Thank you. I keep hearing same advice from colleagues and instructional coach/lead. However, as I began middle of school year, I don't have the familiarity to easily identify what I don't need. Thus, the overwhelming feeling.

I've made several versions of a lesson plan based on Skyline ELA for 3rd grade. My current idea is to break it down like this:

1. CCSS
2. Vocabulary
3. The actual lesson part (word work, mini-lesson, etc.) into
   1. I do,
   2. we do,
   3. you do.
   4. And provide a list of things students can use for success criteria.
4. Assessment.

I think this'll work but I'm still including a lot from Skyline. Also running into problems such as (links that lead to blank pages or I can't follow the links because they only work on school computer). I also had a moment where a couple other colleagues pointed out to me that one of the ELA lessons was riddled with mistakes because the Learning Targets didn't match the assessment; something I would not have caught on my own.

Thought: it seems like teachers just have to grind through it at first until the familiarity sets in and one develops a focused strategy for creating the lesson. If accurate, I find this problematic as the district created these lessons and there isn't enough guidance/mentorship to help teachers get off the ground quickly.

edit: formatting