🐝 How I Use ChatGPT to Build Monthly Lesson Plan Frameworks in Minutes
Even If You're New to AI — Step-by-Step Guide with Examples
By Ms. Banuelos | 7th & 8th Grade Math | Classical Educator & EdTech Enthusiast
"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul." — Sofia Kovalevskaya
💪 Save Time, Stay in Control
I wrote the entire framework for my August math lesson plans in minutes. With ChatGPT as my planning partner, I had a full month of 7th and 8th grade math lessons structured, aligned, and ready to refine — without starting from scratch.
Let me show you how.
📖 What You Need
Free or paid ChatGPT account (GPT-4 works best)
Your instructional calendar (e.g., 20 days in August)
Lesson titles or unit overviews from your curriculum
Your personal teaching elements (bellwork, homework, values, etc.)
🔹 Step-by-Step Planning Workflow
✉️ STEP 1: Tell ChatGPT the Month + Teaching Days
"I am planning 7th and 8th grade math for the month of August. I have 20 instructional days. The first day is Friday, August 1st, then full weeks starting August 4. Please break the month into weeks."
ChatGPT organizes your weeks and dates.
🖋️ STEP 2: Share Your Lesson Titles
"I’m covering Into Math Grade 7, Module 1: Proportional Relationships. Lessons include: 1. Explore Relationships, 2. Recognize Proportional Relationships in Tables..."
ChatGPT aligns your lesson flow to the calendar.
✨ STEP 3: Add Your Teaching Touches
"Please organize by week and include bellwork, planner messages, objectives, homework, and classical connections like virtues."
ChatGPT generates a full framework, like this:
🗓️ Week of August 4–8
📚 Lesson: Recognize Proportional Relationships in Tables
🎯 Objective: Identify proportional relationships using tables.
🔔 Bell Ringer: Complete the table and decide if it's proportional.
📓 Planner: "We are learning to find relationships in tables."
💛 Virtue: Excellence – Striving for accuracy
📚 Homework: Page 12, problems 1–10
🗣️ Oral narration + model sketching🎓 Keep Your Voice
AI gives you the bones — you bring the heartbeat.
Modify pacing
Personalize objectives
Infuse real classroom insight
🚀 Why I Love This System
✅ Saves hours each month
✅ Gives me a clean head start
✅ Adapts to classical instruction
✅ Leaves me more time to connect with scholars
🔍 Try It Yourself!
Use this starter prompt:
"I’m planning 6th grade science for September. I have 18 days. I’m covering ecosystems and food chains. Create weekly plans with objectives, bellwork, homework, and a virtue focus."
Ms. Banuelos
7th & 8th Grade Math
Classical Instruction + Modern Tools
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