1. Tiered Instruction Unit
US PLC

2. Tiered Instruction It is an adaptation of Layered Instruction
Bases work on lowering levels of cognitive load while driving higher learning based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
Allows students choice while ensuring that students interact with all important information in the unit

3. Benefits Encourages student choice
Pushes students to use more evaluative thinking and fostering of self discovery while touching on a wide range of Historical Skills
Allows for easy differentiation
Provides the teacher an efficient way to formatively assess all students in the class

4. How to Implement
The first day will be focused on accomplishing the following tasks:
Covering the Tier 3 assessments (allows for students to plan which assessment they will choose)
Brief overviews of tasks to be completed (Note mandatory tasks at this point)
Discuss point benchmarks per week (Will go in as weekly grades)
Allow students to begin exploration

5. Point Breakdown
All point values are based on a 100 point unit. The weights of assessments and classwork can still reflect the percentages required in your section
The point break down is as follows
Tier 1: 5 total tasks for 30 unit points (6 points per)
Tier 2: 4 total tasks for 40 unit points (10 points per)
Tier 3: 1 task for 30 unit points (30 points per)

6. Class Discussion
Done once a day for about 10 minutes (before student work time)
One of the biggest changes will be the static note taking
Students will have to analyze information from class discussion and create notes around it based on given prompts
Models Cornell Note Taking (Side columns and essential questions)
Different parts of the lesson will prompt students to “create the content”
Manufacture definitions and analysis based on group discussions

7. Student Work Time
Students will have anywhere from minutes to work on their work
Teacher circulates the room to check work/assess for mastery/sign off on rubric
As students complete their work, you can assign them to assist others around them
You can pair up students to work collaboratively as well