Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
o den p io
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect
interests
learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
de i understanding of and their communities to extensive information
knowledge, cultural de i inform instruction. ega di g de
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
learning. (9/22/20) to connect to student interests.
learning.
Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests. (9/22/20)
At the beginning of the During lessons, we have
school year, my students had discussions about
did e e al All Ab Me prior knowledge, from
activities, as well as spelling to social studies,
completed a google form and have made
about their interests. I connections to life
have consulted the forms experiences and other
several times to create prior background
lesson based on their knowledge. (9/22/20)
interests and life
experiences to help them
understand the content
better. (9/22/20)