1) make a list of all of the effective teaching strategies that are included in

edTPA.

central focus and the essential literacy strategy

1) It consists of the main idea and the goal that the
students need to reach

Supporting Students Literacy Learning

1) Engaging and immersing students with things around
them

Supporting Literacy Development Through Language

1) This can be conducted in small groups

Monitoring Student Learning

1) Conducting assessments to better modify the lesson to
the students needs

Analyzing Teaching
1) This can be done by reviewing your past lesson and
evaluating if they were effective
2) For each rubric for Task 1 (Rubrics 1-5) write about the notable differences
between the bold language for Levels 2, 3, and 4. Remember Level 3 means
you are ready to be a beginning teacher.
2) rubric 1- Planning for literacy
How do I plan to build students understanding of
an essential literacy strategy for comprehending or
composing skill to support it?
Level 2- plan supports student learning of skills has
vague connection to strategy
Level 3 plan supports the building on each other to
support learning with clear connections to skill
Level 4 plan includes instruction building with
meaningful context with clear and consistent
connections to related skills
3) Rubric 2 planning to support varied student learning needs
How do I use knowledge of my students to target
support for students literacy learning?

Level 2 supports are loosely tied to learning objectives/

central focus of the segment
Level 3 there is attention to the characteristics of the
class as a whole
Level 4 plan supports by addressing the needs of
individuals or groups with similar needs
4) Rubric 3- Using knowledge of students to inform teaching and
learning
How do I use knowledge of my students to justify
my instruction plans?
Level 2 I justify learning tasks with limited details prior
to academic learning or with personal or cultural assets
Level 3- I justify why learning tasks are appropriate using
examples of students prior academic learning or
personal and cultural assets
Level 4- I justify why learning tasks are appropriate using
examples of students prior academic knowledge and
personal assets.
5) Rubric 4- Identifying and supporting language demands
How do I identify and support language associated
with a key literacy learning task?
Level 2 language supports primarily address one
language demand ( vocab, function, syntax, discourse)
Level 3 general language supports address use of two
or more language demands ( vocab, function, syntax,
discourse)
Level 4- targeted language supports address use of
vocabulary, language function and one or more
additional language demands ( syntax, discourse)
6) Rubric 5- Planning assessments to monitor and support
student learning
How are the formal and informal assessments
selected or designed to monitor students use of
the essential literacy strategy to comprehend or
compose text and related skills?
Level 2 the assessments provide limited evidence to
monitor students use of the essential literacy strategy
or related skills during the learning segment.
Level 3- the assessments provide evidence to monitor
students use of essential literacy strategy AND related
skills during learning segment
Level 4 - the assessments provide multiple forms
evidence to monitor students use of the essential
literacy strategy AND related skills throughout the
learning segment.