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.)