How you will differentiate to meet the diverse needs of students.

As an educator, it is important to develop the skills to write lesson plans that include state standards, effective learning objectives, appropriate instructional strategies, and differentiate to meet the diverse needs of all students.

For this benchmark, you will create a lesson plan that integrates ELA and math standards, with an aligning summative assessment. You may use any prior assignments as applicable from this course to complete the benchmark, provided you incorporate feedback from your instructor. Use the “Class Profile” for background information on your students to plan the lesson plan and summative assessment. The lesson plan and summative assessment must be aligned to the chosen Grades K-8 state standards and learning objectives.

Part 1: Lesson Plan

Use the “COE Lesson Plan Template” for your lesson plan. The lesson must include a variety of instructional strategies that are best suited for the lesson and the needs of the students. Your lesson plan should focus on:

• Math and ELA state standards.
• Instructional strategies that can be adapted to meet the needs of diverse students.
• Technology that supports assessment practices.
• Formative assessment.
• Differentiation activity for students identified as below grade-level.
• Differentiated activity using critical thinking for students identified as above grade-level

Part 2: Summative Assessment

In connection with this lesson plan, you will create a summative assessment that is directly aligned to state standards and highlights how you will use assessment to modify and strengthen instruction to promote the continuous intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of students.

Your summative assessment must be aligned to the standards in the lesson plan and include:

• Description of a summative assessment, which includes specific directions for students.
• Three short-answer response items.
• 10 multiple-choice questions.
• One restricted response essay question that clearly identifies the task(s) to be performed.
• How you will differentiate to meet the diverse needs of students.

Part 3: Rationale

In 250-500 words, write a rationale for the instructional strategies and assessment practices, both formative and summative, included in your lesson plan and summative assessment. How do your chosen assessments contribute to the development of students? How does your summative assessment work to meet the various learning needs of the students in the “Class Profile”?

Class Profile

 

Student Name	English Language Learner	Socio-economic Status	Ethnicity	Gender	IEP/504	Other	Age	Reading Performance Level	Math Performance Level	Parental Involvement	Internet Available at Home
Arturo	Yes	Low SES	Hispanic	Male	No	Tier 2 RTI for Reading	Grade level	One year below grade level	At grade level	Med	No
Bertie	No	Low SES	Asian	Female	No	None	Grade level	One year above grade level	At grade level	Low	Yes
Beryl	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	NOTE: School does not have gifted program	Grade level	Two years above grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Brandie	No	Low SES	White	Female	No	Tier 2 RTI for Math	Grade level	At grade level	One year below grade level	Low	No
Dessie	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	Tier 2 RTI for Math	Grade level	Grade level	One year below grade level	Med	Yes
Diana	Yes	Low SES	White	Female	No	Tier 2 RTI for Reading	Grade level	One year below grade level	At grade level	Low	No
Donnie	No	Mid SES	African American	Female	No	Hearing Aids	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Eduardo	Yes	Low SES	Hispanic	Male	No	Tier 2 RTI for Reading	Grade level	One year below grade level	At grade level	Low	No
Emma	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Low	Yes
Enrique	No	Low SES	Hispanic	Male	No	Tier 2 RTI for Reading	One year above grade level	One year below grade level	At grade level	Low	No
Fatma	Yes	Low SES	White	Female	No	Tier 2 RTI for Reading	Grade level	One year below grade level	One year above grade level	Low	Yes
Frances	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	Diabetic	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Francesca	No	Low SES	White	Female	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	High	No
Fredrick	No	Low SES	White	Male	Learning Disabled	Tier 3 RTI for Reading and Math	One year above grade level	Two years below grade level	Two years below grade level	Very High	No
Ines	No	Low SES	Hispanic	Female	Learning Disabled	Tier 2 RTI for Math	Grade level	One year below grade level	One year below grade level	Low	No
Jade	No	Mid SES	African American	Female	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	One year above grade level	High	Yes
Kent	No	High SES	White	Male	Emotion-ally Disabled	None	Grade level	At grade level	One year above grade level	Med	Yes
Lolita	No	Mid SES	Native American/ Pacific Islander	Female	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Maria	No	Mid SES	Hispanic	Female	No	NOTE: School does not have gifted program	Grade level	At grade level	Two years above grade level	Low	Yes
Mason	No	Low SES	White	Male	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Nick	No	Low SES	White	Male	No	None	Grade level	One year above grade level	At grade level	Med	No
Noah	No	Low SES	White	Male	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Sharlene	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	None	Grade level	One year above grade level	At grade level	Med	Med
Sophia	No	Mid SES	White	Female	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Stuart	No	Mid SES	White	Male	No	Allergic to peanuts	Grade level	One year above grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Terrence	No	Mid SES	White	Male	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	At grade level	Med	Yes
Wade	No	Mid SES	White	Male	No	None	Grade level	At grade level	One year above grade level	Med	Yes
Wayne	No	High SES	White	Male	Learning Disabled	Tier 3 RTI for Math	Grade level	One year below grade level	Two years below grade level	High	Yes
Wendell	No	Mid SES	African American	Male	Learning Disabled	Tier 3 RTI for Math	Grade level	One year below grade level	Two years below grade level	Med	Yes
Yung	No	Mid SES	Asian	Male	No	NOTE: School does not have gifted program	One year below grade level	Two years above grade level	Two years above grade level	Low	Yes

 

 

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