Praxis PLT: Grades 5-9 case studies
Praxis PLT: Grades 5-9 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 5-9 test (commonly referenced as PLT 5-9 or test code 5623) is one of the subject-specific pedagogy assessments used by many states as part of initial teacher licensure for middle-level educators. It is intended for candidates preparing to teach in grades 5 through 9, and it asks you to think like a teacher rather than a content specialist: how middle-grade students develop, how to plan and deliver instruction, how to assess learning, and how to act professionally within a school community. The Praxis PLT: Grades 5-9 case studies are 5 cases and about 6,606 words.
1Heavy Things Sink: A Density Unit with a Five-Day Clock
Okafor teaches seventh-grade science. Her second-period class has 29 students: four with IEPs for reading comprehension, three English learners at the developing level, and one student, Marcus, who completed the district's algebra sequence in sixth grade and has begun refusing to take notes.
1,295 words, about 6 min2The Constitution Project That Fell Apart in Two Days
Brennan teaches eighth-grade U.S. His fourth-period class of 32 meets for 42 minutes.
1,368 words, about 7 min3What a 68 Percent Average Is Hiding
Delgado teaches Algebra I to 120 ninth graders across four sections. Her 20-item unit test on linear functions averaged 68%.
1,302 words, about 7 min4Persuading Eleven Colleagues in Twenty-Five Minutes
Tran is a fourth-year sixth-grade math teacher and a member of the school data team. At family night, three parents told her they cannot help with homework because their children use methods the parents never learned; one parent texted her at 10 p.m.
1,356 words, about 7 min5The Book on the Floor: Discipline, Disability, and a 43-Minute Period
Whitfield teaches sixth-grade English. Third period includes Darnell, whose IEP identifies an emotional disability and whose behavior intervention plan allows him a five-minute break when he shows a break card.
1,285 words, about 6 min