M6 Assessments
M6: Differentiating a Lesson
- Alignments: 1h, 7q, 8l
- Description: Scenario response paper (optional format). Students are provided with a lesson plan and a narrative of a student. Using that information, students analyze the readiness, interests, and learning profile of the student and choose an area to differentiate. Students must explain their choices and use evidence from the lesson plan and narrative to support their responses.
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M6: Plus-One Your Lesson Plan
- Alignments: 2g, 3i
- Description: Think/pair/share (optional format). Students review a lesson plan and consider one Universal Design for Learning checkpoint, or a Plus-One, they could add to the lesson to help students better understand it.
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Disposition. The teacher respects learners’ differing strengths and needs and is committed to using this information to further each learner’s development.
Disposition. The teacher believes that plans must always be open to adjustment and revision based on learner needs and changing circumstances.
Knowledge. The teacher knows when and how to use appropriate strategies to differentiate instruction and engage all learners in complex thinking and meaningful tasks.
Knowledge. The teacher understands and identifies differences in approaches to learning and performance and knows how to design instruction that uses each learner’s strengths to promote growth.
Knowledge. The teacher understands the relationship between motivation and engagement and knows how to design learning experiences using strategies that build learner self-direction and ownership of learning.
