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K-12 Lesson Plan Creation

Standards-aligned lesson plans with student handouts and an observation template.

Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026

One of four teacher skills Anthropic co-developed with Learning Commons for Claude for Teachers. It builds a complete lesson for math, ELA, science or social studies, grounded in academic standards.

Who it is for

  • K-12 teachers
  • Instructional coaches
  • Homeschool parents

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
I'm teaching long division to 5th graders next week, build the lesson
Prompt 2
Create a 45 minute lesson on the water cycle for grade 3
Prompt 3
Make a mini-lesson on persuasive writing aligned to our standards

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. git clone https://github.com/anthropics/k12-teacher-skills
  2. claude plugin marketplace add ./k12-teacher-skills
  3. claude plugin install k12-education@k12-teacher-skills

In Claude.ai

Already included for Claude for Teachers accounts; on other plans, add the repo as a marketplace under Customize > Plugins.

Good to know

Works best with the Learning Commons Knowledge Graph connector.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at plugin/skills/k12-lesson-plan-creation/SKILL.md in anthropics/k12-teacher-skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-14, repo has 569 stars and was pushed 2026-10-14; license headers credit Anthropic and Learning Commons under Apache 2.0.

Source: github.com/anthropics/k12-teacher-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/k12-lesson-plan-creation

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