Criteria Unacceptable Needs Improvement Meets Criteria
Technology aligns with UDL principle of representation:
Features to add:
Soften contrasting page and
Perception text colors to prevent eye
strain
Features to add:
Embedded vocab practice
via links to Quizlet
Language, expression, and
symbols
Features to add:
Graphic organizers
Comprehension Original YouTube
videos/tutorials
EduCreations tutorials
Technology aligns with UDL principle of action/expression:
Features to add:
Incentivize students to add
their own text/notes in the
body of the text or margins
Physical action Use touchscreen technology
where available to allow
students to combine both
Students are able to:
Manipulate size, font, and
screen brightness
Access audio, graphics, and
video through hyperlinks
Students are able to:
Define new vocabulary
(which Ive underlined) by
right-clicking and navigating
to the online dictionary
Choose questions based on
comprehension or word
usage
Students are able to:
Use hyperlinked graphics,
videos, and websites to aid
in comprehension
Add their own annotations
 physical and digital
manipulation
Features to add:
Allow students to respond
to questions visually using
YouTube links or Flipgrid
Expression and Allow other creative
communication multigenre responses
visual narratives (Storybird),
podcasting (Audacity)
Explore Docs capabilities
for discussion forums and
shared commenting
Features to add: Students are able to:
Embedded calendar for Read and work at their own
suggested due dates and pace as long as they are
reading schedule making progress and using
Executive function Forum for questions and feedback in their responses
clarifications (Once students finish one
More reflection and chapter, they receive access
metacognition questions to to the next; they must only
help students reflect on finish the entire book by a
their own reading process certain cutoff date)

Technology aligns with UDL principle of engagement:

Features to add: Students are able to:

Allow students to choose,
annotate, and hyperlink
their own works
Recruiting interest Meet in weekly sessions to
discuss their reading
Choose which questions to
answer based on personal
interests and reading skill
level (without me actually
labeling the skill levels)
 Allow more creative writing
opportunities (add a missing
chapter directly to the text)
Features to add:
More group opportunities
More challenging, long-
form writing prompts as
they progress in the novel
Sustaining effort and
persistence
Features to add:
A book/page tracking
Self-regulation system that incentivizes
students to read
Weekly book talks,
conferences, and
comprehension checks
Set their own reading pace
and schedule
Students are able to:
Transfer their learning since
classroom activities are
related to the reading, but
not dependent on their
reading at the same pace
Increase the rigor with
which they read by
answering more difficult
questions
Use feedback to revise
previous responses and craft
future responses
Students are able to:
Gain low-risk/high-interest
reading practice and
expertise
Increase confidence through
increased exposure to
reading advanced texts