Creating a lesson plan

The plan wizard turns a free-form idea into a structured CBE-aligned lesson plan in five steps. Each step has sensible defaults; you only need to fill what matters.

Steps

1. Lesson Details — Add the title, grade, subject and duration. Choose a timetable block and date, or schedule the lesson later.
2. Learning Goals — Pick a strand and sub-strand from the available curriculum, then enter specific learning outcomes and key inquiry questions — one per line.
3. Teaching Activities — Write teaching and learning instructions, edit activity titles and minutes, and reorder with the arrows. Optional 5E tags and private notes are available on each activity. Add the assessment below the activities.
4. Materials and Support — Attach library resources and your own materials. Add extra support, extra challenge, relevant competencies, values, PCIs and private teacher notes. Importing a library structure replaces previously imported activities after confirmation; activities you added yourself stay in place.
5. Review — Read the complete lesson and follow the readiness checklist back to any section that needs attention. Use Mark Ready when the required information is complete, or Save Draft and Review to keep preparing.

The wizard autosaves as you go once the required lesson details are complete. The save indicator distinguishes server saves from changes stored on your device waiting to sync. Start with Use a Lesson Structure, Browse the Library, or Start Blank; structures leave learning goals and assessment for you to author.

Common issues

• My subject isn't in the picker. Subjects are scoped by your teacher level. If you've been promoted from JSS to SSS or vice versa, update your level in Settings → Profile.
• "This item has no sections to import yet." The library item's body has no importable structure — attach it as a resource instead, and write your own steps (or seed the 5E template).
• Step minutes don't add up. The total row tracks against the lesson duration and shows over/under; Distribute N min evenly resets to an even split you can nudge.
• Resources won't attach. File size cap is 25 MB per upload. Larger files need to live in your My uploads area as a link.

Save and Close

Use Save and Close at any step to keep your draft. Add a title, subject, and grade first. If saving fails, your edits stay on the page with Try Again. Saved on This Device — Waiting to Sync means your changes are stored locally, but have not yet reached the server.

Discard Draft is a separate, confirmed action that permanently deletes the draft.

Review Your Lesson

The review checklist checks lesson details, curriculum alignment, learning outcomes, teaching activities, and assessment. Missing items link to the right section. Scheduling, activity timing, teaching instructions, and curriculum-framework tags have optional guidance. You can prepare and save an unscheduled draft before setting up your timetable.

Materials, extra support and extra challenge are saved with the plan. After marking a lesson taught, use Save Reflection on its detail page. Reflection is excluded from print by default and cleared when you reuse a lesson. When replacing an imported lesson structure, confirm that the previous imported activities and their edits will be replaced; activities you added yourself stay in place.