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Learner Choice as to How To Demonstrate Higher-Level Mastery
Learners electing to demonstrate advanced mastery can often choose how to do so.
Romeo and Juliet: Leveled Readings
This is an example of a playlist of different levels of a reading. Students can select traditional or nontraditional formats, such as annotated or graphic texts, as well as a Spanish version.
Different Learning Choices Students Make at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a teacher at Lindsay, explains how students have choice over when to take an assessment as well as which content areas to tackle. Transcript: Brandy Quintero: So students can come in here. And these are all the standards that...
Learner Choice of Learning Resources
Learners are able to choose from multiple learning resources for each content module/unit.
Feedback Modifications for English Learners at Lindsay
Teacher Marla Earnest explains how she provides feedback within a performance based system for English language learners.Transcript: Marla Earnest: In ELD it looks a little bit different because when they score based on that rubric they're not going...
Instructional Modifications for English Learners at Lindsay
Teacher Marla Earnest explains how she modifies learning activities to support English language learners.Transcript: Marla Earnest: It depends on the kid. It depends on what level they're working on. But let's take a newcomer, for example, a learner...
Personalized Learning for English Language Development (ELD)
As many Learners at Lindsay Unified School District and within Lindsay High School are English language learners, Facilitators adapt personalized structures to support English language development.
Focusing on Most Important Standards at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a Lindsay teacher, discusses how the district identifies certain learning standards to prioritize over others. Transcript: Brandy Quintero: We don't have every Common Core standard in ninth grade. We've kind of focused on the...
Power Standards
While Learners must master all standards, teachers identify "power standards" to help Learners focus on those they think are most important.
Eng 9B - Pacing Guide
This is a sample 9th grade English capacity matrix and pacing guide for a Unit on Romeo and Juliet.
Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide
Facilitators create capacity matrices, which help Learners understand what they need to do and how quickly they are expected to do it for a given standard or unit.