Place identifying information prominently on the top of your plan. Include a space for yourself to write or type the title of the lesson, the unit in which it fits, the date on which you plan to deliver it and your name or initials.
Compose an objective for your lesson. Your objective should begin "students will be able to," and conclude with an observable thing that your first grade students will be able to do by lesson's end. Because this thing must be observable, you can't say things like "students will be able to understand," as you can't observe understanding.
Include content standards addressed in the lessons. List any content standard that you touch upon in each lesson.
List your materials. Create a bullet list containing everything you will need to complete the lesson. By crafting a comprehensive list, you can create a resource that you can reference immediately before the lesson as you set up for instruction.
List the steps that will make up your lesson. Create a numbered list, or write these steps in paragraph form. Next to each step, include an approximate time that you expect that step to take to complete. Derive these times by considering how long it took to complete similar activities with your students.
State any homework you will assign. Place the term "Homework" along with the specific assignment you will ask your students to complete as a result of the lesson, at the bottom of your lesson plan.
Leave room for post-lesson reflection. Create a box in which you can write an account of the lesson's effectiveness. By taking the time to compose this account at lesson's end, you can prepare yourself to make effective modifications to the lesson before you teach it in the future.
Number the page if the lesson plan is part of a larger unit. Look at your current unit, and see where this lesson will fit in amongst the others. Place this page number at the bottom of your lesson to allow for quick filing.