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Foundations Resources

Identify Desired Results

Understand the lesson content
  • Identify the part(s) of the standard that is being addressed by the learning outcome to help identify the purpose of the lesson
  • Identify key knowledge, skills, and concepts in the learning outcome
Consider your students
  • What student strengths can you leverage? What opportunities exist for students to apply their funds of knowledge? (i.e. cultural and historical knowledge; family and life experiences; local context; talents, passions, & interests)

Determine Assessment Evidence

Understand the lesson content
  • Use resources (e.g. unit plan/overview, standards documents, practitioner articles, websites) to support your understanding of the key knowledge, skills, and concepts
  • Create at least one example of a student response that meets the learning outcome(s)
Consider your students
  • What barriers might students experience with the assessment because of its design? What strategy from the UDL Framework will remove the barrier without changing the thinking work students must do to meet the criteria for success?

Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Understand the lesson content
  • Identify the purpose of each activity in relation to the learning outcome
  • Identify the instructional method(s) that is being used in the lesson (i.e. explicit instruction, inquiry, discussion)
  • Read key texts and/or do the key tasks
Consider your students
  • Cultural Responsiveness
    • What student strengths can you leverage? What opportunities exist for students to apply their funds of knowledge? (i.e. cultural and historical knowledge; family and life experiences; local context; talents, passions, & interests)
  • Learner Variability
    • What barrier(s) might students experience with the activities, texts, or tasks because of their design? What strategy from the UDL Framework will remove the barrier(s) without changing the thinking work students must do?
  • Learner Development
    • How are the activities and instruction appropriate given your students’ stage(s) of cognitive, social-emotional, linguistic, and/or physical development