Phonics Lesson Plan Template – Printable, Review to Reading

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One lesson 3

Phonics lesson in a table, minutes for each step Five rows named Review sounds, New sound, Blend and read, Spell and Read text, with columns for Minutes, the sounds, words or sentences, and What I listen for. A Words to remember line sits below.
Phonics lesson plan, one sound or pattern Lines for Sound or pattern, Date and Group, then ruled lines under six headings: Review sounds, New sound, Blend and read words, Spell words, Read sentences or a short text, and Words to remember.
Phonics lesson, six prompted boxes Six ruled boxes, each with a few words under its heading to say what goes there: Review, New sound, Read words, Spell words, Read sentences, and Words to remember.

Words and dictation 3

Blending lines planner, 6 lines of 5 words Six numbered lines with five boxes each, for the words students read across a line. Write the pattern at the top.
Dictation plan: sounds, words and two sentences What the teacher will say for students to write: ruled lines for Sounds to write, Words to spell, Sentence 1 and Sentence 2, and a block for What to teach again.
Phonics word list planner, 12 words Twelve rows for the words of one pattern: the word, its sounds written out, a box to check when the group has read it and another when they have spelled it, and a note.

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A week 1

One spelling pattern across a week, five rows A sideways page with Monday to Friday across and five rows: Sounds to review, New teaching, Words to read, Words to spell, and Sentences or text.

Short forms and records 2

Phonics half sheets, an upper and a lower group One group above the dashed line and one below. Group and Sound or pattern lines, then a line or two each for Review, New sound, Read and Spell.
Sounds and patterns taught, 20 rows with dates A record for one group: 20 rows with Sound or pattern, Date taught, Date reviewed and Who needs more columns.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: a phonics lesson on sh, filled in Sample. The timed table filled in for a made-up group learning the spelling sh: words to read, words to spell and one sentence. The 30 minutes are a guess.

How this list was compiled: Our own layout, made for this page on October 3, 2026 and checked again on October 7, 2026. Every sheet is a plain form to fill in; the headings are everyday planning words, and no school district's, publisher's or program's form is copied. The sample lesson is made up; its words were checked for spelling against a dictionary word list. Licence: own work

How it works

This phonics lesson plan template is one page for one sound or spelling pattern, laid out in the order a lesson runs: review first, then words to read and spell, then a short text.

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One sound, six steps

Press Print the lesson plan. Write the sound or spelling pattern on the first line, then the words and sentences for each step under its heading. Words to remember is for the ones that do not follow the pattern.

Word lists, blending lines and dictation

Pick the words before the lesson. The word list planner holds 12 and tracks which ones the group has read and spelled. Blending lines sets them out for reading across, 5 to a line. The dictation plan is your script for the spelling step: sounds, words and two sentences.

Staying on one pattern all week? The week sheet spreads the same steps over Monday to Friday.
Teaching two groups? Half sheets print a short plan above the cut line and another below.
Log each pattern on Sounds and patterns taught, with the date you reviewed it and who needs more.

Questions and answers

Is there a blank phonics lesson plan template?

Yes. Every sheet but the sample is blank. Sound or pattern is an empty line, so one form serves a single letter, a blend, a vowel team or a spelling rule.

What goes in a phonics lesson plan?

On this template, six parts: sounds to review, the new sound, words to blend and read, words to spell, sentences or a short text, and words to remember. The table version gives the first five a Minutes column.

Does the template follow a phonics program?

No. It is our own layout in plain words. It prints no program, no publisher and no order of sounds, so it works beside whatever sequence your school teaches.

Is there a sample phonics lesson plan?

Yes. The sample is a made-up 30 minute lesson on sh, as in ship: 5 words to read, 3 to spell and one sentence. The minutes are a guess, not a rule.