Building a Lesson Plan

What is a Lesson Plan?

A lesson plan is a tool used by educators to describe and guide the flow of learning for a specific period. Creating lesson plans is very beneficial to you and your students to ensure organization within your classes. Lesson plans can come in many different forms, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly lesson plans. Lesson plans typically outline learning objectives, learning outcomes/goals, materials needed, and assessment methods used in that class. There are many templates that make for easier lesson planning as they guide you with what information you should include while also giving you the option to customize it to fit your needs.

Pros Cons
Lesson Plans
  • More organized
  • Helps teachers evaluate their teaching
  • Provides teacher with guidance for each class
  • Keeps students best interest in mind
  • Templates for lesson plans are provided online
  • Teacher may feel overwhelmed if lessons don’t go as planned
  • Lack of flexibility
  • Can be time consuming to prepare daily and weekly lesson plans

Lesson Plan Templates

These aspects are represented in templates that are used to further organize the lesson plan. Some websites that provide free and reusable templates include:

  1. Lesson plan templates
  2. Lesson Plan Template Printables
  3. Editable Weekly Lesson Plan Template

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