
Lesson Planning Template Examples
There are many different ways to approach lesson planning.Some schools or districts ask for a consistent approach, while others allow flexibility for teachers to outline their lessons as they see fit. We have outlined several examples of lesson plan templates below to spark ideas and conversation. We hope they inspire you to create a lesson plan template that will meet your needs!
Here is an example of the full lesson planning view in Atlas
Please note that the following examples show the templates in the Lesson Details. If you use standards, they will appear next to your Lesson Details while planning.
Lesson Planning Template Library
Backwards Planning
*template adapted from Golden Apple STEM Institute’s “Backward Design” Lesson Plan Template
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
5E Lesson Planner
* Inspired by the template from the Next Generation Science Standards
Hunter Decision-Making Model for Planning Direct Instruction
- Objectives; standards; anticipatory set;
- Teaching (input, modeling, and checking for understanding)
- Guided practice; closure; and independent practice.
* template adapted from Hunter Decision-Making Model for Planning Direct Instruction taken from Mastery Teaching by Madeline Hunter
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Many schools use their Atlas lesson planning template to emphasize the three dimensions of the NGSS and by using the 5 Es of Science Instruction Model.
* Inspired by the template from the Next Generation Science Standards
Project Based Learning (PBL)

* Inspired by PBL Works