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Lesson Plan Generator

Plan the whole week

Weekly lesson plan template for Monday to Friday

Copy the free five-day layout, or give one brief for the week and get five connected lessons with objectives, activities, checks for understanding and homework.

Plan my weekAll formats of the generator
  • Five connected lessons
  • One brief for the week
  • Free layout to copy
Format
Grade band
0 / 400 words

Your lesson plan

Describe your lesson and press Generate plan. The plan appears here, ready to copy.

At a glance

This page has a free weekly lesson plan template: a week overview and one block for each day from Monday to Friday. To fill it in automatically, write a brief for the week, choose the weekly format and a grade band, and Lesson Plan Generator writes five connected lessons with materials, an end-of-week assessment and differentiation. Each weekly plan costs 10 purchased credits; registration is free.

Template
Week overview plus Monday to Friday
Generated week
Five lessons, or up to ten if your brief asks
Price
10 credits per generated plan ($0.09 to $0.10; packs from $4.99)
Account
Free to register; generating plans uses purchased credits
Your brief
5 to 400 words

What the weekly template covers

  • 01

    The week at a glance

    Topic, weekly goal, lesson length and standards at the top, so anyone can see where the week is going.

  • 02

    One block per day

    Objective, warm-up, main activity, practice, check for understanding and homework for each day.

  • 03

    Lessons that build

    Each generated day builds on the day before and leads to an end-of-week check.

  • 04

    Materials in one list

    Everything the week needs, gathered in one place before Monday morning.

How to plan a week of lessons

  1. 01

    Set the weekly goal

    Decide what students should know or be able to do by Friday.

  2. 02

    Brief the planner or fill in the template

    Choose the weekly format and a grade band, or type straight into the daily blocks.

  3. 03

    Adjust day by day

    Move activities around assemblies, short days and anything students need more time on.

Free weekly lesson plan template

Copy this layout into a document or planner. Repeat the daily block for every day you teach the class.

  • Week of: the dates
  • Subject, grade and class or period
  • Topic or unit, and the weekly goal
  • Standards for the week
  • Monday: objective, warm-up, main activity, practice, check for understanding, homework
  • Tuesday: the same parts, building on Monday
  • Wednesday: the same parts, with a mid-week check
  • Thursday: the same parts, with practice for the end-of-week assessment
  • Friday: review, end-of-week assessment and reflection
  • Materials for the week
  • Differentiation: support, extension and multilingual learners
  • Notes: absences, events and what to carry over to next week

Weekly or daily lesson plans?

A weekly plan shows the arc of the week on one page, which helps you pace a topic and spot a day that is overloaded. Daily plans hold more detail for each lesson.

Many teachers keep a weekly plan for the overview and write a daily plan only for the lessons that need one, such as labs, assessments and days with a substitute. The generator's weekly format gives you the overview; switch to the standard format for a detailed single lesson.

Tips for planning a week

Small habits that keep a week on track:

  • Write the end-of-week check first, then plan the days toward it
  • Leave one flexible slot for reteaching
  • Vary the kind of activity across the week, not only within a lesson
  • Keep Friday's homework light, or skip it

Weekly lesson plan template FAQ

What should a weekly lesson plan include?

A weekly goal and standards, then for each day an objective, the activities with their minutes, a check for understanding and any homework. Add a materials list for the week and a note on differentiation.

Can the generator plan fewer or more than five days?

Yes. Say in your brief how many lessons the week has, for example three 60-minute lessons, and the plan follows it, up to ten lessons.

Is this weekly lesson plan template free?

Yes. The layout on this page is free to copy and use without an account. Generating a weekly plan with AI uses 10 purchased credits, the same as any other plan.

Can I plan several subjects in one week?

Each generated weekly plan covers one subject or class. For a self-contained elementary class, generate one week per subject and combine them in your planner.

Plan next week in one go

Write one brief for the week and get five connected lessons to edit. Registration is free; plans use purchased credits.

Plan my week

Last updated October 29, 2026

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