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Planning lessons from your schedule

Enter your schedule, get the next lesson for every period.

Start from the schedule

Put your weekly schedule in a table: periods down the side, days across the top. Each cell is a class and a subject. That table becomes your planning grid for the year.

Backward design

Start with the standard: what should students be able to do?
Decide the evidence: how will I know they can? (an exit ticket, a quiz, a product)
Then plan the activities that get them there
Write the lesson’s goal on the board as an “I can” statement

A one-page lesson plan

Standard	e.g. CCSS 3.OA.C.7
Objective	I can multiply within 100
Warm-up (5 min)	Review question
Lesson (15 min)	Model, then guided practice
Practice (15 min)	Independent or partner work
Exit ticket (5 min)	One question to check

Reuse

Keep plans in Google Drive in a folder per unit. Next year, copy the folder and adjust instead of starting over. Use the online document editor or Google Docs for a plan template.

Tip

💡 Plan a week at a time, but write the exit-ticket questions first. They keep each lesson focused.

✏️ Practice: your turn

Put your weekly schedule into a table
Plan one lesson with backward design
Write the objective as an “I can” statement
Save a reusable lesson-plan template

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🧠 Quick quiz

Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.

1. What comes first in backward design?

2. What is an exit ticket?

3. “I can multiply within 100” is…

4. How do you save time next year?

0 of 4 correct

📅 Planning lessons from your schedule