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Generate Lessons: Teacher Training Guide

Overview​

The Generate Lessons feature creates daily or weekly lesson plans aligned with learning standards. Teachers can provide prompts, standards, or objectives, and Colleague AI will generate structured lesson materials.

Core Capabilities​

  • Create lesson plans with objectives, outcomes, and vocabulary lists
  • Align lessons to grade level and standards (e.g., HSS3.1, NGSS, ACTFL)
  • Suggest learning activities, scaffolding, and UDL supports
  • Generate interactive lessons or podcasts from the same lesson prompt

Example Use Case​

Prompt Example (Elementary Social Studies)
“Generate a lesson plan on citizenship for Grade 3 students in Virginia, aligned with HSS3.1.”

Output:

  • Objectives: Define citizenship, rights, and responsibilities
  • Vocabulary: citizenship, jury, taxes
  • Activities: Anchor chart creation, oral discussion using sentence frames
  • Resources: Epic Citizenship Collection, C3Teachers Inquiry materials

Teacher Benefits​

  • Saves preparation time while ensuring lessons align to standards
  • Supports multilingual learners with differentiated strategies
  • Provides engaging activities such as podcasts, interactives, and simulations

Training Activities​

  • Mild: Generate a pre-made lesson plan using provided prompts
  • Medium: Input your own standards/objectives to create a lesson
  • Spicy: Generate a lesson, then refine with AI Plan Chat or In-text Editing

Takeaway​

The Generate Lessons feature accelerates high-quality lesson planning, ensuring alignment, scaffolding, and engagement while leaving room for teacher customization.