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50 lesson plan templates for Google Docs

Landscape weekly lesson plan grid with seven class-period rows down the left and Monday to Friday columns, two boxes beneath for standards and notes

Weekly Lesson Plan — Class Periods — Google Docs

Seven period rows across Monday to Friday on one landscape page, with a standards box and a bump-to-next-week box underneath.
Landscape weekly lesson plan grid with subject rows from morning meeting to specials and five weekday columns, standards and small-group boxes below

Weekly Lesson Plan — Subjects — Google Docs

Morning meeting, reading, writing, math, science, social studies and specials down the side, the five days across. For one teacher, one class.
Portrait daily lesson plan with standard and objective boxes, a timed procedure table of five segments with teacher and student columns, and assessment and differentiation boxes

Daily Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Standard, objective, essential question and materials up top; a timed five-row procedure from hook to exit ticket; assessment, differentiation and homework beneath.
Portrait 90-minute block lesson plan with a minutes column pre-filled from 0 to 90 beside six segments including two work-session rotations

Block Schedule Lesson Plan (90 minutes) — Google Docs

Minute marks already in the time column — 0–10, 10–30, and two work-session rotations — so a 90-minute block plans itself around the rotations.
Portrait one-page lesson plan with four tall labelled boxes for what students will learn, activities, how I will check, and homework

Simple Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Four big boxes: what students will learn, activities in order, how I will check, homework. The plan most teachers keep for themselves.
Portrait blank lesson plan with a header line and five hairline boxes, the procedure box much taller than the rest

Blank Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Five labelled boxes — objective, materials, procedure, assessment, notes — with the procedure box taking a third of the page.
Two-page unit plan with Stage 1 and Stage 2 boxes for goals, understandings, essential questions and evidence, then a ten-row learning plan table

Backward Design Unit Plan — Google Docs

Stage 1 desired results, Stage 2 evidence, Stage 3 a ten-day learning plan with a formative check per day. Two pages.
Portrait 5E lesson plan with five phase rows from Engage to Evaluate and three columns for teacher actions, student actions, and time and materials

5E Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate as rows, with what the teacher does, what students do, and time and materials as columns.
Portrait Madeline Hunter lesson plan as a stack of eight labelled boxes from objective and purpose down to closure and materials

Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Objective and purpose, anticipatory set, input, modeling, check for understanding, guided practice, independent practice, closure — in that order.
Portrait UDL lesson plan with a three-column grid for engagement, representation and action and expression, rows for barriers, options and materials, and a lesson sequence box

UDL Lesson Plan — Google Docs

A three-by-three grid: engagement, representation and action & expression across; barriers, options and materials down. Then the sequence.
Portrait gradual release lesson plan with four tall phase rows labelled I do, we do, you do together and you do alone, and columns for time, teacher, students and check

Gradual Release Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Focused, guided, collaborative and independent as four tall rows, each with time, teacher, students and a check column.
Two-page student teaching lesson plan with central focus and standards boxes, a timed strategies table with a planned-supports column, and an academic language grid

Student Teaching Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Central focus, standards with full text, objectives, prior learning, a timed strategies table with planned supports, academic language, both assessments, reflection. Two pages.
Portrait multilingual learner lesson plan with paired content and language objective boxes, a three-column supports row, and a sequence table with a language practice column

Multilingual Learner Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Content objective beside language objective, a sensory-graphic-interactive supports row, a four-step sequence with language practice built in, and separate content and language assessment.
Portrait observation lesson plan with learning target box, a sequence table that includes a questions-I-will-ask column, and boxes for formative evidence and if-they-don't-get-it

Evaluation-Ready Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Learning target and success criteria in student language, what you know about these students, a questioning plan beside the sequence, and what happens if they don't get it.
Portrait substitute plan with a seven-row timed schedule table, boxes for procedures, helpers, emergency contacts and finished work, and a note-back box

Substitute Lesson Plan — Google Docs

A timed schedule with what-to-do and where-things-are side by side, then procedures, helpers, emergency contacts, where finished work goes, and a please-leave-me-a-note box.
Three-page substitute binder kit: a checklist page with two tall note boxes, a six-by-five seating chart grid labelled front of room, and a note-back form

