Evidence-Based Strategies

From your coursework, you have seen many evidence-based strategies available to strengthen literacy. These strategies may be used to impact a single class or individual students, but it takes a comprehensive, coordinated effort for those strategies to impact a grade level, a department, or a whole school. That effort begins with recognition of the need for change.

During the Module 1 Analysis, you identified one area of need in a school’s literacy program. In Module 2, you summarized five research articles related to the school’s literacy program need.

For your Module 3 Application, you use the perspective on an instructional leader to develop a literacy lesson plan that could be implemented school-wide. In the lesson plan, you will incorporate evidence-based strategies from your independent research (Module 2) and from course presentations and readings.

• Create a Word document for your response. Use APA format for citations and references page.
• Create a title page and references page in APA format.
• Follow the directions to complete “School-wide Literacy Lesson Plan.”

Directions for Completion:

• Select a title/topic for a lesson in which you can incorporate the research/strategies from your Module 2 independent research and from course presentations and readings.
• Identify the literacy need (from Module 1) to be addressed by the lesson plan.
• Identify the standards that support the lesson. (List at least one standard).
• Identify key learning outcomes (List 1-2)
• From your research the and course presentations/readings, incorporate at least five evidence-based literacy strategies into the plan.
  For each strategy, identify:

• • Strategy description and steps.
  • Suggested groups for students.
  • How content will be presented.
  • How the students/groups will be assessed.
  • Use the following to create your lesson plan.

School-wide Literacy Lesson Plan

School-wide Literacy Need: Describe the identified literacy need from Module 1. Write an introduction of one or two well-developed paragraphs.

Lesson Title: Provide a descriptive title of the lesson to identify the content.

Overview: Provide a brief overview of the lesson to explain the content (relating to the literacy need) to the reader. Write at least one well-developed paragraph.

Standards: List at least one appropriate standard to support the lesson plan.

Objectives/ Learning Outcomes: What should students be able to do at the end of the lesson? List 1-2 outcomes. Answer in complete sentences.

Materials, Resources and Technology: What materials, resources, and technology will be needed for the lesson? Write at least one well-developed paragraph.

Instructional Procedures: Incorporate strategies—including description and steps. From the research and course presentations/readings, incorporate at least five evidence-based literacy strategies into the lesson plan. Write at least one well-developed paragraph, ensuring that statements are supported with relevant literature in APA format.

Student Groupings: Determining how to organize the students for the lesson. What recommendations do you have for student grouping? Summarize a suggested classroom layout and the grouping plan for the lesson. Write at least one well-developed paragraph.

Presentation: How will students present their project and celebrate their success? Write at least one well-developed paragraph.

Assessment/Evaluation: Describe the assessment methods for the lesson. How will student success be measured? Provide a description of the assessment process, the criteria for achievement, and performance levels. The criteria should directly align to the learning outcomes. Incorporate a plan for providing feedback to students. Write at least one well-developed paragraph.

Closure/Teacher Reflection: Relate present knowledge to previous knowledge. Reflect on lesson. Write one or two well-developed paragraphs.