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Ms. Begay has just been hired as a first-year fourth-grade teacher at
Silverado Elementary School. At the school orientation for new

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staff, the principal discussed the most recent state assessment
results and informed the new teachers that they would be required to

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incorporate state standards and curricular goals into their
instructional lesson planning. As Ms. Begay begins to develop her

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units and lessons for the upcoming year, she focuses on one semester
at a time. She recognizes that she needs to address the state

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standards in her lessons and begins to reflect on how to make that
work for her group of students. She knows that she will have

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students of varying backgrounds and abilities, and wants to make
sure the curriculum meets the needs of all of her students, since

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she is not sure if all students are even at grade level. She also
wants to ensure that her students are actively engaged in learning

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and find the lessons exciting. She is concerned that teaching to the
standards will be boring and will just be "teaching to the test."