Praxis PLT: Grades K-6 case studies
Praxis PLT: Grades K-6 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades K-6 exam (commonly referenced by the test code 5622) is a pedagogy assessment used by many states as part of K-6 teacher licensure. Unlike a content test that asks what you know about reading or mathematics, this exam asks how you think about children and classrooms: how K-6 students develop, how you plan and deliver instruction, how you check whether learning happened, and how you work with colleagues, families, and the wider school community. The Praxis PLT: Grades K-6 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,236 words.
1The Disappearing Writer in Second Grade
Okafor teaches 23 second graders. During the daily 25-minute independent writing block, Jonah, a 7-year-old with an IEP for ADHD, writes one sentence, puts his head on the desk, and says, "I don't know what to write." His IEP calls for chunked assignments, movement breaks, and a comprehension check every five minutes, but the paraprofessional is assigned to another student for the entire block.
656 words, about 3 min2Fraction Pacing in a Co-Taught Fourth Grade
Reed co-teach 26 fourth graders. Before a fractions unit, the pre-assessment shows 8 students can order fractions with unlike denominators, 12 can compare fractions with like denominators but not unlike denominators, and 6 cannot explain what the numerator and denominator represent.
665 words, about 3 min3The Unit Test That Everyone Passed-Except the Students Who Didn't
Chen teaches third-grade science. After a three-week unit on life cycles, she gives a test with 10 multiple-choice questions, two short-answer questions, and one diagram-labeling task.
614 words, about 3 min4The Pacing Guide Conflict on Team 3
Patel is a first-year fifth-grade teacher. Her grade-level team has four teachers and a team leader, Ms.
651 words, about 3 min5Transitions in First Grade
Liu's first-grade class has 21 students. The daily transition from the carpet to tables for literacy stations is supposed to take two minutes.
650 words, about 3 min