How it works
This special education lesson plan template opens with lines for Teacher, Date, Subject and Group, then ruled blocks for Objective, Goals worked on today, Accommodations and changes to the task, Materials, Steps, What we record, and Who does what.
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Plan from each student's goals
Press Print the lesson plan. Under Goals worked on today, write initials and a few words for each goal the lesson touches. What we record says what gets written down during the lesson, and Who does what splits the adults' jobs.
Small groups, co-teaching and an assistant's day
The small-group plan gives each student a row: Initials, Goal, Task, Help given and Result. The co-teaching sheet sets who leads beside who supports for each part of a lesson, and the day plan tells a classroom assistant where to be and what to write down.
- The goal record follows one goal over ten dates, with Task, Help given and Result columns.
- For a life skills or community lesson, one sheet lists the steps of the skill in order.
Questions and answers
Where can I get free printable special education lesson plan templates?
On this page. Every sheet prints at no cost on Letter or A4. All but the sample come out blank and are filled in by hand.
Do the forms ask for student names?
No. The columns and lines say Initials, and the sample uses made-up initials.
What does the sample show?
The five-student plan for a made-up math group on telling time, with a goal, a task, the help given and a result in each row.
Does it tell me how to write goals or accommodations?
No. Those are blank headings. The page prints forms to plan on and gives no advice on writing a student's plan.