Math Cycle Performance Assessment
Multiple Subject
Part B: Sample Math Lesson Plan Template
Multiple Subject
Step 1: Plan—Part B: Sample Math Lesson Plan
Template
Directions: If you do not have access to a school or district lesson plan format, consider using this sample math
lesson plan template.
Use the knowledge gathered about your students to establish grade-level appropriate math-specific learning
goals: one goal that supports math content and practice and one goal that supports math ALD. Based on those
learning goals, plan one asset-based, UDL-focused math lesson. Provide answers to the following prompts by
typing your responses within the brackets following each prompt (up to 10 pages). Do not delete or alter the
prompts.
For more information, see pages 10–13 of the Math Cycle Performance Assessment Guide.
Title of lesson
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Subject
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Grade level
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1. What are your goals for the math lesson?
a. Select Math Strand/Standard and Math Practice: Based on the students’ prior
learning, recent information you reviewed, student assets (cultural and/or linguistic)
and/or interests, and learning needs:
i. For TK: From the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning
Foundations, select:
one age-level developmental strand:
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one Mathematical Practice (MP):
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ii. For K–12: From the California Common Core State Standards Math, select:
one grade-level Mathematical Content Standard:
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Part B: Sample Math Lesson Plan Template
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one Mathematical Practice (MP):
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b. Develop a Math Content and Practice Learning Goal: Based on the age-/grade-level
strand/standard and math practice you selected, write one developmentally appropriate
math learning goal that includes both math content and practice (see examples on
pages 12–13 of the Math Cycle Performance Assessment Guide).
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2. Develop a Math ALD Learning Goal: Based on the relevant math academic vocabulary
needed for the lesson, create a math academic language development goal that supports
the math content and practice learning goal (see examples on page 13 of the Math Cycle
Performance Assessment Guide).
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3. What will the students do in the math lesson?
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a. What instructional materials and/or resources will you use in the math lesson? Why?
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4. What UDL-focused instructional strategies will you use during the math lesson to support
student learning? Describe how you will:
a. Connect the content of this lesson to students’ recent math learning.
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b. Create a safe, positive learning environment.
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c. Leverage your students’ assets (cultural and/or linguistic) and/or interests.
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d. Support the math ALD of your students.
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e. Ask questions to engage students in higher-order thinking to deepen their understanding
of math content.
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f. Monitor the students’ progress toward meeting the math content and practice and math
ALD goals.
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