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This is my second year It has been getting I am always reminding I always start lessons by
teaching 3rd grade so I am easier as the school year students about what we reminding students what
getting more familiar with has progressed to be learned the previous day we learned the previous
the content standards and able to identify subject I use exit tickets to ensure day or in the previous
am working my way matter and additional students are lesson.
toward identifying activities that fulIill the understanding the lessons I make sure to review the
connections between content standards. I watch Savaas tutorial academic vocabulary
academic content 5/6/22 videos to gain a better before a lesson.
standards and instruction. understanding of our new I sometimes watch
I feel I am getting better at math curriculum. tutorial videos before
this. 9/25/21 math lessons so that I can
see how best to teach the
content.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Follows organization of Examines organization Uses knowledge of Integrates knowledge of Uses extensive knowledge
curriculum as provided by of curriculum and curriculum and student curriculum and resources of curriculum and related
site and district to support considers adjustments readiness to organize and to organize and adjust resources to Ilexibly and
student understanding of in single lessons or adjust the curriculum to instruction within and effectively organize and
3.3 Organizing
the subject matter. sequence of lessons to ensure student across subject matter to adjust instruction.
curriculum to
support understanding understanding. extend student
facilitate student
of subject 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
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 learning, enthusiasm, meta-cognitive
instructional lessons to increase academic language to ensure student abilities, and support and
strategies that are student understanding appropriate to subject understanding of challenge the full range of
appropriate to the of academic language matter and that addresses academic language, and student towards a deep
subject matter appropriate to subject students’ diverse learning guide student in knowledge of subject
matter. needs. understanding matter.
connections within and
across subject matter.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
I do not have any English I have used numerous I do not have any English I have a special needs
Learners in my class this graphic organizers to learners in my class this student in my class. He
year. I do have a couple of help my struggling year. I still go over new has an IEP. I have worked
IEP students in my class. students with their vocabulary though. with his parents
They both struggle with writing. I also use the throughout the year to
math. I have their desks document camera to ensure that he is able to
right next to each other so model how to use them keep up in the class. I've
that I can easily work with when we are writing made special
both of them at the same stories or doing accommodations for him
time. 9/25/21 research. 5/6/22 such as allowing him to do
half of his work at home.
CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning