Lesson plan templates for every grade band
Copyable daily and weekly planning structures for preschool, elementary and middle school — and an AI assistant that fills them in for you from your own school's curriculum.
Daily lesson plan templates by grade band
Each template is a real day's flow, timed the way that age group actually learns. Copy the structure into your planner and swap in your own content.
Preschool
Ages 3-5
- Arrival & free choice centers (10 min)
- Circle time: greeting, song, calendar (15 min)
- Read-aloud with picture walk (10 min)
- Teacher-led small group activity (15 min)
- Centers rotation with sensory play (25 min)
- Outdoor or gross motor play (20 min)
- Closing song & goodbye circle (5 min)
Built around play-based centers, short attention spans and lots of movement. Every block is 25 minutes or less.
See preschool plansK-5 Elementary
Kindergarten through 5th grade
- Morning meeting & warm-up (10 min)
- Reading block: mini-lesson, guided groups, independent reading (60 min)
- Math: number talk, lesson, stations rotation (60 min)
- Writing workshop (30 min)
- Science or social studies hands-on station (40 min)
- Read-aloud & closing reflection (15 min)
Organized around literacy and math blocks with small-group rotations, so every station has a clear task.
See K-5 plans6-8 Middle School
Grades 6 through 8
- Bell ringer / do-now (5 min)
- Learning target & agenda review (3 min)
- Direct instruction or mini-lesson (12 min)
- Guided practice or discussion protocol (15 min)
- Independent or collaborative work time (15 min)
- Exit ticket & closure (5 min)
Sized to a standard class period — works for 45, 55 or 90 minute blocks with the timings adjusted.
See 6-8 plansA weekly lesson plan template that works in any grade
Whatever you teach, the week has a rhythm. This five-day arc keeps skills building instead of restarting every morning.
- Monday: introduce the week's skill with a whole-group lesson
- Tuesday: guided practice in small groups
- Wednesday: hands-on application or project work
- Thursday: review, discussion and reteach where needed
- Friday: assessment, celebration and a preview of next week
Or skip the template — let the assistant fill it in
Teacher Tribe AI writes a full week of plans in these exact structures, grounded in your own school's curriculum. Learning targets, essential questions, slide decks and parent notes included — ready every Sunday night.