Guide to Packet Numbering

Last Updated: April 2026

Intended Audience: Ponder Paper curriculum admins 

Context: The article below details how to enter Packet Numbers, along with best practices. 

Steps for packet numbering 

1. Assign a unique (within the curriculum) packet number

• Note: if a packet was recalled and re-entered, you can re-use the same packet number
• If the packet number is not unique, you will receive a warning message about duplicates:

2. Format must be X.X, up to 7 total characters including the period.

3. The following are best practices:

• Packet numbers should closely follow numbering conventions used in pacing calendars.
• Exit tickets/classwork packets should start with the unit number, then the period, then the lesson number. 
  • For example, Unit 2 Lesson 7 would have the number 2.7
• All assessments should start with the number “0” before the period (assuming no curriculum materials would use this number), and an appropriate abbreviation for the assessment. 
  • Two reasons for this:
  • Assessments, which are likely to be viewed by the most people, will filter to the top of the packet list
  • This enables us to easily tell which packets are assessments (versus exit tickets), for example when filtering a long packet list.

*See Packet Naming Guidelines