Substitute Binder Kit — Google Docs

Three pages: a twelve-item binder checklist with routine and student notes, a six-by-five seating chart, and a note-back form for the sub to fill in.
Portrait elementary daily plan with eight subject-block rows from morning meeting to closing circle and columns for time, standard, plan and materials

Elementary Daily Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Eight subject blocks from morning meeting to closing circle, each with time, standard, plan and materials, and a small-groups box at the foot.
Portrait secondary daily plan with a bell-ringer box, a five-row agenda table in minutes, and exit ticket, homework and differentiation boxes

Secondary Daily Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Bell-ringer box, an agenda in minutes with what students are doing, an exit-ticket box, homework, differentiation and an absent-students line.
Landscape preschool weekly plan with a time column and Monday to Friday columns across nine rows from arrival and free choice to a second outdoor play, three boxes beneath and a domain-code legend

Preschool Weekly Lesson Plan — Google Docs

The posted activity plan: nine activity rows from arrival to closing with a time column, five days across, and boxes for individual children, materials and families.
Portrait preschool daily plan with paired goal and objective-code boxes, tall opening, activity and closing boxes, simplify and extend side by side, and observation and reflection at the foot

Preschool Daily Lesson Plan — Google Docs

One activity planned properly: a plain-words learning goal beside the objective code, opening, activity and closing, simplify and extend, then observation and reflection.
Landscape toddler weekly plan with nine routine rows including songs and story, sensory play, two outdoor periods and nap, a time column, and three note boxes below

Toddler Weekly Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Short group times, long play and two trips outside, with the active-play minimums printed at the foot so the plan passes an inspection as it stands.
Landscape infant weekly plan with nine routine rows from arrival and greeting to nap, Monday to Friday columns and no time column, and two wide boxes for individual plans and family input

Infant Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Planned around routines and experiences rather than lessons — diapering talk, feeding, tummy time, sensory, books, music, fresh air, nap — with no time column, because each baby keeps their own schedule.
Portrait individual child plan with a right-now box, a five-row table across developmental areas with focus, experiences and observation columns, and family input and next steps boxes

Individual Child Plan — Google Docs

One infant or toddler, one page: what they are doing now, a five-area table of focus, experiences and observations, family input, and next steps with a review date.
Landscape kindergarten weekly plan with nine subject-block rows from morning meeting to closing, five weekday columns and three boxes for standards, small groups and notes

Kindergarten Weekly Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Subject blocks down — phonics, reading, writing, math, science and social studies — with the centers, specials, recess and closing a five-year-old's day still needs.
Portrait learning centers plan with eight center rows from blocks to writing and three columns for materials, learning focus and check-in question, plus rotation and next-week boxes

Learning Centers Plan — Google Docs

Eight centers down the side — blocks to writing — with materials and setup, the learning focus, and the check-in question you will ask when you stop by.
Portrait Montessori weekly planning sheet with five curriculum-area rows and columns for children, presentation, date given and observation, plus boxes for children to observe and environment prep

Montessori Weekly Planning Sheet — Google Docs

For the guide: presentations to give this week by area, which children they are for, when they were given, and the observation that follows.
Landscape Montessori presentation record grid with fourteen child rows, a child-name column and twelve numbered presentation columns, and a presentation key box beneath

Montessori Presentation Record — Google Docs

Children down the side, twelve presentations across, one page per area. Mark P, W or M with a date; the key box names the columns.
Landscape daycare weekly plan for mixed ages with nine rows from arrival to school-age homework, a time column, five weekday columns, and boxes for age adjustments and family notes

Daycare Weekly Lesson Plan — Google Docs

One sheet for a mixed-age group — home daycare, family child care or a small center — with an adjustments-by-age box and a school-age row at the end of the day.
Landscape weekly plan with a reviewed-by header field, nine activity rows with a time column, three boxes for individualization, family partnership and reflection, and a five-domain ELOF legend

Head Start Weekly Lesson Plan — Google Docs

The preschool grid with an ELOF domain legend, a reviewed-by line in the header, and individualization, family partnership and reflection boxes program monitors look for.
Portrait guided reading plan with introduction and teaching point boxes, a six-row per-student table for observations and next steps, and after-reading, word work and writing boxes

