I do, we do, you do. Already in every lesson you plan.
The gradual release of responsibility is the backbone of solid instruction, and also the part that’s tedious to build out, phase by phase, for every single lesson. CARL’s structure runs on it, so the handoff from your modelling to their independent work is already drafted when you generate a lesson.
The handoff, already staged
Every lesson you make moves through the release:
I do
the focused instruction where you model the thinking, with the explanation drafted and ready to make yours.
We do
the guided practice, with prompts and checks for the part where you work it through together.
You do
the independent task, with the lesson’s learning supports and success-criteria ladder covering the students who need more and those ready to stretch.
One real lesson, with the release staged in order:
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The phases arrive in order, connected, so the release is a plan and not an afterthought.
One structure, not a costume change (the honest part)
The straight version: CARL builds every lesson on one structure that combines gradual release with the 5E arc and the BOPPPS pieces. It won’t reformat itself into a bare I-do/we-do/you-do worksheet with nothing else. It gives you the gradual release done well, sitting inside a full lesson. If gradual release is what your board or your mentor asks for, it’s here in every lesson you generate.
We wrote up how the structure came together, and why release sits at its centre. Learn more about CARL’s lesson structure
Who reaches for this
Literacy and math teachers
where the I do / we do / you do release is the daily bread.
Teacher candidates
whose programs live and die by the gradual release model.
Coaches and mentors
who want new teachers producing scaffolded lessons without a weekend lost to phase-writing.
The honesty beat
AI can be wrong, sometimes confidently. Every lesson lands as an editable draft, and nothing reaches your students without you. The release gives you the scaffold; the read on when your class is ready for you do stays yours.
Questions teachers ask first.
Plan one lesson, and the release is already staged.
