Element 1.
1 Emerging
Learns about students
through data provided by
the school and/or
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
them in learning
Some students may engage
in learning using
instructional strategies
focused on the class as a
whole.
Evidence
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
interests
Some students connect
learning activities to their
own lives.
Exploring
Gathers additional data to
learn about individual
students.
Students engage in single
lessons or sequence of
lessons that include some
adjustments based on
assessments.
Exploring
Uses gathered information
about students’ prior
knowledge, cultural
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interest to
support student learning.
Students participate in
single lessons or sequences
of lessons related to their
interests and experiences.
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I hand out interest
surveys the first day of
school to both parents
and students to gather
as much information
about student interests
and background as
possible. Novels and
short stories that
Applying Integrating
Uses data from a variety of
formal and informal
sources to learn about
students and guide
selection of instructional
strategies to meet diverse
learning needs.
Student engage in learning
through the use of
adjustments in instruction
to meet their needs.
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At the beginning of
each year I have
articulation meetings
with last years
teachers to gather
information about
each student. I look at
STAR test results and
through cumulative
folders. During the
first couple of weeks
informal assessments
are given. I use this
information to make
adjust teaching as
needed. 7/21/19
Applying
Uses school resources and
family contacts to expand
understanding of students’
prior knowledge, cultural
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
to connect to student
learning.
Students make connections
between curriculum, and
their prior knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests.
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Each student has the
opportunity to be
student of the week
and bring special and
unique things from
home to share with the
class. I have also
incorporated a social
skills program this year
Innovating
Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
measures to make knowledge of students to
adjustments to instruction make ongoing adjustments
and meet individual and accommodations in
identified learning needs. instruction.
Students actively utilize a Students take ownership of
variety of instructional their learning by choosing
strategies and technologies from a wide range of
in learning that ensure methods to further their
equitable access to the learning that are responsive
curriculum. to their learning needs.
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Multiple strategies are
used in the classroom
to ensure that all
students can meet
curriculum
requirements. A
variety of technology
apps are offered for
students to practice
skills. After each
assessment I look at
student results and
adjust curriculum as
needed.
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Integrating Innovating
Integrates broad knowledge Develops and systematically
of students and their uses extensive information
communities to inform regarding students’ cultural
instruction. backgrounds, prior
knowledge, life experiences,
and interests.
Students can articulate the
relevance and impact of
lessons on their lives and
Students are actively
society.
engaged in curriculum,
which relates their prior
knowledge, experiences,
and interests within and
across learning activities.

Evidence
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
Connecting subject
matter to meaningful,
real-life contexts
Some students relate
subject matter to real-life.
students can relate to to teach students about
are incorporated into life experiences.
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Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional Integrates connections from Integrates connections to Engages student in actively
real-life connections to subject matter to meaningful, real-life making connections to
subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning subject relevant, meaningful, and
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those matter instruction and is real-life contexts
lessons to support specific to students’ family responsive during throughout subject matter
understanding. and community. instruction to engage instruction.
students in relating to
subject matter.
Students routinely integrate
Students make use of real- Students utilize real-life Students actively engage in subject matter into their
making and using real-life own thinking and make
life connections provided in connections regularly to
connections to subject
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of lessons to support subject matter. 7/21/19
understanding of subject
matter.
Evidence
Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring
Uses instructional Explores additional
strategies, resources, and instructional strategies,
technologies as provided by resources, and technologies
school and/or district. in single lessons or
sequence of lessons to meet
Using a variety of students’ diverse learning
instructional needs.
strategies, resources,
and technologies to
meet students’ diverse
Students participate in
learning needs Some students participate
single lessons or sequence
in instructional strategies,
of lessons related to their
using resources and
interests and experiences.
technologies provided.
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Students are given a
topic to research and
they choose how they
would like to do it.
Ipads, books and
websites are available.
They also choose how
they will present- oral
presentation, make a
Evidence model, create a video,
etc. 7/21/19
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring
relevant applications of
matter to extend their subject matter during
understanding. learning activities.
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During class Students actively make
instruction I model connections to stories
making connections to and curriculum. They
the content. Students often ask to clarify
are then encouraged to something they are
make their own unsure of or make
connections. Novels connections to their
and short stories are life.
used to practice this 12/6/19
skill. How do you relate
to the character? Have
you ever been through
something like the
character? We also
compare characters
from different stories.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
strategies including integrates a broad range of an extensive repertoire of
culturally responsive strategies, resources, and strategies, resources, and
pedagogy, resources, and technologies into technologies to meet
technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
ongoing instruction to meet meet students’ diverse needs.
students’ diverse learning learning needs.
needs.
Students participate in Students actively engage in Students take
instruction using strategies, instruction and make use of responsibilities for using a
resources, and technologies
a variety of targeted wide range of strategies,
matched to their learning
strategies, resources, and resources, and technologies
needs.
technologies to meet their that successfully advance
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During workshop time
students are offered
multiple strategies to
complete assignment.
Technology and hands
on manipulatives are
available. I also meet
with small groups for
guided support.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
 Asks questions that focus Includes questions in single Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
on factual knowledge and lessons or a sequence of critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student to
comprehension. lessons that require questioning strategies, through independently apply critical thinking by
students to recall, interpret, posing/solving problems, developing questions, designing structured
and think critically. and reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
content. 7/21/19 reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical perspectives.
thinking though Students respond to varied
inquiry, problem questions or tasks designed Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer a
solving, and reflection Some students respond to to promote comprehension questions and problems and construct questions of wide-range of complex
questions regarding facts their own to support
and critical thinking in posed by the teacher and questions and problems,
and comprehension. inquiries into content.
single lessons or a sequence begin to pose and solve reflect, and communicate
of lessons. problems of their own understandings based on in
related to the content. depth analysis of content
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I ask students open-
ended questions
regularly. They must
find evidence from the
text to support their
answer. We
compare/contrast
characters from stories
and make connections
to all curricular areas.
Sometimes students
Evidence are given the answer to
questions and they
have to work with
partners to come up
with strong questions
that promote critical
thinking. 7/21/19

I continue to question
students with open
ended questions. We
also do close reading

with text where

students are required
to compare two stories
and site evidence.
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Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Implements lessons Seeks to clarify instruction Makes ongoing adjustments Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
following curriculum and learning activities to to instruction based on instruction based on the extend learning
guidelines. support student observation of student ongoing monitoring of opportunities and provide
Monitoring student understanding. engagement and regular individual student needs for assistance to students in
learning and adjusting checks for understanding. assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
instruction while challenge. flexibly and effectively.
teaching.
Students successfully Students monitor their
participate and stay Students are able to progress in learning and
Some students receive Students receive assistance provide information to
engaged in learning articulate their level of

individual assistance during individually or in small activities. 7/21/19 understanding and use teacher that informs
instruction. groups during instruction. teacher guidance to meet adjustments in instruction.
their needs during
instruction. 12/6/19
I question the students Students are
regularly during questioned regularly to
instruction to check for check for
understanding. This is understanding. They
also done through are encouraged and
small group instruction beginning to monitor
and one on one learning and approach
conferencing. Students me for help when they
also have journal are having trouble.
prompts and activities Students are
Evidence that check for encouraged to come to
understanding. me first, not wait for
Adjustments are made me to identify the
to the activities to give struggle.
extra support or to 12/6/19
enrich the lessons for
others. 7/21/19