Printable lesson plan

How do I make a printable lesson plan?

Pick a layout: weekly planner, single lesson plan, unit plan or class routine. Type the class and, if you like, the subjects separated by commas. The lesson plan comes with room for the topic, objectives, materials, step-by-step procedure, assessment and notes. The page has no printed date, so it works for any week of the year.

How to make the plan

1. Pick the layout: Weekly, Lesson plan, Unit plan or Class routine.
2. Type the class. It shows at the top of the page.
3. If you like, type the subjects separated by commas. They fill the rows of the weekly grid and the parts of the routine.
4. Tap Print the sheet and fill in the rest by hand.

The four layouts

• Weekly: a Monday to Friday grid, with one row per period or subject and a notes block. The teacher's whole week on one page.
• Lesson plan: one lesson per page, with topic, objectives, materials, a six-step procedure with a time column, assessment and notes.
• Unit plan: a table of eight lessons, with the objective, activities, materials and assessment for each one.
• Class routine: a chart for the wall, with a clock face to draw the hands on, the part of the day and a box to glue or draw a picture.

What to write in the lesson plan

• Topic: what the lesson is about, in one sentence.
• Objectives: what students should know or be able to do by the end. Two or three are enough.
• Materials: everything that has to be in the room before you start.
• Procedure: the steps from the opening to the wrap-up, with the time for each part in the right-hand column.
• Assessment: how you will tell that the class learned, such as a question, an exercise or a drawing.
• Notes: what worked, what to change and who needs extra help.

Teacher tips

• Laminate the class routine and write on it with a dry-erase marker. The chart changes every day and you use no extra paper.
• On the routine, let the students draw the clock hands and the picture for each part of the day.
• Keep your lesson plans in a folder, by subject. Next year, half the work is done.
• Use a pencil on the weekly grid. The week nearly always changes.
• Print the unit plan on both sides when the project has more than eight lessons.

Privacy

The page is built on your device. The title, the class and the subjects are stored only there, so they come back on your next visit. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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