If you’ve ever tried to squeeze an entire week of small group instruction into the tiny boxes of a traditional lesson plan book, you know the problem.
You need space for your students, focus skill, standards, materials, and the actual lessons you plan to teach. And when you’re managing several intervention groups that meet on different days, those little boxes fill up fast.
That’s exactly why I created these Editable Small Group Lesson Plan Templates.
They’re designed specifically for small group and intervention planning, with 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-day options so you can choose the layout that actually matches each group’s schedule.
Why Traditional Lesson Plan Books Don't Work Well for Small Groups
A traditional lesson plan book makes sense when you’re planning one lesson for an entire class.
Small group instruction is different.
You may have one reading intervention group working on phonics, another working on fluency, and another targeting a specific comprehension skill. One group might meet five days a week while another only meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
For each group, you may need to keep track of:
- Who is in the group
- The skill you’re targeting
- Instructional Tier (1, 2, or 3)
- Standards
- Lesson goals
- What you’ll teach each day
- Materials you’ll need
Trying to fit all of that into one little square wasn’t working for me.
I wanted to be able to glance at one page and see the entire week for one small group.
So that’s how I designed these templates.
Keep Your Whole Week on One Page
Instead of squeezing a small group lesson into a box designed for whole-class planning, each template gives you dedicated space for the information that matters during small group instruction.
You can record:
- Group members
- Grade level
- Instructional Tier (1, 2, or 3)
- Focus skill
- Standards
- Lesson goal, learning target, essential learning outcomes, objectives or I can statements
- Daily lesson plans
- Materials needed
Everything for that group stays together on one page.
That means when it’s time for your group, you can quickly check what you’re teaching and grab the materials you need without searching through several pages of plans.
Choose a 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-Day Small Group Lesson Plan
This is one of my favorite features because not every small group meets five days a week.
Your intervention schedule may look completely different from one group to the next.
That’s why the resource includes separate lesson plan templates for groups meeting:
2 days per week
3 days per week
4 days per week
5 days per week
You can choose a different layout for each group instead of trying to make every intervention group fit the same weekly schedule.
See the Editable Small Group Lesson Plans in Action
Want to see exactly how the templates work?
In the video below, you can take a closer look at the different planning options and see how easy it is to add your own small group plans.
Edit Your Plans in PowerPoint or Google Slides
You don’t need to learn a new planning program or complicated system.
The templates can be edited in PowerPoint or Google Slides.
Simply choose the version you prefer, select the template that matches your group’s schedule, and type directly into the provided text boxes.
When you’re finished, you can print your completed plans or keep them digitally.
Prefer to plan by hand? Print a blank copy and write directly on the template instead.
Both color and black-and-white versions are included, so you can choose what works best for your planning style and printer.
Who Are These Small Group Lesson Plan Templates For?
I originally designed these templates around the needs of small group and intervention instruction, so they’re especially helpful for:
- Reading specialists
- Reading interventionists
- Special education teachers
- Classroom teachers
- Tier 2 and Tier 3 groups
- RTI/MTSS intervention
- Skill-based small groups
- Rotating small group schedules
Although I use this type of planning primarily for reading intervention, the templates are editable, so they can also be used for math, writing, and other small group instruction.
What Teachers Are Saying
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“This resource has been extremely helpful, and I use it every week!”
— Chantel H.
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“This resource really helped me plan out my special education small groups.”
— Heather F.
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“This was a great way to organize my intervention lessons.”
— Erica R.
Small Group Planning Doesn't Need to Be Complicated
A lesson plan template won’t do the teaching for you. But the right planning tool can make it much easier to keep track of what each group needs and what you’re teaching next.
Instead of squeezing your intervention plans into spaces that weren’t designed for small groups, you can keep the students, skill, standards, lessons, and materials for each group together.
Choose the 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-day layout that works for your schedule, add your plans, and you’re ready for the week.
Want to Keep Your Intervention Data Organized, Too?
Lesson planning is only one part of managing intervention groups. You also need an easy way to keep track of student data and progress.
If you need both, you can get the Small Group Lesson Plan Templates + Intervention Data Tracking Sheets together in the bundle.
Use the lesson plan templates to organize what you’re teaching and the data sheets to keep track of how students are progressing.