Guided Reading Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Group, level and text up top; text introduction and teaching point; a line per reader for running-record notes and a next step; discussion, word work and writing about reading beneath.
Portrait math lesson plan with standard and learning-target boxes, a five-row workshop table with teacher, student and question columns, and boxes for representations, misconceptions, support and extend

Math Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Launch, explore, discuss, practice and exit ticket as timed rows with teacher, students and the questions you will ask; models and misconceptions planned underneath, with support and extend.
Portrait science lesson plan with a phenomenon box, a performance-expectation box, three dimension boxes for practice, core idea and crosscutting concept, a five-row 5E table, and safety and evidence boxes

Science Lesson Plan (5E + NGSS) — Google Docs

A phenomenon box, the performance expectation, the three dimensions side by side, the five E's as rows with time and materials, and safety where you will see it.
Portrait reading and writing workshop plan with a teaching-point box, a six-row sequence table from connection to share, and mentor text, conferring and assessment boxes

ELA Workshop Lesson Plan — Google Docs

The mini-lesson architecture as rows — connection, teach, active engagement, link, independent work and share — with the teaching point sentence, mentor text, conferring plan and what you will look for.
Portrait social studies plan with compelling and supporting question boxes, a four-row sources table, and boxes for the argument task, informed action, vocabulary and differentiation

Social Studies Inquiry Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Compelling and supporting questions, then a sources table — what students do with each source and the evidence they should find — leading to an argument task and taking informed action.
Portrait physical education plan with a standards box, three objective boxes, equipment and safety boxes, a five-row task table with minutes and cues columns, and easier-harder and assessment boxes

PE Lesson Plan — Google Docs

SHAPE America 2024 standard, three domain objectives, equipment with counts and safety, then instant activity through closure with minutes and a cues column.
Portrait music lesson plan with standard and objective boxes, a four-row repertoire table with new-or-review column, three tall sequence boxes, a vocabulary box and a six-row class check-off table

Music Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Standard and artistic process, a repertoire table marked new or review, warm-up, lesson and closing, vocabulary, and a class check-off so every homeroom gets the same lesson.
Portrait art lesson plan with big-idea and essential-question boxes, three small boxes for standard, studio habit and artists, a materials box, a four-row studio sequence table, and differentiation and assessment boxes

Art Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Big idea and essential question, anchor standard, studio habit and artist references, a materials list, then intro and demo, studio time, cleanup and critique with minutes.
Portrait special education plan with IEP goal and present-levels boxes, four accommodation boxes labelled content, process, product and environment, a six-row instruction table with a prompt-level column, and a four-row data table

Special Education Lesson Plan — Google Docs

IEP goal and mastery criteria, present levels, accommodations in four boxes by type, a six-step explicit-instruction table with prompt levels, and a data-collection table per student.
Portrait co-teaching plan with standard and student-needs boxes, a five-row segment table with approach, general educator, special educator and SDI columns, and supports, data and debrief boxes

Co-Teaching Lesson Plan — Google Docs

For each segment: the co-teaching approach, what the general educator does, what the special educator does, and the specially designed instruction for named students.
Landscape homeschool weekly planner with Monday to Friday rows, a together column, three child columns and a loop column, and three boxes beneath for loop subjects, attendance and supplies

Homeschool Weekly Planner — Google Docs

Days down the side; together time, a column per child and a loop column across; boxes for the loop list, the week's attendance and hours, and supplies.
Two-page homeschool log: a twelve-by-fifteen grid of 180 attendance boxes with a notes box, then a 22-row hours table with subject, core, location and hours columns and totals boxes

Homeschool Attendance & Hours Log — Google Docs

Page one is 180 dated boxes; page two an hours log with subject, core or non-core, home or away, and totals — the columns the hours-counting states ask for.
Portrait Sunday school plan with passage, big-idea and memory-verse boxes, a supplies box, a seven-row timed segment table from welcome to take-home, and gospel connection and notes boxes

Sunday School Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Passage, big idea and memory verse across the top, supplies, then the hour as seven timed rows from welcome to take-home, with a gospel-connection box and notes for next time.
Landscape vacation Bible school schedule with eight rotation rows from opening rally to closing rally, a time column and five day columns, and two boxes for groups and supplies

