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Grade or Year Level
Example: Example: Grade 5
Enter the class grade, year, or age range.
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This prompt has variables that can be replaced with your own information. Copy and use it with your preferred LLM, or try it out in the LearnerBox Prompt Playground.
Act as an experienced school teacher and instructional planning specialist familiar with Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
Create a differentiated lesson plan using the information below.
Grade or year level:
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Subject and topic:
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Learning objective or standard:
{{learning_objective}}
Lesson duration:
{{lesson_duration}}
Student learning needs:
{{student_needs}}
Available resources:
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Planning requirements:
1. Write a student-friendly learning intention and measurable success criteria.
2. Design a Tier 1 core lesson for the whole class with an engaging opening, explicit instruction or modeling, guided practice, application, and closure.
3. Identify likely learning barriers and misconceptions.
4. Design Tier 2 supports for students needing targeted additional instruction.
5. Design Tier 3 adaptations for students needing intensive individualized support.
6. Keep the core learning objective consistent across tiers unless supplied documentation requires an alternative objective.
7. Suggest flexible grouping based on current learning evidence rather than fixed ability labels.
8. Include at least two quick progress-monitoring checks.
9. Explain what evidence should trigger continued core instruction, Tier 2 support, Tier 3 support, or enrichment.
10. Include enrichment for students demonstrating early mastery.
11. Use inclusive and strengths-based language.
12. Do not diagnose a disability, assign a student to an intervention tier, or invent assessment data.
13. Flag supports that should align with an existing IEP, 504 plan, individual learning plan, or school intervention process.
Present the result as:
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Include:
- learning intention and success criteria;
- materials;
- timed lesson sequence;
- Tier 1 instruction;
- Tier 2 supports;
- Tier 3 adaptations;
- enrichment;
- flexible grouping;
- progress-monitoring checks;
- teacher decision points; and
- a post-lesson reflection prompt.Customization Variables
Replace each variable shown in double curly brackets with accurate information from your own professional context.
{{subject_topic}}
Subject and Topic
Example: Example: Mathematics — adding unlike fractions
Identify the subject and specific lesson topic.
{{learning_objective}}
Learning Objective or Standard
Example: Paste the curriculum standard or describe what students should know or do.
A measurable objective keeps differentiation focused.
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Lesson Duration
Example: Example: 45 minutes
Enter the available teaching time.
{{student_needs}}
Student Learning Needs
Example: Describe current performance, misconceptions, language needs, accommodations, intervention evidence, and enrichment needs.
Use non-identifying classroom information and educational evidence.
{{available_resources}}
Available Resources
Example: List textbooks, manipulatives, devices, visuals, support staff, or other materials.
The lesson should be realistic for available resources.
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Output Format
Choose the format that best fits your planning workflow.
Expected Output
An MTSS-aligned differentiated lesson containing Tier 1 instruction, targeted and intensive supports, enrichment, flexible grouping, progress monitoring, and evidence-based teacher decision points.
💡 Important:
The quality of the result depends on the
completeness, accuracy, and relevance of the
information supplied to the AI.
Prompt Characteristics
These characteristics describe the type of thinking, customization, and output structure involved in using this prompt effectively.
Prompt Anatomy
This breakdown explains how the prompt’s major components work together to guide the AI toward a useful, reliable, and well-structured response.
Role
Positions the AI as an experienced teacher and MTSS-aware instructional planner.
Context
Defines the class, topic, objective, time, student needs, and resources.
Task
Requires differentiated instruction across core, targeted, intensive, and enrichment supports.
Constraints
Prevents diagnosis, invented data, unsupported tier assignment, and conflicts with documented plans.
Output Structure
Requires lesson stages, tiers, grouping, monitoring, decision points, and reflection.
Input Variables
Grade, subject, objective, duration, student needs, resources, and output format.
Customization Tips
- Provide actual formative-assessment evidence instead of broad ability labels.
- Paste the exact curriculum standard when alignment matters.
- Mention existing accommodations so the plan does not conflict with them.
- Use progress-monitoring results to plan regrouping.
- Ask for a shorter classroom-ready version after reviewing the full plan.
Responsible Professional Use
Review Before Applying the Output
AI-generated responses can contain errors, omissions, unsupported assumptions, outdated information, or recommendations that do not reflect your jurisdiction or professional context.
Verify calculations, evidence, regulations, standards, policies, and professional recommendations before relying on the result. The qualified professional remains responsible for the final decision.