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I am still working on
sharing with my students
how our content connects
to the new NGSS.
Although I share learning
goals and targets with
students, I haven’t been
explicit with how it
connects to NGSS.
12/12/18.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Follows organization of Examines organization of Uses knowledge of Integrates knowledge of Uses extensive knowledge
curriculum as provided curriculum and considers curriculum and student curriculum and resources of curriculum and related
by site and district to adjustments in single readiness to organize and to organize and adjust resources to flexibly and
support student lessons or sequence of adjust the curriculum to instruction within and effectively organize and
3.3 Organizing
understanding of the lessons to support ensure student across subject matter to adjust instruction.
curriculum to
subject matter. understanding of subject understanding. extend student
facilitate student
matter. understanding. Ensures student
understanding of the
comprehension and
subject matter
facilitates student
articulation about what
they do and do not
understand.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
I am chunking
information and
incorporating class
discussions and hands-on
activities to go along with
each section of our
content to ensure the best
student understanding.
12/12/18.
Uses instructional Gathers and uses Selects and adapts a Integrates instructional Uses an extensive
strategies that are additional instructional variety of instructional strategies appropriate to repertoire of instructional
provided in the strategies in single strategies to ensure subject matter to meet strategies to develop
3.4 Utilizing curriculum. lessons or sequence of student understanding of students’ diverse enthusiasm, meta-
instructional lessons to increase academic language learning, to ensure cognitive abilities, and
strategies that are student understanding of appropriate to subject student understanding of support and challenge the
appropriate to the academic language matter and that addresses academic language, and full range of student
subject matter appropriate to subject students’ diverse learning guide student in towards a deep
matter. needs. understanding knowledge of subject
connections within and matter.
across subject matter.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
I am still incorporating
the aforementioned
strategies to help my
students understand
scientific concepts.
Without an NGSS-aligned
textbook this year, I have
been finding adapted
articles to go along with
each section of content to
engage students and
provide them with an
additional resource.
12/12/18.
3.5 Using and Uses available Explores additional Selects, adapts, and Integrates a wide range of Engages students in
adapting resources, instructional materials, instructional materials, utilizes appropriate adapted resources, identifying and adapting
technologies, and resources, and resources, and instructional materials, technologies, and resources, technologies,
standards-aligned technologies for specific technologies to make resources, and instructional materials to and standards-aligned
instructional lessons to make subject subject matter accessible technologies for concept meet identified student instructional materials to
materials including matter accessible to to students. and skill development in needs and make subject extend student
adopted materials, to students. subject matter. Resources matter accessible to understanding and
make subject matter Explores how to make reflect the diversity of the students. critical thinking about
accessible to all Identifies technological technological resources classroom and support subject matter.
students resource needs. available to all students. differentiated learning of Assists student with
subject matter. equitable access to Ensures that student are
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
I am still incorporating a
variety of instructional
strategies and student
activities to help students
meet the learning goals.
We use a combination of
pen and paper along with
technology in my
classroom. 12/12/18.
3.6 Addressing the Is aware of students’ Seeks additional information Identifies language Integrates knowledge of Engages English learners in
needs of English primary language and describing elements of proficiencies and English English language assessment of their progress
learners and student English language culture and language learner strengths in the development, English in English language
with special needs to proficiencies based on proficiencies in listening, study of language and learners’ strengths and development and in meeting
available assessment data. speaking, reading, and content. Differentiates assessed needs into English content standards. Supports
provide equitable writing. Uses multiple instruction using one or language and content students to establish and
access to the content measures for assessing more components of English instruction. monitor language and
English learners’ language development to content goals.
performance to identify gaps support English learners.
in English language
Provides adapted materials development. Creates and implements Develops and adapts Is resourceful and flexible in
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning