Stop spending your Sunday nights hunched over a laptop writing lesson plans from scratch. Tell Ollie the subject, grade, and topic — and get a complete, standards-aligned lesson plan with warm-ups, activities, exit tickets, and differentiation before your coffee gets cold.
Free to generate — No credit card required. $1.49 per PDF download.
No training needed. If you know what you want to teach, you can use this tool.
Select the subject, grade level, topic, and your curriculum. Ollie already knows your teaching style if you have used the tool before.
In under 60 seconds, Ollie generates a full lesson plan with objectives, warm-up, instruction, practice, exit ticket, differentiation, and materials.
Edit any section, adjust activities, tweak differentiation notes, then download as a print-ready PDF or use it right from the screen.
Most lesson plan generators give you a vague outline. Orba creates lesson plans with every section a teacher actually needs — from the bell ringer to the exit ticket, with differentiation notes and a materials list included.
Every generated lesson plan includes the sections administrators expect and the practical details that make your day run smoothly.
Every lesson plan maps directly to your curriculum standards. Supports Common Core, British National Curriculum, IB PYP, CBSE, ICSE, and Arabic curriculum. Standards tags are included so you can show administrators exactly what you are covering.
Every lesson includes modifications for above-grade learners who need enrichment, on-level students, below-grade students needing scaffolding, and English Language Learners. No more creating three separate lesson plans for one class period.
Every lesson plan starts with a warm-up or bell ringer activity and ends with an exit ticket. These are not generic prompts — they are directly tied to the lesson topic and designed to activate prior knowledge and check understanding.
Mathematics, Science, ELA, Social Studies, History, Geography, Health, Art, Music — the AI generates age-appropriate lesson plans for every subject. Vocabulary, activity complexity, and pacing adjust automatically based on grade level.
Ollie tracks your preferences across seven dimensions including lesson length, detail level, scaffolding, vocabulary, and structure. The more you use it, the more your lesson plans match your personal teaching style without extra configuration.
Ollie tracks which standards you have taught and which gaps remain. Your lesson plans can be informed by where you are in your curriculum, so you stay on pace and cover everything your students need before assessments.
Lesson planning is the single biggest time drain in teaching. Here is how Orba changes the math.
Orba was designed around the actual daily workflow of classroom teachers, not theoretical ideas about what planning tools should do.
I used to spend my entire Sunday afternoon writing lesson plans for the week. Now I generate all five days in about 20 minutes and spend the rest of my time actually reviewing and personalizing them. It is the single biggest time-saver I have found in 12 years of teaching.
The differentiation notes are what sold me. I have a mixed-ability class with three ELL students, and every lesson plan comes with modifications I can actually use. I am not rewriting everything from scratch for different groups anymore.
What surprised me is that the plans are not generic. They include specific activities, real materials lists, and exit tickets that actually assess what I taught. My admin noticed the improvement in my plan quality before I even told her I was using AI.
Whether you teach kindergarten phonics or 8th grade algebra, the AI lesson plan generator creates age-appropriate plans with the right vocabulary, activities, and pacing for your students.
Number sense, fractions, geometry, algebra, word problems
Life science, earth science, physical science, NGSS-aligned
Reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension
Geography, history, civics, economics, culture
Nutrition, safety, body systems, wellness
Art history, music theory, elements of art, creative projects
See how Orba stacks up against planning from scratch and other lesson plan tools.
| Feature | Manual Planning | Template Sites | Orba AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to create a lesson plan | 1-3 hours | 30-60 minutes | Under 60 seconds |
| Standards alignment | Manual lookup | Some templates | Automatic (6 curricula) |
| Differentiation included | Write separately | Not included | 4 learner levels built in |
| Warm-ups and exit tickets | You create them | Rarely included | Auto-generated per topic |
| Materials list | You compile it | Generic lists | Specific to your lesson |
| Learns your preferences | N/A | No | Ollie adapts over time |
| Cost | Your time | $5-20/month | Free to generate |
Every lesson plan includes learning objectives, a warm-up or bell ringer activity, direct instruction notes, guided practice activities, independent practice tasks, an exit ticket or assessment, differentiation notes for above-grade, on-level, below-grade, and ELL learners, a materials list, and standards alignment tags. It is a complete lesson plan ready for the classroom.
Yes. Orba generates lesson plans aligned to six major curricula: Common Core State Standards, British National Curriculum, IB PYP, CBSE, ICSE, and Arabic curriculum. Select your curriculum during plan creation and the AI aligns objectives and activities to the appropriate standards for your grade level and subject.
The lesson plan generator supports all K-8 subjects including Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Geography, History, Health, Art, Music, and more. It covers Kindergarten through 8th grade and adjusts vocabulary, activity complexity, pacing, and instructional strategies based on the grade level you select.
Most lesson plans are generated in under 60 seconds. Specify the subject, grade level, topic, and curriculum, and the AI produces a complete lesson plan with all sections. Compare that to the 1-3 hours teachers typically spend writing a single lesson plan from scratch.
Every lesson plan includes differentiation notes for four learner levels: above-grade students who need enrichment, on-level students following the standard path, below-grade students who need scaffolding, and English Language Learners. If you have student groups set up in your classroom profile, the differentiation is tailored to your actual students.
Yes, generating lesson plans is completely free. You can create unlimited lesson plans at no cost, and no credit card is required to sign up. If you want to download a lesson plan as a formatted PDF, there is a small fee of $1.49 per download. You can also view and copy the lesson plan content directly from the screen at no charge.
Absolutely. Every lesson plan the AI generates is fully editable. You can modify learning objectives, swap activities, adjust timing, change differentiation notes, update materials lists, or rewrite any section. The AI gives you a standards-aligned starting point, and you have full control to tailor it to your classroom.
Yes. Ollie, the AI teaching assistant behind the lesson plan generator, learns your preferences over time through a reinforcement learning system. When you approve, edit, or regenerate lesson plans, Ollie tracks your preferences across seven dimensions including lesson length, detail level, vocabulary level, scaffolding, and structure. Your plans increasingly match your style without extra configuration.
Yes. Orba's Plan My Week feature generates a complete week of differentiated lesson plans and materials across all your subjects. This includes warm-ups, lessons, worksheets, and exit tickets for each day, organized by subject and automatically aligned to your curriculum pacing. It is the most efficient way to plan your entire week.
We take privacy seriously and follow FERPA guidelines. The lesson plan generator does not require any student data. You only need to provide the subject, grade level, and topic. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and we never sell or share your information. Orba is also COPPA-compliant.
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