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Lesson 1: Key Elements of UDL Lesson Planning

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Photo by CORE Education


Materials

  • A note collection tool (electronic document or notebook)
  • A computer and Internet connection
  • A phone or laptop with microphone capability for flipgrid

Lesson Objective

Using research, educators will identify the key elements of a universally designed lesson plan.

The Six Steps

In the book, Your UDL Lesson Planner, author Patti Ralabate defines six crucial steps to UDL lesson planning. The Brookes Publishing Company's Inclusion Lab provides an explicit rundown of each steps, as seen below:

Define flexible, clear SMART goals.

When planning, first pinpoint the goal of your lesson. Your state standards will serve as the base for your goal. Effective learning goals are SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, results oriented, and time bound.

Consider learner variability.

Assess the readiness levels, skills, and needs of your learners and the challenges of the learning environment. Anticipate learning gaps and barriers that may distract, frustrate, or confuse learners. Apply UDL guidelines to plan for learner variability and determine what scaffolds are needed.

Determine appropriate assessments.

Choose assessments that provide meaningful information, are flexible, and assess individual student growth. Find out what assessment accommodations are listed in students’ IEP or 504 plans and provide these during instruction.

Select methods, materials, and media.

Consider the types of assistance you need to include in order to address learner variability: scaffolds? Supports? Accommodations and modifications? Choose methods, materials, and media that offer flexibility and relevance and balance assistance with challenge.

Teach and assess learning.

Put it all together and deliver your UDL lesson. Assess student learning with flexible, informative assessments matched to your learning goal.

Refine educator learning through self-reflection.

Review the data you collected through your assessments and think about your observations. Did your students achieve the learning goal? What worked well? What will you do differently next time?


Now that you have been introduced the steps of creating UDL lesson plans, please watch this webinar, which is presented by author Patti Ralabate, who explains lesson planning in great detail.

Activity

On the Brookes Publishing website, you will find this article, which discusses the six steps along with three authentic teacher stories about their UDL lesson plans. Please scroll down to these lesson plans and read the one that appeals to you most or that corresponds with the grade level you teach. You can choose from:

  • Laura's Lesson: Kindergarten Reading Readiness
  • Pat's Lesson: Middle School Mathematics
  • Ray's Lesson: High School English

After you have read one or more of the examples, please participate in the corresponding flipgrid to discuss how the lesson considered:

  • A Learning Goal
  • Learner Variability
  • Teaching Methods, Materials and Media
  • Assessment
  • Reflection

Please participate in one of the following discussions by posting a flipgrid video of yourself discussing:

  • How the teacher considers each category
  • How you feel about using these steps in your lesson planning to achieve UDL

There is a 5 minute limit to record your responses.

Onwards!

Once you have completed all the tasks for Lesson 1 please proceed to Lesson 2.

References

  • Photo by CORE education. Retrieved from https:www.inclusive.tki.org.nz/assets/inclusive-education/example-images/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.12.22-PM.png
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