Daily Lesson Plan Template Guide

Understanding By Design

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Content Standard(s):
 [Comes from professional standards and curriculum guide.
Understandings: Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…  [What leading questions can you ask of students to get
 [this is a goal, not an objective. List the big ideas or them to understand the Big Ideas?]
concepts that you want them to come away with, not  [Address the heart of the discipline, are framed to provoke
facts that they must know] and sustain students interest; unit questions usually have
no one obvious “right” answer
Student objectives (outcomes): Students will build relationships by…
Students will know and be able to…
 [These are observable, measurable outcomes that  [These are intentional, observable, outcomes that are
students should be able to demonstrate and that you focused and building of relationships between students and
can assess. Your assessment evidence in Stage 2 must instructor, or between students and peers.]
show how you will assess these.]
 [Your learning activities in Stage 3 must be designed
and directly linked to having students be able to
achieve the understandings, answer the essential
questions, and demonstrate the desired outcomes
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task(s):
“GRASPS”

 The components of the framework for the performance task are outlined in the acronym GRASPS. The goal states the
purpose of the task; the role explains student involvement in the scenario; the audience identifies the people the students
address; the situation explains the scenario; the product is the tangible evidence of student understanding; and the
standards/criteria describes how
students can complete the task successfully.
 [Authentic, performance based tasks that have students apply what they have learned and demonstrate their understanding.]
 [designed at least at the application level or higher on Bloom’s Taxonomy. ]
 [Rubrics can be used to guide students in self-assessment of their performance]

Self-Assessments Other Evidence (assessments)

 [includes peer editing, graphic organizer  [includes pre-assessment, formative assessment, and
completion/review, formative assessment summative assessment evidence]
review/retakes, and individual meetings with  [Can be individual or group based]
instructor]  [Can include informal methods (such as thumbs up,
 [Can be individual or group based] thumbs down, and formal assessments, such as quiz,
 [Can include formal written reflection, as well as answers to questions on a worksheet, written reflection,
informal methods (such as thumbs up, thumbs down, essay]
and formal assessments)]
 Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
[This is the core of your lesson plan and includes a listing describing briefly (usually in bullet or numbered form so easy to follow)
what:
 the students will do during the class to prepare them for the outcomes you expect of them
 the teacher will do to guide the learning]

Purpose: Create learning experiences and instruction that promote student understanding through the WHERE process, as well as
intentionally using Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship building in daily lesson plans

Teachers list daily lesson activities, materials needed, and process elements (WHERE, RRR) based on Desired Results and
Assessment Evidence as outlined on page one of the Daily Lesson Plan Template and course Learning Plan for current unit of study.

Learning Activities:
“WHERE”
[The acronym WHERE stands for where the student is headed from the beginning to the end of the unit; hook the student; explore the subject and equip the student;
rethink work and ideas; evaluate results.]

Day 1 Where Process The Three “R’s”

Lesson Activities: (check all that apply)
_____Where _____Rigor
[Briefly list (bullet or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the outcomes _____Hook _____Relevance
you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, guided learning activities] _____Equip/Explore _____Relationships
Materials Needed: _____Rethink
[Briefly list all necessary materials for lesson activities described above] _____Evaluate

Day 2 Where Process The Three “R’s”

Lesson Activities: (check all that apply)
_____Where _____Rigor
[Briefly list (bullet or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the outcomes _____Hook _____Relevance
you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, guided learning activities] _____Equip/Explore _____Relationships
Materials Needed: _____Rethink
[Briefly list all necessary materials for lesson activities described above] _____Evaluate

Day 3 Where Process The Three “R’s”

Lesson Activities: (check all that apply)
_____Where _____Rigor
[Briefly list (bullet or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the outcomes _____Hook _____Relevance
you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, guided learning activities] _____Equip/Explore _____Relationships
Materials Needed: _____Rethink
[Briefly list all necessary materials for lesson activities described above] _____Evaluate

Day 4 Where Process The Three “R’s”

Lesson Activities: (check all that apply)
_____Where _____Rigor
[Briefly list (bullet or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the outcomes _____Hook _____Relevance
you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, guided learning activities] _____Equip/Explore _____Relationships
Materials Needed: _____Rethink
[Briefly list all necessary materials for lesson activities described above] _____Evaluate

Day 5 Where Process The Three “R’s”

Lesson Activities: (check all that apply)
_____Where _____Rigor
[Briefly list (bullet or numbered form) what students will do during class to prepare them for the outcomes _____Hook _____Relevance
you expect of them, assessments determining these outcomes, guided learning activities] _____Equip/Explore _____Relationships
Materials Needed: _____Rethink
[Briefly list all necessary materials for lesson activities described above] _____Evaluate