VBS Rotation Schedule — Google Docs

Eight rotations down, five days across, a time column, and boxes for groups, leaders, rooms and the supplies and volunteers each day needs.
Portrait class session plan with outcomes and assessment-connection boxes, an eight-row table from pre-class to post-class with minutes, content, activity and materials columns, and questions and notes boxes

College Class Session Plan — Google Docs

Session outcomes and their link to assessment, then an eight-row timed sequence from pre-class to post-class with content, activity and materials columns.
Portrait after-school program plan with a six-row schedule table from arrival and snack to pick-up with time, materials and staff columns, and three boxes for safety notes, supplies and family notes

After-School Program Plan — Google Docs

Arrival and snack through pick-up as six timed rows with materials and staff, then behavior and safety notes, supplies to prep, and family notes.
Portrait Texas lesson plan with TEKS and ELPS boxes, a we-will-I-will objective box, a five-row sequence table with resources and check columns, and two boxes marked optional for assessment and differentiation

Texas TEKS Lesson Plan — Google Docs

TEKS student expectations first with an ELPS line, a We will / I will objective, a five-step sequence with student resources and checks, and the assessment and differentiation boxes marked optional.
Portrait Florida lesson plan with benchmark and objective boxes, prior-knowledge and guiding-question boxes, a four-row phase table with a formative assessment column, and accommodations and materials boxes

Florida Lesson Plan (B.E.S.T.) — Google Docs

B.E.S.T. benchmark and learning objectives, prior knowledge and guiding questions, then teaching phase, guided practice, independent practice and closure with formative assessment and feedback beside each.
Portrait Georgia lesson plan with standard and learning-target boxes, a three-row opening, work session and closing table with a formative check column, and four boxes for differentiation, vocabulary, assessment and resources

Georgia Lesson Plan (GSE) — Google Docs

GSE standard, learning target and success criteria, then opening, work session and closing as three tall rows with teacher, students and a formative check.
Portrait New York lesson plan with standard and outcomes boxes, a knowing-these-students box, a five-row launch-to-closing table with a questions column, and resources, assessment and differentiation boxes

New York Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Next Generation standard, outcomes, a knowing-these-students box, a launch–explore–summarize sequence with questions and checks, resources, assessment and supports.
Portrait California lesson plan with three standards boxes, objectives and academic-language boxes, a four-row into-through-beyond table with a check column, and UDL and assessment boxes

California Lesson Plan — Google Docs

Three standards boxes — CCSS, NGSS, ELD integrated or designated — objectives and academic-language supports, an into-through-beyond sequence, UDL and IEP considerations, assessment.

Specifications: US Letter, 8.5 × 11 inches. Word files are editable .docx that open in Word 2007 through Microsoft 365, including Word for Mac; the Google Docs link makes a copy in your own Drive; the PDF has real form fields and prints as plain hairline boxes when blank. Free to use in as many classes as you like, no account, no watermark.

Why it is laid out this way

About the google docs templates

Most US districts run on Google Workspace, and the most searched modifier for lesson plan templates is Google Docs. Yet almost every site that offers one gates the link behind its own login. These do not. The copy link is public; the file converts to a native Doc, with the tables intact and the widths set, because the Word original was built with the column grid Google reads.

Two things to know about Docs. Tables keep their shape when you type, but a row grows rather than scrolls, so a long entry pushes the page; that is fine for a plan you will print, less fine for a grid you want on one screen. And Docs only shows headers and footers in print layout, which these templates do not use, so there is nothing to lose.

Questions teachers ask

Google Docs lesson plans, answered

Do I need a Google account?
Yes, your own. The copy is created in your Drive, which is what makes it editable and yours. There is no account to create here and no form to fill before the link appears.
Will the layout survive the conversion?
It does, and each one was checked by exporting the converted Doc back to PDF and confirming the page count. The Word files declare table widths the way Docs reads them, which is the usual thing that goes wrong.
Can I share the copy with my team?
It is an ordinary Doc in your Drive, so share it as you would any other. If your school plans in a shared folder, make the copy, move it there, and the team edits one file.

Drawn and measured in November 2026.

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