CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Plans daily lessons Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
using available sequence of lessons instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that
curriculum and using additional knowledge of based on broad provides systematic
information from assessment students’ academic knowledge of students. opportunities for
district and state information on student readiness, academic Matches resources and supporting and
required assessments. academic readiness, language, diverse specific strategies to extending student
9/25/18 language, cultural cultural backgrounds, students’ diverse learning based on
background, and and individual learning needs and comprehensive
4.1 Using knowledge of individual cognitive, social, cultural information on
students’ academic development. emotional, and backgrounds.11/2/2019 students. 4/4/2020
readiness, language physical development
proficiency, cultural
background, and
to meet their
individual individual needs.
development to plan 5/1/19 Planning addresses
instruction. Is aware of impact of Becomes aware of bias, stereotyping, and Engages students in
bias on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential assumptions about the analysis of bias,
and seeks to learn sources of bias and cultures an member of stereotyping, and
about culturally stereotyping when cultures. 11/2/2019 assumptions.
responsive pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.
5/1/19

Each week during my When planning My students are all I take the data from
prep periods I make differentiated unique and learn my students work,
sure to set aside time instruction based on differently. I constantly homework, test scores,
to work on my lesson knowledge of meet with other scores from websites
plans for the upcoming students’ academic teachers to collaborate for learning like
weeks. I review the readiness, academic with ideas that matches splashlearn, freckle,
curriculum books to language, diverse resources and specific xtra math and I plan
write my lesson plans. cultural backgrounds, strategies to students’ differentiated
Each of my curriculum and individual diverse learning needs instruction for my
books have a long cognitive, social, and cultural students to extend their
term lesson plan in emotional, and backgrounds of my student learning. I just
them. So I use this physical development students. I look online had to level my
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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information to write to meet their through Teachers Pay students in math
my own lesson plans individual needs. I Teachers, Pinterest, because ¼ of them
for the week and look for a various Twitter, and Instagram. haven’t mastered their
upcoming months. resource like on I follow blogs of other multiplication facts
9/25/18 Teacher Pay Teachers, fourth grade teachers which has made it
Pinterest, blogs, too when planning difficult to move
Instagram. When I’m differentiated further in doing long
looking for resources I instruction, which is division. 4/9/2020
make sure to examine based on broad
them for bias and knowledge of students.
stereotyping. 5/1/19 11/2/2019

Communicates Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
learning objectives for learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning articulates
a single lesson to development with students clear learning goals to students that comprehensive short-
students based on students in single goals for content that integrate content term and long-term
4.2 Establishing and
content standards and lessons and sequence are accessible, standards with learning goals for
articulating goals for
student learning available curriculum. of lessons. 9/25/18 challenging, and students’ strengths, students. Assists
differentiated to interests, and learning students to articulate
address students’ needs. 11/2/2019 and monitor learning
diverse learning needs. goals. 4/9/2020
5/1/19
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Every day I have the When teaching On top of writing the I continue to write the
agenda written on the different lessons, I goals on the white objectives for the
board with the goals make sure to have the board, I verbally students on the board.
for the day. I also goals for the lesson articulate learning I have now started
make sure to state my written on the board so goals to my students. meeting with each of
objective and goal for that the students can My curriculum has the my students every 3
each lesson when I refer back to them learning goals built weeks and go over
start teaching a lesson. during their learning. into it, so I make sure their missing
For example, in For reading I have that we go over the assignments and
spelling if we are made a bulletin board objectives and big grades. I print out a
working on the that had the goals ideas of the lesson. I missing assignment
patterns of short a and listed for that story. have my students pdf from Gradelink
long a sounds in words 5/1/19 highlight the objective and we review it
I will state that to and big ideas within together. We discuss
students. 9/25/18 their text too. goals and set goals.
11/2/2019 Each quarter I have
them set quarter goals
through a goal sheet. I
have taught my
students how to check
their grades in our
online grade book
Gradelink. 4/9/2020

4.3 Developing and Uses available Begins to plan Establishes short- and Refines sequence of Utilizes extensive
sequencing long-term curriculum for daily, curriculum units that long-term curriculum long-term plans to knowledge of
and short-term
instructional plans to
short- and long-term include a series of plans for subject reflect integrations of curriculum, content
support student plans. 9/25/18 connected lessons and matter concepts and curriculum guidelines, standards, and assess
learning are linked to long-term essential related frameworks, and learning needs to
planning to support academic language assessed instructional design cohesive and
student learning. and formats that needs to ensure student comprehensive long-
9/25/18 support student learning. 11/2/2019 and short-term
learning. 5/1/19 instructional plans that
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ensure high levels of
learning. 4/9/2020

