NYSTCE Multi-Subject 5-9 case studies
NYSTCE Multi-Subject 5-9 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Teachers of Middle Childhood (Grade 5–Grade 9) is the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations content battery for candidates preparing to teach in middle-level classrooms, typically grades 5 through 9. In the NYSTCE test list it appears under test codes 231/232/245, meaning it is assembled from three parts: Part One: Literacy and English Language Arts (231), Part Two: Mathematics (232), and Part Three: Arts and Sciences (245). The NYSTCE Multi-Subject 5-9 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,246 words.
1Evidence Without Explanation in Seventh-Grade Argument Writing
Your seventh-grade ELA team has just finished a three-week argument-writing unit built around two short op-eds on school start times. You have 27 students and a departmental rubric with four criteria: claim, evidence, explanation, and conventions.
871 words, about 4 min2Slope Misconception Three Days Before the Unit Test
Your eighth-grade math team is three days from the unit test on linear relationships, and the unit standard requires students to interpret a rate of change in context. On today's exit ticket you gave 29 students a table of values - x: 2, 4, 6 and y: 5, 9, 13 - and asked for the rate of change with an explanation.
918 words, about 5 min3Moon Phase Models, Shadow Misconceptions, and an Art Collaboration
In your sixth-grade science class of 26 students you are teaching moon phases with a lamp and a polystyrene sphere. On the pre-assessment, 17 of 26 students wrote that phases happen because Earth's shadow falls on the moon.
810 words, about 4 min4Accommodations for a Developing Bilingual Student on a Science Test
Ana, a seventh grader, arrived from Guatemala 14 months ago. She is at an entering/emerging level of English proficiency, reads English at roughly a second-grade level, and is strong in mathematics.
844 words, about 4 min5An Overdue IEP, a Missed Read-Aloud, and a Standardized Benchmark
Marcus is a seventh grader with an IEP for a specific learning disability in reading. His IEP lists extended time on tests, tests read aloud, preferential seating, and a reduced-distraction setting.
803 words, about 4 min