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A lesson to plan. A learner to support. A fresh way in. Find practical teaching guides and free resources for your next step.

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First page of the Practical Lesson-Planning Pack, with space for context, objective, evidence, starting-point check and materials.

Start with tomorrow

One clear objective.
A plan to build on.

  • Learning objective
  • Evidence of learning
  • Your next teaching move
From the free lesson-planning pack

What’s on your list?Start where you are.

Plan a lesson Check understanding Get students involved Support a teacher

A few useful things to start with

Less searching.
More getting started.

Take a look inside. Choose a resource, open the teacher guidance, and print or adapt the pages you need.

Teacher planning · Blank pages + worked example

A place to put your next lesson together.

Connect your objective, teaching sequence and evidence of learning with the Practical Lesson-Planning Pack.

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First student page from Distinguish an Inference from a Guess.

Grade 6 · Reading & evidence

An inference, or just a guess?

Help students connect a claim to the words on the page. Includes separate teacher guidance and answers.

Student pages · Teacher guide · Editable files

Readiness task from Equivalent Ratios: Scale Both Quantities.

Grade 6 · Mathematics

Make the relationship visible.

Start with a readiness task, then explore equivalent ratios by scaling both quantities.

Readiness check · Lesson · Teacher guide

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From a good idea to a usable lesson

Give tomorrow’s lesson a clear starting point.

You don’t need a perfect plan. Start with what students will do, how you’ll support them, and what their work will tell you.

Build your lesson plan

Name the learning.

Choose an objective that says what students will do, not just what you’ll cover.

Make room for practice.

Connect your model, guided practice and independent task. Plan the access supports.

Leave with useful evidence.

Decide what you’ll look for in student work and how it will shape the next lesson.

Featured teaching guides

A little guidance.
A clearer next step.

Explore the question in front of you, with practical examples and tools you can come back to.

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  1. What belongs in a lesson plan?The parts, a template, and a worked example.
  2. Make the case for your teaching choices.A practical guide to writing a lesson-plan rationale.
  3. Choose a manageable focus.Decide how many standards belong in one lesson.
  4. Make more ways into the learning.A practical access check for your classroom.
  5. Help a new teacher find their feet.A mentoring checklist for the first 30 days.

Useful ideas. Room for your judgment.

Every classroom is different. Our guides bring together practical steps, examples and sources so you can choose what fits your learners.

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