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=Module 6: Planning for Student Success=


 * What will we do?**
 * Explore strategies to differentiate instruction
 * Create an assessment to encourage student self-direction
 * Create student support materials
 * Revise your Unit Plan to incorporate accommodations for all learners
 * Reflect on learning in our group Blog
 * Self-assess your facilitation of a student-centered classroom


 * Pair and Share Activity**
 * Explain how the student sample, assessment, learning objectives and outcomes align with each other
 * Review and give feedback to your group members
 * Use the Portfolio Rubric in the CD/Assessments folder (also in the Appendix on p. A.05) as a guide.
 * Note ideas for modifying your student sample and assessment


 * Creating Accommodations for All Learners**
 * Group Discussion
 * In groups of 3
 * Each member of the group reads and reports on a different framework for understanding learning styles
 * Visual-auditory-kinesthetic
 * Left brain/right brain
 * Multiple intelligences
 * Go to []. Click Thinking Skills, click Thinking Frameworks, click Learning Styles
 * After each member reports, discuss how these different ways of looking at learning styles could have an impact on your unit.
 * Complete Step 2 on p. 6.04.
 * Review the materials in the CD/Differentiation folder for accommodating the needs of all learners
 * Note how you might include some of those strategies in your unit
 * Open your Unit Plan
 * Write a draft of the strategies you will use in the Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction section


 * Activity 2: Supporting Self-Direction**
 * Read about the role of Formative Assessment in supporting self-direction (p.6.05)
 * Open the Assessing Projects resource at [].
 * Click Overview and Benefits
 * Click Formative Assessments
 * Review one of the case studies
 * Note the assessments that you find in the case study
 * Share comments with a partner on what the case study you reviewed


 * Activity 2: Step 2, Creating an Assessment to Foster Self-Direction**
 * Create an assessment that helps students take more control of their learning; i.e., self-direction, self-management, self-assessment, or reflection.
 * Select one of the 3 options listed on p. 6.06 and create your assessment. There are step-by-step directions for the options on pp. 6.06-6.07.


 * Pedagogical Practices: Supporting the Diverse Needs of Learners**
 * Read the information on p. 6.08-6.09.
 * Group Discussion:
 * Share tools and strategies you can use to support student learning in your unit.
 * A reporter for the group responds to the discussion prompt for Module 6: Pedagogical Practice in the Engage Community group.
 * Explore Sample Resources to Support Student Learning**
 * Review the information on p. 6.10
 * Review example templates, forms, and documents in the CD/Student Support folder
 * Which templates, forms, forms, or other documents might you use in your unit to support student learning.
 * Review the information on p. 6.11 and consider ways that you might integrate math in your unit to improve students' thinking skills


 * Create a Student Support Resource**
 * Choose one of the 4 options to create a resource that students will use to support their learning during your unit
 * Refer to the associated page(s) for each option for assistance
 * Save your resource in the unit_support folder of your Portfolio folder


 * Revisit your Unit Plan**
 * Review your Unit Plan using the Unit Plan Checklist
 * Revise the Assessment Plan section to include additional assessments to encourage student self-direction
 * Modify the Instructional Procedures section to include how you are planning to use the student support materials you created, and implement any differentiation strategies you described
 * Revise your Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction section
 * Module 6 Reflection**
 * Go to the Engage Community group blog and respond to the Module 6 Reflection prompt by clicking on .