Time Blocking Cards for Lesson Planning | Instructional Coaching

Time blocking is a planning strategy that helps educators intentionally organize how time is used within a lesson or learning experience. Whether you are planning a classroom lesson, a professional development session, or a coaching workshop, time blocking allows you to visualize how each minute is allocated so instruction stays focused, paced, and purposeful.

For example, you may have:

• 60 minutes for a professional development workshop
• 45 minutes to teach a math concept
• A limited block of time for collaborative learning or reflection

These Time Blocking Cards help you break that time into manageable chunks, making it easier to plan activities, transitions, and instructional moves with clarity and intention.

How This Resource Supports Planning

The cards allow you to:

• Visually map out lesson or session timing
• Adjust pacing before instruction begins
• Plan transitions and instructional segments intentionally
• Support teachers in understanding how time is used within a lesson

Because the cards are reusable, they are ideal for repeated planning, coaching conversations, and collaborative lesson design.

What’s Included

This product includes both large and small time-blocking cards, designed for flexible use across instructional and professional learning settings.

Printable Resources Included

• Sample time configurations
• Sample lesson plan with time blocking
• Large time-blocking cards (5-minute increments)
  • With double planning chart: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 minutes
  • Without double planning chart: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 minutes
• Small time-blocking cards (5-minute increments)
  • 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 minutes

Suggested Use

• Print on color cardstock
• Laminate for durability and reuse
• Write on the cards using dry-erase markers while planning
• Rearrange cards to adjust pacing and instructional flow

Ideal For

• Lesson planning
• Instructional coaching conversations
• Professional development planning
• Time management discussions
• Collaborative planning with teachers or teams

This resource is intended for use by a single instructional coach or educator.

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Refund Policy

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Terms of Use

© Simply Coaching Company. All rights reserved. This resource is the intellectual property of Simply Coaching Company and Nicole S. Turner. Your purchase grants a limited license under the terms below.

Single Coach License

This purchase is licensed for one individual instructional coach. One purchase equals one coach user.

Permitted Use

The licensed coach may use this resource as part of their coaching work with teachers they directly support, including printing pages for coaching conversations and using materials in trainings, PLCs, and sessions the licensed coach facilitates.

Restrictions

You may not share the digital files with other coaches, administrators, teams, or staff. You may not upload the resource to shared drives, shared folders, learning management systems, or any online platform where others can access the files. You may not translate, modify for redistribution, or resell this resource.

Multiple Coaches or School and District Use

If more than one coach will use this resource, you must purchase additional licenses or request a school or district license.