Developing activities and assessments that allow students to learn and demonstrate their learning in various ways supports students with different learning styles and needs in the classroom. Knowing the specific needs and interests of your students is important for creating learning experiences that are appropriate for all students.  

Complete your unit plan by finalizing the following sections of the unit plan template:

• Anticipatory Sets: Explain how you will introduce each lesson and activate prior knowledge for each day of the lesson. At least one anticipatory set must include art as a way to activate prior knowledge.
• Multiple Means of Expression: Include formative and summative assessments that are developmentally appropriate to evaluate student outcomes. At least one assessment must integrate art.
• Differentiation: Complete the differentiation for all sections of the unit plan based on the learning needs of the students in the class profile from your field experience class.*

*Homework/extension activities will be completed in the next topic. The Extension Activity and/or Homework portion of your unit plan template will remain blank. 

Following the unit plan, reflect on the process of creating the unit and write a 250-500 word reflection that includes the following:

• Explain how you modified teaching practices and adjusted curriculum and instruction in your unit to meet the learning needs and promote positive outcomes for students in the class profile.
• Explain how the differentiation strategies you created are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically responsive.
• Discuss the value of integrating multiple content areas to increase student engagement and achievement.

Support your unit plan and reflection with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
While APA style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in the Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information:

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies and professional standards:

MED Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education ITL/NITL

2.5: Modify teaching practices by adjusting curriculum and instruction to meet the learning needs of individuals with and without exceptionalities and promote positive outcomes. [MC2] [EI/ECSE 6.3; InTASC 1(a), 1(g), 2(a), 2(b), 2(g), 2(h), 7(b); NAEYC 5c]

3.2: Develop a wide range of developmentally, culturally, and linguistically responsive teaching and learning strategies to achieve individual learning outcomes, including differentiating instruction. [MC5] [AAQEP 1c, 2b; EI/ECSE 1.2; InTASC 7(b), 7(k), 7(n), 8(a), 8(k)]