)

Notice what's not there: no children's names, no pictures, no school name, and nothing that says where the class will be on the day of the trip. The details of the trip went home on paper, in the folder, where they belong.