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[0] Contextualization Making Meaning  Connecting School to Students Lives [1] Contextualiza-tion is not observed. [2] The teacher (a) includes some aspect of students everyday experience in instruction, OR (b) connects classroom activities by theme or builds on the current unit of instruction, OR (c) includes parents or community members in activities or instruction. [3] The teacher makes incidental connections between students prior experience/knowledge from home, school, or community and the new activity/information. [4] The teacher integrates the new activity/information with what students already know from home, school, or community. [5] 
The teacher designs, enacts, and assists in contextualized activities that demonstrate skillful integration of multiple standards simultaneously.
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