As the students enter the classroom, they are greeted at the door by Mrs. L. She smiles an converses with each of them before they enter the room.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

To teach the concept of photosynthesis in her fourth-grade classroom, Ms. M asks students to brainstorm examples of food.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

Ms. Q knows that her student learned paragraph structure last year. She now plans to introduce the three-paragraph essay.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

Mr. E, like all the teachers in this middle school, meets with the other teachers in his grade level on a regular basis.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

Students are asked to create sentences highlighting the different meanings of the vocabulary words.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

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CCSS.L.5.5C

During a lesson, Mrs. B notices that two of her students are very involved in reading some outside material. She continues to circulate toward the two, and upon reaching them quietly asks for the magazine, points to the task they should be doing, and moves on to the next students.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

In a discussion after a lesson, Mr. C states that in subsequent lessons he would assign fewer students to each group, thereby creating more groups. The large number of each group (six) seemed to make it difficult for the group to get started and to stay focused on the task.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

Mr. D will give a unit test next week to check mastery of skills from previous lessons.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

Mr. A asks his sixth-grade students to perform different experiments to determine the identity of a mystery material. From their experiments, students are to infer the material's identity.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

In a unit on fractions in fifth-grade class, Ms. S is designing a variety of games and activities involving fraction bars, graph paper, rode, every materials, and computer adaptive programming to introduce and reinforce the concept of equivalency.

• Planning and Preparation

• Classroom Environment

• Instruction

• Professional Responsibilities

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B