How it works
This blank mini lesson plan template is one page for one short lesson in any subject, with a part that links it to the work students do on their own. Each part gets a few ruled lines and no more.
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Six parts, a few lines each
Teaching point holds one thing, in one sentence. Connection ties it to what the class did before, Teach is what you will show, and Try it together is what students do with a partner while you listen in. Link carries it into their independent work, and Share names who will show what.
A mini lesson plan format template for the week
Mini lessons for the week is a sideways page with Monday to Friday across and a row each for the teaching point, Teach, Try it together and Link. For a unit, list ten teaching points and check each one off once it is taught.
- The script sheet sets what you say beside what students do for each part.
- Writing, reading and math each have a sheet of their own, with an example piece, a think-aloud or a worked example.
- Short on paper? Two mini lesson plans print on one page, four boxes each.
Questions and answers
Is there a printable mini lesson plan template in boxes?
Yes. The six boxes sheet prints the parts two to a row, each with a short prompt under its heading, such as One thing, in one sentence for the teaching point.
Is there a lesson plan template for a mini lesson in reading and writing?
Yes. Reading and writing mini lessons side by side has a column for each and rows for the teaching point, Teach, Try it together and Link. The sample is a made-up writing mini lesson on rereading a draft aloud.
Is this mini lesson plan template free?
Yes. Every sheet prints free with no sign-up, on Letter or A4. The layouts are our own, and no sheet names a program, a book or an author.