100 Best ChatGPT Prompts for Educators

Copy, adapt, and reuse. These prompts follow the role-context-task-format pattern that produces reliably usable output.

Lesson planning

1. Act as a K–2 literacy coach. Design a 20-minute phonics mini-lesson on short-i words with a warm-up, teaching, and closure.
2. Rewrite the following passage at three reading levels: grade 3, grade 6, grade 9. Preserve key vocabulary.

Feedback

3. You are a supportive middle-school English teacher. Give three specific, kind, actionable comments on this student paragraph, plus one glow.

Parent communication

4. Draft a warm, professional email to a parent about missed homework. Assume the family has had a difficult week. 120 words.

Quizzes and assessment

5. Create 10 multiple-choice questions on photosynthesis for 7th grade, with 4 options each and an answer key. Include 2 higher-order questions.

Classroom management

6. Give me a 90-second transition routine for a lively 4th-grade class returning from lunch. Include a clear signal and a brain break.

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