edTPA Includes
 Planning for Instruction and Assessment
Analyzing
Teaching
 Instructing & Engaging Students
in Learning
 Assessing Student Learning
Academic
Language
edTPA for
Language Arts Includes
 Planning for Instruction and Assessment
Analyzing
Teaching
 Instructing & Engaging Students
in Learning
 Assessing Student Learning
Academic
Language
edTPA:
Comprehension Learning Segment
 Context for Learning Information
 3-4 Sequential Lessons
 Instructional Materials
 Assessments
 Planning Commentary
 3 Rubrics
Context for Learning
 Template provided

MST template found on GauchoSpace. You have already filled
this out for a previous assignment

ESC template emailed last week with all ESC CLS files
 Describing school, class, and specific
student needs
 Not to exceed 3 pages single spaced
including prompts
Context for Learning Form
**The students described on this form must be supported throughout your lesson.
3-4 Sequential Lessons
 Identify a central focus to support students to
develop an essential literacy strategy and the
requisite skills for comprehending text in
meaningful contexts.
 No more than 4 pages per lesson
 MST use informal lesson format for edTPA, ESC use
lesson plan template in ESC CLS file
 CLS optional drafts/outlines
3-4 Sequential Lessons
Choose only ONE comprehension strategy to teach across the 3-4 lessons.
1. Making Predictions
2. Making Connections (compare/contrast texts)
3. Asking Questions
4. Drawing Inferences
5. Visualizing
6. Determining Importance
7. Summarizing
**Make your teaching point clear throughout your lesson plans
**Make sure your lessons build upon each other throughout the series
CLS Draft Outline
Template can be
found on
GauchoSpace
Helpful Planning Resources
 CCSS & Comprehension Strategy Alignment Chart
 Tompkins
 Into the Book Website (link under Class 7)
 Class 6 Resource file
 Your CT & Peers
CLS Draft Feedback
Instructional Materials
 Select and submit key instructional materials
needed to understand what you and the students
will be doing
 Up to 5 additional pages per lesson plan.
Instructional Materials
 The instructional materials might include such
items as class handouts, assignments, PPT slides,
or images.
Assessments
 Submit all written assessments
 Do not submit student work
Planning Commentary
 Written before teaching
 Template provided

MST on GauchoSpace

ESC in ESC CLS file
 Address all prompts with thoughtful and complete
responses
 Your opportunity to explain your thinking
 1 commentary for the entire lesson series
 No more than 9 pages single-spaced, including prompts
Planning Commentary
MST Template on
GauchoSpace
ESC Template in
ESC CLS file
edTPA: Academic Language
 Embedded throughout lesson plans
 Discussed in planning commentary
 Identify language functions, forms and
supports
All documents must be...
 Arial font
 11-point type
 Single space with 1" margins on all sides.
 .doc or .docx
 Uploaded to GauchoSpace by 5pm on 12/16
 Labeled appropriately
edTPA:
Comprehension Learning Segment
 Context for Learning Information
 3-4 Sequential Lessons
 Instructional Materials
 Assessments
 Planning Commentary
 3 Rubrics
edTPA:
CLS
Rubrics for edTPA CLS
 MST: Rubric 1, Rubric 2, and Rubric 5
 ESC: Rubric 1, Rubric 3 and Rubric 5
 Level 1 – Level 5
 Level 3 and above is considered passing
 Review the rubrics!
Rubric 1: MST and ESC
How do the candidate’s plans build
students’ literacy skills and an essential
strategy for comprehending or
composing text?
Rubric 2: MST
How does the candidate use knowledge of
his/her students to target support for
students’ literacy learning?
 Candidate attends to requirements in
IEPs and 504 plans
 If you do not have sts with IEPs or 504
plans that must be stated
Rubric 3: ESC
How does the candidate use knowledge of
his/her students to justify instructional
plans?
 Connections to theory and/or research
Rubric 5: ESC and MST
How are the informal and formal
assessments selected or designed to
monitor students’ use of the essential
strategy and requisite skills to comprehend
or compose text?
 Assessment adaptations required by IEP or
504 plans are made
Final Submission: Dec. 16 by 5pm
 Uploaded to GauchoSpace
 Single spaced
 .doc or .docx only
 All items labeled and filed according to edTPA
requirements
edTPA Handbook Chart
Headings
 Lesson plans: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4
 Materials: Lesson 1 Materials, Lesson 2 Materials...
 Assessments: Lesson 1 Assessments, Lesson 2 Assessments...
Critical Resources
on GauchoSpace (MST) or in ESC CLS File
Raise your hand if you can tell us...
...one of the components of this assignment.
In other words, name one of the items that
you will turn in on Dec. 16th.
Lesson plans, context for learning, planning
commentary, instructional materials,
assessments
Raise your hand if you can tell us...
...where MST candidates find the required
materials and support resources.
GauchoSpace
...where ESC candidates find the required
materials and support resources.
In your email inbox
Raise your hand if you can tell us...
...the focus of one of the rubrics.
Plans with one focus that build across 3-5 days.
Supporting students
Using knowledge of students to plan
Assessment
Everybody call out!
How many rubrics will be used to score your
assignment?
3
Are you required to teach these lessons?
No!
Everybody call out!
If you decide to teach the series, do you write
the planning commentary before or after
you teach it?
Before!
True or false: Academic language is a major
focus of this assignment.
False
Everybody call out!
MST TCs, should you read the edTPA
handbook before completing this
assignment?
YES!
ESC TCs, should you read all of your materials
before completing this assignment?
YES!