In this section you will have many opportunities to both analyze what you're already doing well, and to explore effective teaching and learning strategies that you can add to your repertoire. Frameworks to design your own lessons and units aligned with standards are provided as well as links to sample standards-based lessons and units.

Planning Standards-Based Instruction

• What does standards-based instruction look like?
• What are the benefits of standards-based instruction?
• What is the process for standards-based instructional planning?
• How can teachers plan and deliver instruction for understanding and retention?
• How can teachers gear student learning toward large and important ideas?
• How can teachers provide students with contextual anchors to understanding?
• Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment Examples
• Mathematics Example 1
• Mathematics Example 2
• English Language Arts Example

Designing a Standards-Based Unit

• What are the stages in the process of developing a standards-based unit?
• Why should I plan units this way?
• How should I begin planning a unit of study?
• Is there a planning template I can use to develop a standards-based unit?
• What other resources might be helpful in designing a standards-based unit?

Designing a Standards-Based Lesson

• What are the steps for planning a standards-based lesson?
• Is there a planning template for building a standards-based lesson?