AI knows neither your students nor your classroom. It prepares a first draft of a lesson plan book, a dictation, a word problem, or a note to families, which you then adjust. These uses are for you, not for your students.
AI helps elementary school teachers with tasks such as “Create a set of word problems at three levels,” “Prepare the week’s lesson plan book,” and “Write a lesson plan.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
TodayFinding ten problems of the same type, with numbers suited to each group, takes longer than the lesson itself.
With ClaudeNine problems at three levels, their answer keys, and the bar models to draw on the board.
Claude · “Projects”
TodayEvery Sunday evening, you copy into your lesson plan book what your pacing guides and your schedule already say.
With ClaudeThe week’s lesson plan book as a table, day by day, with the list of materials to prepare.
Mistral Vibe · “Canvas”
TodayThe lesson is clear in your head, but writing it down, phase by phase, with the exact instructions, takes the whole evening.
With Mistral VibeA complete lesson plan, phase by phase, editable in the document.
Also
The dictations for the whole term, with a lighter version of each review dictation.
Claude · With an attached file
Two versions of the same text and one shared set of questions, so the whole class works on the same story.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per grade band
The official expectations for one skill, grade by grade, with the passage to check.
Canva · “Canva AI”
A poster readable from the back of the room, to reuse as a template for the next rules.
Mistral Vibe · “Temporary Chat”
A first-draft comment per student, to correct and enter yourself.
Gamma · “Paste”
A simple slide deck for parents, exported as a PDF or a PowerPoint.
DeepL · Translate text
A note in the family’s language, along with its English version.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
Work through each problem before your students do: an assistant can make a calculation error or write an ambiguous problem. Check that the problem type matches the curriculum for your grade.
Create a set of word problems at three levelsClaude · Word file, in the conversationThe prompt to copy
You help me prepare math problems for a [2nd grade] class. Problem type: [find the whole, find a part, comparison, multiplication, equal sharing]. Numbers covered in class: [up to 100, no regrouping]. Write [nine] problems at three levels, all targeting the same skill. Level 1: a single step, small numbers, one short sentence per piece of information. Level 2: one step, with the numbers the class is working on. Level 3: two steps, or one piece of extra information to spot. Situations close to the life of a child that age, with no brand names or well-known characters. Only one question per problem. Give the answer key separately, with the calculation and the answer sentence, and for each problem describe the bar model I will draw on the board.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite a lesson plan
In your jobFind an end-of-year expectation in the curriculum
In your jobPrepare the week’s lesson plan book
In your jobCreate a set of word problems at three levels
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
It fills in your lesson plan book template from your pacing guides, builds a set of word problems at three levels, and returns a real Word file to print.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
A French assistant, with servers in Europe and a temporary chat: for your lesson plans, your dictations, and your first drafts of report card comments.
Recommended planFree, with a limit on the number of messages. Then: Pro, €14.99 per month, excl. tax (€17.99 on the French App Store).
You upload the official curriculum and guides for your grade band: it answers your questions and shows the passage, without looking anywhere else.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
Classroom posters, labels, illustrated lessons: materials readable from the back of the room, without being a graphic designer.
Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses. Schools can get most of the paid tools for free.
Your notes for the back-to-school meeting become a clear slide deck for parents, exportable to PowerPoint or PDF.
Recommended planFree, $0, to try it: 400 credits that do not refill. Then: Plus, €8 per user per month, billed yearly (€96).
For the note in the home-school notebook of a family that doesn’t read English: your message translated in a few seconds.
Recommended planFree: 50,000 characters per month. Then: Individual, €7.49 per month, billed yearly.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Mistral Vibe, Gemini Notebook, Canva, Gamma, and DeepL. All of them can be used for free to get started.
It fills in your lesson plan book template from your pacing guides, builds a set of word problems at three levels, and returns a real Word file to print. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
With “Create a set of word problems at three levels,” in Claude (Word file, in the conversation). Allow 10 minutes the first time. Nine problems at three levels, their answer keys, and the bar models to draw on the board.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.