CSTP

4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
and state required information on student academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
assessments. 8/20/2020 academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
4.1 Using knowledge background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
of students’ academic individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
readiness, language 8/24/2020 social, emotional, and backgrounds.
proficiency, cultural physical development to
background, and meet their individual
individual needs. 8/24/2020
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
instruction. on learning. 8/20/2020 Becomes aware of Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
potential areas of bias sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
and seeks to learn about stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions.
culturally responsive planning lessons. Uses cultures.
pedagogy. culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.

Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Reflective
• Grade 1 Team • Teacher Conversation
planning to incorporate the • Teacher is
ensure that all students’ familiar with and
students are cultures, sensitive to the
taking the same background background of
pre-assessment knowledge and students in
and assessment interests into different ethnic,
8/20/2020 planning and language, and
instruction socioeconomic
8/24/2020 • Teacher uses
prior knowledge
or learning to
help the students
achieve the new
content or skill
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
lesson to students based development with students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
student learning 8/18/2020 8/24/2020 and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
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Classroom Observation Lesson Plan Classroom Observation
• Teacher • Teacher breaks • Teacher
communicates down the communicates
the learning learning goals and makes the
goals for the into manageable learning goals
lesson whether it learning goals explicit at the
is written or • Teacher uses beginning of the
verbal learning ladders lesson orally
8/18/2020 and break the 8/24/2020
ladders into
smaller learning
goals so that by
the end of the
unit, we would
cover all of the
goals on the
ladder
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
4.3 Developing and term plans. 8/18/2020 of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of curriculum content standards, and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential guidelines, frameworks, assess learning needs to
term and short-term planning to support related academic and assessed design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats instructional needs to comprehensive long- and
support student 8/18/2020 that support student ensure student learning. short-term instructional
learning learning. 8/24/2020 8/18/2020 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.

Curricular Calendar Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Curricular Calendar
• PYP Grade 1 • Grade 1 Team • Students’ • Each unit is
team develops a planning Unit of learning goals sequence for 6
year-long Inquiry which is both address the weeks. The Unit
curricular all inter-related short- and long- of Inquiries
calendar so that to one another term learning follow one
the essential • The first unit is • Teacher uses the another very well
content ‘Who We Are’, continuums and 8/18/2020
standards are where we learn learning ladders
spread out across about to help with the
the academic communities and curriculum plans
year families. Move on 8/24/2020
8/18/2020 to the second
unit, ‘How We
Organize
Ourselves’ where
we learn about
what our
communities
provide for our
needs and wants
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. 8/18/2020 respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning 8/20/2020 responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and Seeks to learn about 8/24/2020 Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through students’ diverse learning broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site and language needs Uses assessments of assessments into their learning and the
and district. 8/18/2020 beyond basic data. students’ learning and planning to meet impact of instructional
8/20/2020 language needs to inform students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
planning differentiated and language needs. learning and language
instruction. 8/24/2020 needs.

Lesson Plan Classroom Reflective
• Instructional Observations Conversations
strategies are • Students and • During Team
chosen so each teacher learn meeting, teachers
student engage about each reflect on the
with the content through activities students’
in a way that of ‘Who are you?’ learning needs
leads to mastery • Teacher uses by looking over
• Repetition is one what is learned the pre-
of the strategies to plan activities assessments
that is used in to cater to the • Lessons are
class students’ planned on the
8/18/2020 learning needs pace of the
8/20/2020 students’
learning needs
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
8/18/2020 lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of materials based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and as the instructional needs analysis of individual
instructional plans
8/24/2020 additional materials to arises to support student student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse learning. 9/7/2020
materials to meet the
learning needs. Engages with students to
assessed learning
8/24/2020 identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

Lesson Plan Reflective Conversation Lesson Plan Classroom Observation
• Teacher uses the • Teacher can • Teacher modifies • Teacher
materials identify and the instructional continues to
provided by the explain the plans to reteach adjust lessons
curriculum as connections the missing based on more
well as research between the concepts, knowledge about
materials learning goals methods, or the students
• Teacher provide and the activities skills, and throughout the
materials with and materials incorporate the unit
activities that that will be used work into future • Modifications are
reflect multiple for the lesson instructions made in response
learning • During the online 8/24/2020 to observed
modalities classes where difficulties during
8/18/2020 families are in the lesson. Giving
limbos, the students more
material they time to complete
have is just a a task
computer, pencil 9/7/2020
and paper
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