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The Gradual Release of Responsibility

TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

Focus LessonGuided Practice

“I show you how”

“We do it ”

“You do it together”

Collaborative

Independent “You do it alone”

ObservePrompt

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Comparison of Planning Steps

Content Understanding Procedural Knowledge

Objective Objective

Assessment Assessment

Introduce or Review Introduce or Review

Develop Understanding Model - Explain

Revise and Summarize Guided Practice

Extend Independent Practice

Transfer Transfer

Closure Closure

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Procedural Steps

Procedural Knowledge

Objective

Assessment

Introduce or Review

Model - Explain

Guided Practice

Independent Practice

Transfer

Closure

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Reflection Questions for Lesson Planning

Preparation Model - Explain

Independent Practice- Transfer

Guide

• Have I modeled things I expect students to do independently?

• Did I create a visual to remind them of key “take aways”.

• How will I prompt to independence?

• What data will have I have for planning future lessons?

• What will students do to show they are understanding?

• How will I capture the data?

• Does my lesson objective end with release to independence?

• Are the materials I plan to use interesting and accessible?

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Video Clips that Illustrate GRR

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/FisherandFrey/videos

• Stir-fry: http://books.heinemann.com/wordwise/player.aspx?file=wordWiseCh2video

• Grade Two: Geometryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXMR2THtHcg

• Grade Four: Close Readinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIQcwbHRKY

• Grade Six: Annotationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9YbeCkLeQ

Navigator Learning Introduction - http://youtu.be/6TTnbXiztLo