Fillable Printable Gradual Release Planning Template
Fillable Printable Gradual Release Planning Template
Gradual Release Planning Template
DLT, 2007
Gradual Release Planning Template
Standards:
Daily Question or Daily learning target:
• Which specific standards/benchmarks
will the lesson address?
• What are the students expected to
understand as a result of this lesson?
I Do (Model/All teacher)
Interactive read aloud, modeled writing
• How will you explain the strategy?
• How will you provide a model of the strategy or skill for the students?
• How will you show your thinking in action?
• What will be the key points of your think aloud?
We Do (Joint responsibility)
Shared reading, guided reading, reciprocal teaching, shared writing, groups, pairs
• How will you practice the strategy with the students? (Ex: completing a shared
reading, reasoning through the text and co-constructing meaning through discussion.)
• How will you move from whole class to groups to pairs? In other words, how will
you move from shared work into guided work?
You do (Independent work/All students)
Independent reading, independent writing
• What will the students do to practice and apply the strategy or skill?
• How will this demonstrate the students’ understanding of the concept?
Evidence
• How will you determine if the students understood the learning target? (Exit pass,
exit interview, a quick share out, white boards, thumbs up – thumbs down, etc.)