US Digital Literacy
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Teacher/Grade:
Lesson Title
Curriculum Standard
Notes:
Essential Question
What question should students
be able to answer at the end of
the lesson?
Activating Summary
Describe the activities you will
use to teach new information to
students.
Suggested Strategies:
o First Word
o Picture book
o Carousel Brainstorm
o Talking Drawings
o Anticipation/Reaction
Guide
Vocabulary in Context
Suggested Strategies:
o Frayer Model
o Word Wall
o Root Analysis
o List-Group-Label
o Word Sort
o PAVE
o Word Analogy
o Word Splash
o Possible Sentences
o 3x3 Vocab
Cognitive Strategy:
Describe the strategy you will
use to help students understand
new information into a format
that will help them to better
understand and remember it.
Suggested Strategies:
 Mini Lecture
 Movie Clips
 Dump and Clump
 Informative Text
 Jigsaw Reading / Missing
Pieces
Tier I:
Formative
Assessment:
Tier II:
Tier III:
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Formative
Assessment:
US Digital Literacy
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Organizing Strategy
What graphic organizer will you
use?
Suggested Strategies:
 Content Mapping
 Story Star
 Timeline
 Flowchart
 Venn Diagram
 Matrix
 Spider Map
Formative
Assessment:
Summarizing Strategy
Describe the strategy you
will use at the end of your lesson
to help determine if students can
answer the lesson’s Essential
Question.
Suggested Strategies:
 Cartooning
 Epitaphs
 Word Splash
 License Plates
 Ticket out the Door
 Text Messages
Formative
Assessment:
Authentic Writing
What writing assignment will
you give students to work
independently to show that they
have mastered the lesson?
Resources and Materials
What resources and materials are
needed to teach this lesson?
Notes:
Modifications for
Differentiation
Notes:
Reflection/Notes to Self