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CSTP 1 Hiser 12
CSTP 1 Hiser 12
CSTP 1 Hiser 12
-I try to incorporate
student culture and
interest into the
curriculum. 6/24/18
-I create differentiated
small groups in Math and
Literacy which change
based on test data,
observation, student
work, and student self-
assessment. 6/24/18
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and interests knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
represented among backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
Connecting learning to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and interests.
to students’ prior learning. 6/24/18 to connect to student
knowledge, learning. 10/28/18
backgrounds, life 12/12/18 5/7/19 Students can articulate
experiences, and Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively the relevance and impact
interests learning activities to their single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, of lessons on their lives
own lives. sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior and society.
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences,
and experiences. 6/24/18 backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests. 10/28/18
12/12/18 5/7/19
Evidence -I attempt to always -Co-created a Social
make connections to Studies unit on Ancestry
prior learning and build in which students
on student experience. researched their heritage,
6/24/18 family history, heirlooms,
and immigration.
-In all content areas, I 10/28/18 12/12/18
use examples of 5/7/19
experiences students
I teach direct lessons on
can relate to and bring in
making connections.
topics that interest
Students are taught how
students. For example, to make connections and
writing story problems encouraged to explore
about Ninjago. 6/24/18 and share connections to
curriculum. 10/28/18
-Students have choice in 12/12/18 5/7/19
many aspects of
curriculum. For example, Students independently
in writing, students draw connections
choose what to write between curricular areas.
about and are not asked They are excited about
to write to a specific what they are learning.
prompt. 6/24/18 5/7/19
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
-To teach Social Studies
standards, I use Inquiry
projects that are driven
by student interest. For
example, we learn map
skills by making maps of
our neighborhood
community. We learn
about cultural
differences and
similarities by reading a
variety of Cinderella
stories from various
cultures (I always
include ones from the
cultures that are present
in my classroom).
6/24/18
-Groupings are
sometimes
homogeneous, but often
heterogeneous to
provide opportunities to
learn with and from
peers. 6/24/18
10/28/18 12/12/18
-I want to incorporate
more reflection. That
piece is missing.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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I am creating more
student-driven inquiry
projects. For example,
during a recent lesson
on plant pollination,
students had a lot of
questions about bees.
We returned to this idea
the next day, charting all
our questions about
bees. We made a list of
ideas for how to learn
more (read books, watch
videos, talk to a
beekeeper, study bees in
person) and we are
pivoting our study of
plant life cycle to a deep
dive into bees. This will
include an action piece
(planting a pollinator
garden). 5/7/19