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PL Toolkit
Spend less time searching, and more time teaching
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The PL Toolkit is a compilation of case studies and examples that will provide you with practical application for the Planning Effective Practices.
Elementary Case Study for Annual Goals and Student Investment
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This case study follows an elementary school reading teacher as she develops annual goals for her students based on lexile levels and then invests her students to progress toward those goals.
Instructions
Read the case study and reflect on how to create annual goals for your classroom as well as plans to invest students in the goals. Also note an adaptation for early childhood education teachers
PL-1
Passport to Success Investment Strategy
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These pictures show how one K-8 Resource teacher invested her students in their IEP goals with a traveling theme.
Instructions
Create a passport for each student with each page listing a goal. As each goal is met, students can move their plane along their route, getting closer to their destination.
PL-1, PL-2
Grades 3-5 STAAR Subjects Tracker
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This tracker is set up with the standards for the STAAR tested subjects for grades 3-5 broken into categories. Other grades can also use this tracker by simply modifying the TEKS listed at the top. As...
Instructions
Enter student names in the desired grade level and content tab. Enter percent mastery of each standard as students are assessed on that particular standard.
PL-2
Measuring My Growth By TEKS
Recommendations for Intervention Example
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This chart can provide guidance as to how to break down an assessment by percent of students mastering the standards and to recommend interventions, using an ELA 7th Grade Writing Assessment as an exa...
Instructions
Enter the TEKS from the assessment in the first column. Put in the number of the question on the assessment, the percent of students that answered that question correctly, and the percent of students who mastered the whole standard. Fill out the recommendations for interventions.
PL-2, PL_3
Review and Reteach Plan
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This spreadsheet can be used to analyze which standards were mastered and to what extent. If gaps do exist, there is a page for planning small group intervention.
Instructions
Analyze data using the reflection questions on the first tab. Consider why any gaps in learning might exist. Plan small group intervention using the chart provided.
PL-2, PL_3
Objective Template with Lesson Planner
Secondary Case Study for Annual Goals and Student Investment
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This case study follows a middle school Math teacher as he develops annual goals for his students based on raw scores on previous standardized tests and then invests his students to progress toward th...
Instructions
Read the case study and reflect on how to create annual goals for students as well as plans to invest students in the goals. Also note adaptations for teachers of performance based or non-Value Added classes.
PL-1
Letter Assessment Tracker
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This tracker is set up with the standards for the STAAR tested subjects for grades 3-5 broken into categories. Other grades can also use this tracker by simply modifying the TEKS listed at the top. As...
Instructions
Enter student names in the desired grade level and content tab. Enter percent mastery of each standard as students are assessed on that particular standard.
PL-2
Pre-test, Post-test, and Exit Ticket Tracker
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This tracker can be used to see growth on a particular objective. The tracker will automatically populate the percent mastery on exit tickets taken as an average, the percent mastery overall based on ...
Instructions
Input student names. Enter the percent mastery on the pre-test. Enter the percent mastery for each exit ticket and the post-test. Once the information is entered, the analysis will automatically populate.
PL-2
Resource, Inclusion, Special Education Tracker
TEKS Chart
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This TEKS chart for 4th grade Math is broken down by category and TEKS. This could be used as a printout or a soft copy saved on the computer for the teacher to see student mastery on each TEK.
Instructions
Enter student names for each class period. Rename the categories and TEKS to match the grade level and content area. Fill in mastery in the Excel spreadsheet, or print out the chart to track mastery in hard copy.
PL-2