Explicit Instruction Strategies
Tools for Student Engagement
Enhancing Special Education
I do, We do, You do
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This step ensures that lessons follow a step-by-step progression that builds on prior knowledge.

What is using a logical sequence?

100

This teaching technique involves breaking down material into smaller, more manageable pieces of instruction.

What is scaffolding?

100

This type of educational plan is aligned with explicit instruction to meet individual student needs.

What is an IEP (Individualized Education Plan)?

100

In this first phase, the teacher takes the lead by demonstrating the skill or concept.

What is 'I Do'?

200

Teachers do this to provide students with clear expectations by showing exactly what is expected.

What is providing clear models?

200

In explicit instruction, these are frequent opportunities for students to actively participate in learning.

What are response opportunities?

200

Explicit instruction benefits students with disabilities by adapting these two aspects of teaching.

What are pace and materials?

200

This phase involves teacher and students working together to apply a concept.

What is 'We Do'?

300

This practice involves giving students several opportunities to respond and get immediate teacher input.

What is offering multiple response opportunities with feedback?

300

This kind of teacher input helps students correct mistakes immediately during practice.

What is feedback?

300

This structured and predictable environment helps reduce anxiety for students with learning disabilities.

What is a structured learning environment?

300

In this phase, students practice independently to demonstrate mastery.

What is 'You Do'?

400

Teachers use these two tools to clarify what a concept is and what it is not.

What are examples and non-examples?

400

Interactive discussions led by this person are a key element of student engagement in explicit instruction.

Who is the teacher?

400

Research shows that explicit instruction improves performance in these three core academic areas.

What are reading, writing, and math?

400

The "I Do, We Do, You Do" model promotes these two outcomes for students.

What are independence and mastery?

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