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Addressing Classroom Realities

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Purpose of this Session • Participants will be able to:

Preserve the continuity and scaffolding embedded in the modules while addressing the realities of participants’ classrooms of diverse learners.

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Considerations for Module and Lesson Prioritization and

Planning• What are the top priorities for my students?• Which standards represent areas for student

growth?• How can I pace the curriculum?• What can I eliminate?• What processes can help me determine how to

prioritize and adapt?

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Module-Level Considerations for Adaptation

• Instructional shifts• Significant curriculum elements

Focus/Assessed standards Text selections Length of units (# of lessons) Performance assessment

• Factors that impact prioritization of content and instruction

Student needs Time constraints Resources

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Module-Level Considerations for Adaptation

• Which standards represent areas for student growth?

• Review the 11.1 Module Overview to consider: When are standards introduced? What are students required to know/be able to do

and when? What will you lose if you work with particular texts

or standards and not others? How will you need to modify major unit/module

assessments?

Considerations for Adaptation: Module-Level

Tool• Individually identify significant constraints and

needs of your students and work through considerations for prioritizing and adapting.

• Discuss responses in critical pairs/triads to refine your recommendations for adaptations.

Consider: With each adaptation, what do you gain? What do you lose?

• Debrief at your tables.• Share with the larger group.

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Unit- and Lesson-Level Considerations for Adaptation

• Significant elements of a unit/lesson

Assessed/addressed standards

Texts Unit/lesson

assessments Annotation Reading processes Question sequences Vocabulary Homework Pacing

• Factors that impact implementation

Student needs Time constraints Resources

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Unit-Level Considerations for Adaptation

• How can you adapt units to support student needs and address constraints? Review the 11.1 Unit Overview to consider:

o What are the mid- and end-of-unit assessments? – Which standards are assessed in the mid- and end-of-unit

assessments? – Which lessons scaffold explicitly toward the unit

assessments?o Which lessons focus on high-need standards for your

students? – Are these the same lessons that most explicitly scaffold

toward the mid- and end-of-unit assessments? » If not, how can you adapt the lessons or the assessments to

ensure continuity and preserve or provide scaffolding?

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Lesson-Level Considerations for Adaptation

• How can you adapt individual lessons to support student needs and address constraints?

Review 11.1.1 Lesson 5 to consider:• What are high-leverage parts of lesson sequences?

– Which lesson elements best support struggling readers? – Which lesson elements help students to access

vocabulary? – Which lesson elements help students to access the most

complex pieces of text? • Which elements can be eliminated, condensed, or

extended?

Considerations for Adaptation: Unit- and

Lesson-Level Tool• Individually identify significant constraints and

needs of your students and work through considerations for prioritizing and adapting.

• Discuss responses in critical pairs/triads to refine your recommendations for adaptations.

Consider: With each adaptation, what do you gain? What do you lose?

• Debrief at your tables.• Share out with the larger group.

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Whole Group Discussion, Reflection, & Closing

• Identify key considerations for prioritizing curriculum at the module level

• Synthesize recommendations for adaptations at the lesson level

Q & A

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