I have planned novel During the summer I Now that I’m more
reading studies look over familiar with the
throughout the my curriculum and standards and
Language Arts start to long-term plan curriculum and with
program that correlate for the year. moving to distance
with our social studies Each curriculum learning/teaching I’m
and science lessons. comes with lesson working on designing
We read Island of the plans for the whole cohesive and
Blue Dolphins and By year. I then take the comprehensive long
the Great Horn Spoon. school calendar and and short-term
We also read Mouse start to plan which instructional plans that
and the Motorcycle at units that I want to ensure high levels of
the beginning of the teach and when do I learning, I’m doing
year because most of want to teach them. I this by using the
the students can relate look back at my lesson resources that
to it with taking a plan books from California Department
vacation over the the previous year and of Education has put
summer. I have look where I made on their website.
planned lessons to go notes of things that I 4/9/2020
along with the novel. should change or
9/25/18 update for the
upcoming year.
11/2/2019 
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated a wide range of incorporating a
suggested by sequence of lessons instructional strategies strategies to address repertoire of strategies
curriculum guidelines. that respond to into ongoing planning learning styles and specifically meet
students’ diverse that addresses meet students’ students’ diverse
learning needs. culturally responsive assessed language and language and learning
pedagogy, students’ learning needs. needs and styles to
4.4 Planning diverse language, and Provides appropriate advance learning for
instruction that Is aware of student learning needs and support and challenges all. 4/9/2020
incorporates content, learning, and Seeks to learn about styles. 9/25/18 for students. 5/1/19
appropriate strategies language needs students’ diverse 11/2/2019 Facilitates
to meet the learning through data provided learning and language Uses assessments of opportunities for
needs of all students
by the site and district. needs beyond basic students’ learning and Integrates results from students to reflect on
data. language needs to a broad range of their learning and the
inform planning assessments into impact of instructional
differentiated planning to meet strategies to meet their
instruction. 9/25/18 students’ diverse learning and language
learning and language needs. 4/9/2020
needs. 5/1/19
11/2/2019
At the beginning of the I know when planning I make sure to meet all
year, I have parents fill instruction to use a the diverse students in
out an all about me wide range of my classroom. I make
paperwork. In that strategies to address sure to create my
paperwork there is learning styles and lessons, so that they
information about their meet students’ address the different
child’s learning style. assessed language and learning styles of my
How much do they learning needs. I have students. Since I get to
read at home? How a very diverse really know my
they fill about classroom. I know that students individually
homework. Their each student is unique since we have low
child’s strengths and and so I need to make class sizes, I’m able to
weakness. I also do sure to differentiation provide differentiation
assessments at the as much as possible. I learning.
beginning of the year try to provide
for reading and math. I appropriate support One way I have
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make sure to take the when a student is facilitated
time to look at the struggling. I will work opportunities for
students cum files too. one on with them or in students to reflect on
Then I can make a a small group. For their learning is
graph to see which students who need to through using Flipgrid
type of learners I have be challenged I look and Padlet in my
in my classroom so I for resources or areas classroom. Using
can gear my lessons to challenge them. Flipgrid and Padlet has
towards them. 9/25/18 5/1/19 allowed my students to
reflect on their
I incorporate learning in different
technology into my subject
lessons whenever I can matters.4/9/2020
to help with addressing
learning styles and
meet students’
assessed language and
learning needs. Adding
technology helps
provides appropriate
support and challenges
for my students.
11/2/2019

I look through my
lesson plan book and
online grade book
Gradelink to make sure
that I’m planning
different types of
assessments to meet
my students diverse
learning and language
needs. I have now
started to incorporate
assessment through
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technology. 11/2/2019

Implements lessons Begins to adapt plans Makes adjustments Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans
and uses materials and materials in single and adaptations to adjustments to for a wide range of
from curriculum lessons or sequences differentiate instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
provided. of lessons to address instructional plans. uses a variety of based on in depth
students’ learning Uses culturally materials as the analysis of individual
4.5 Adapting needs. 9/25/18 responsive pedagogy instructional needs student needs.
instructional plans and and additional arises to support 4/9/2020
curricular materials to
meet the assessed
materials to support student learning.
learning needs of all students’ diverse 5/1/19 11/2/2019 Engages with students
students. learning needs. to identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best
meet their learning
goals. 4/9/2020

Just like in Element Each day I look at the I know that when I
4.4, I do the same for students work, and I plan my lessons that
4.5. I also make sure adjust my lesson plans they might not always
when looking at the to help support student go as planned. I have
cum files for students learning. If I notice learned that on
that have been that the students had a Wednesday’s and
identified as Gate hard time in math for Friday’s my students
learners or have IEP’s the day, then I will come to school
so, I can make sure to adjust the lesson for excited. They arrive
work on their goals the next day. I need to with much energy and
during my lessons or reteach a part, or pull sometimes not ready to
adapt my plans or some kids aside in a focus. They love
curricular to meet their small group, do some Wednesday’s and
needs. The parent more hands learning Friday’s because we
survey’s come in with them. 5/1/19 have PE on these days.
handy to when making Fridays we also
instructional plans. usually do a fun
9/25/18 For some of students I activity in the
modify or adjust afternoons. So, I know
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instructional plans and when I plan out my
uses a variety of schedule for these
materials as the days, I have to
instructional needs anticipate that I might
arises to support to adjust my teaching
student learning in style that day to meet
writing. For students my students. If I had
have a hard time with planned a for
writing, I have had individual work, I
them voice record their might have to do
writing and then use group work instead.
the tools on Read 4/9/2020
Write through Google
Chrome to edit their I have always tried to
papers. engage with my
students to help them
11/2/2019 feel successful. I feel
more engaged with
them moving to
distance learning.
Working with each
one of them to find out
what works best for
them and make
adjustments to meet
their learning goals.
Some it is easier just to
write out their work
still and send it to me.
Other typing an
assignment instead of
using FlipGrid.
4/9/2020