ELA Lesson Plan Template – Printable Literacy Block Week

How it works

This ELA lesson plan template opens on a sideways week with a Week of line, Monday to Friday across and six rows: Read aloud, Shared reading, Word study, Small groups, Independent reading and Writing.

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A week of the literacy block

Press Print the lesson plan. Work across each row: the book for each read aloud, the shared text, the word pattern, who meets in small groups, and the writing lesson. A row you do not teach stays empty.

A language arts lesson plan template for one day

The one-day table sets minutes, what the class does and the text or materials beside the same six parts. The sample fills it in for a made-up fall day.

Word study week has a row for each day with Activity and Words columns.
ELA unit over six weeks sets texts beside a reading skill, a writing piece and a language skill.

Questions and answers

Is there a balanced literacy lesson plan template?

Yes. One sheet has a ruled box each for read aloud, shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, word study and writing. The page prints the form and makes no claim for that approach.

Is there a middle school ELA lesson plan template?

Yes. ELA class period plan has lines for a learning target, bell work, read and annotate, discuss, write, language or vocabulary, and an exit slip, for a class taught by the bell.

Is there an ELA lesson plan template PDF?

Yes. Your browser makes it: press print, then switch the printer to Save as PDF. The file shows the sheet that was on screen.

How is this different from the English lesson plan page?

This page plans an elementary literacy block by its parts. The English lesson plan template plans one lesson on a text: before, during and after reading, a writing task and a grammar point.

All 9 sheets

A week 2

ELA lesson plan, a literacy block week A sideways page with a Week of line, Monday to Friday across and six rows: Read aloud, Shared reading, Word study, Small groups, Independent reading and Writing.
Word study week, an activity for each day Rows named Monday to Friday with Activity and Words columns and a box to check when the day is done. Pattern or word list and Week of lines above.

One day 2

Balanced literacy lesson plan, six boxes Six ruled boxes for one day: Read aloud, Shared reading, Guided reading, Independent reading, Word study and Writing. Teacher, Date and Text lines above.
Literacy block for one day, minutes by part One day in a table: the six parts down the side with Minutes, What we do, and Text or materials columns.

Middle school, or a unit 2

ELA class period plan, bell work to exit slip For a middle school class: Teacher, Class, Date and Text lines, then ruled lines under Learning target, Bell work, Read and annotate, Discuss, Write, Language or vocabulary, and Exit slip.
ELA unit over six weeks, texts and skills Rows named Week 1 to Week 6 with Texts, Reading skill, Writing piece and Language skill columns. Unit, Grade and Dates lines at the top.

Centers and short plans 2

ELA half sheets: read, talk, write A page that cuts into two small plans, each with a Date line, a Text line and four headings: Read, Talk, Write and Words.
Literacy centers for the week, five centers Five rows to name a center in, with Task, Materials, and What students turn in columns.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: a literacy block for one fall day, filled in Sample. One fall day in a made-up classroom: what the class does in each of the six parts of the block, and the text or materials for it.