Flagstaff USD Elementary August 2024

Strategies to Engage Students, Increase Rigor, and Align AZ Standards

Let's Go Change the World!

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

~C.S. Lewis

Flagstaff USD July 2024 Elementary Presentation (Google Slides)

Overview of Gears Process

Unwrap 2024-2025 PLC+ (Google Doc and Word)

GEARS Process Planning Flowchart Integrating PLC+ (Google Doc) 

GEARS-based Unwrap 2024-2025 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

Az DFA Grade 1 Math Sample PLC+ (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

Az DFA Grade 3 ELA Sample PLC+ (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

Gear 1 (What do my students need to know and be able to do? [opportunity to learn: knowledge, skills, vocabulary])

Unwrap 2024-2025 PLC+ (Google Doc and Word)

GEARS-based Unwrap 2024-2025 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

AASA ALDs ELA and Math (links to webpages)

AASA ELA and Math Blueprints (Google Doc)

A Guide to AASA Item Types (Google Doc and Word)

Unpacking DOK (Google Doc and Word)

Creating PLDs (Google Doc and Word)

Creating LISC (Google Doc and Word)

ACT AZ PLDs Math (Google Doc and Word)

ACT AZ PLDs Reading (Google Doc and Word)

PLDs ELA 2024-2025 (link to webpage) 

PLDs Mathematics 2024-2025 (link to webpage)

PLDs Science 2024-2025 (link to webpage)

Gear 2: (How will we know when each student understands the knowledge, can communicate with the vocabulary, and can think with the essential skill?)

Az DFA Grade 1 Math Sample PLC+ (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

Az DFA Grade 3 ELA Sample PLC+ (Google Doc, Word, PDF)

DFA Sample Math KCC4 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Math 1MDa4 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Math 2NBTa2 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Reading 3RI2 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Math 3GA2 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Math 4MDa3 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

DFA Sample Math 5NFa2 (Google Doc, Word, and PDF)

Gear 3: (What instructional practices will achieve our best results for each student?)

 Learning Intention, Success Criteria

           ELA1RL2 (Google Doc)

           ELA3RI2 (Google Doc)

           PhysED3e4 (Google Doc)

           AZ Project Momentum Principal Partners (Google Doc)

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria PE.S3.E4 (Google Doc and Word)

Student and Teacher Roles/Products by DOK (Google Doc and Word)

Responding to Fiction Cards (Sample) (Google Doc and Word)

Cooperative Learning Rubric v2.0 (Google Doc and Word)

Thinking Routines 2024-2025 (Google Doc and Word)

Thinking Routines 5C/Unpack (Google Doc and Word)

Thinking Routines 5C with Link to Routines (A. Cameron, Casa Grande ESD) (Google Doc)

Second Question (Google Doc and Word)

Triangle Trivia Sample (Google Doc and PPT)

Building Academic Vocabulary Routines (Google Doc and Word)

LaToya and Kirk (collaborative problem solving) (Google Doc and Word)

Strong Verbs (Google Doc and Word)

Reflect (collaboratively review where each student is compared to standards)

Gear 4 & Gear 5 (How will respond when they don't know it? How will we respond if they already know it?)

Spin DOK Cards (Google Doc and Word)

Geo Choice Board (Google Doc and Word) 

Total Points Choice Board (Google Doc and Word)

Must Do May Do Choice Board (Google Doc and Word)

Choice Board (Google Doc and Word)

Rubric (Google Doc and Word)

Problem Solving Steps (Word)

Problem Solving Process v2.0 (Word)

Problem Solving Poster (Word)