The document describes the levels of integrating real-life connections to subject matter according to the CSTP standard. It outlines the levels from emerging to innovating. At the emerging level, real-life connections are used during instruction as identified by the curriculum. At the applying level, real-life connections are integrated from subject matter to meaningful contexts, including those specific to family and community. At the innovating level, students are engaged in actively making connections to relevant contexts throughout subject matter instruction.
The document describes the levels of integrating real-life connections to subject matter according to the CSTP standard. It outlines the levels from emerging to innovating. At the emerging level, real-life connections are used during instruction as identified by the curriculum. At the applying level, real-life connections are integrated from subject matter to meaningful contexts, including those specific to family and community. At the innovating level, students are engaged in actively making connections to relevant contexts throughout subject matter instruction.
The document describes the levels of integrating real-life connections to subject matter according to the CSTP standard. It outlines the levels from emerging to innovating. At the emerging level, real-life connections are used during instruction as identified by the curriculum. At the applying level, real-life connections are integrated from subject matter to meaningful contexts, including those specific to family and community. At the innovating level, students are engaged in actively making connections to relevant contexts throughout subject matter instruction.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in during instruction as real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant, lessons or sequence of contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life lessons to support ecific de and is responsive during contexts throughout understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter Connecting subject students in relating to instruction. matter to subject matter. (9/22/20) meaningful, real-life contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter provided in single lessons develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. matter to extend their and make relevant support understanding of (9/22/20) understanding. applications of subject subject matter. matter during learning activities. Students are researching Right now, our different civil rights curriculum for ELA is activists and applying based in government and what they did to what is talking about the history happening in the world of government. With this, currently. They are I have integrated comparing and meaningful connections contrasting the two and to real life based on the are making a choice to see subject matter. We if change will happen learned about voting and based on our history. voting rights for certain (9/22/20) groups of people, and we Evidence made connections to who can vote today and the issues people vote about. (9/22/20)