Exam Content
A prepared teacher sets themselves up for a successful instructional experience as well as a successful learning experience for their students. Preparing lesson plans that apply differentiation and modification strategies to accommodate the needs of exceptional students is an important skill you will continue to work on throughout your career.
For this assessment, you will describe how to differentiate a lesson plan to meet specific students’ needs.
Scenario
Assume you are a third grade teacher who has already planned next week’s reading lessons, when you receive an email from your administrator. The email is requesting that all teachers provide evidence of differentiation in their lesson plans each week for 2 students who require additional support.
Preparation
To prepare for this assessment, review the Lesson Plan with Differentiated Instruction Exemplar to see an example of how to select differentiation and modification strategies for specific students’ needs when planning lessons.
Assessment Deliverable
To complete this assessment, use the Lesson Plan with Differentiated Instruction Template and follow the instructions in the template to apply accommodation and modification strategies and differentiate an already prepared lesson plan to meet students’ specific needs.
