lesson plan

noun

A teacher's document used to plan a lesson.

Meanings

nounlesson plan (plural lesson plans)

plural lesson plans

  1. educationA teacher's document used to plan a lesson.

    You've written thousands of lesson plans. You've taught the same subjects over and over. Why doesn't your principal just exempt you from having to write lesson plans? You could teach your lessons with your eyes closed, couldn't you?

    2015, Annette Breaux, Todd Whitaker, Quick Answers for Busy Teachers: Solutions to 60 Common Challenges

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 教案
  • 教案 (jiào'àn)teacher's document used to plan a lesson
Dutch lesplan
  • lesplanteacher's document used to plan a lesson
Finnish tuntisuunnitelma
  • tuntisuunnitelmateacher's document used to plan a lesson
German Stundenplanung
  • Stundenplanungteacher's document used to plan a lesson
Hungarian óraterv
  • óratervteacher's document used to plan a lesson
Portuguese plano de aula
  • plano de aulateacher's document used to plan a lesson
Tagalog banghay-aralin
  • banghay-aralinteacher's document used to plan a lesson
Vietnamese giáo án
  • giáo ánteacher's document used to plan a lesson
Cite this entry
APA

lesson plan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesson%20plan

MLA

“lesson plan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesson%20plan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lesson plan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesson%20plan.

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