Module 1: Overview
Aligning TS GOLD Objectives with Foundations for Early Learning and Development – ANSWER SHEET (answers from Teaching Strategies crosswalks)
Teaching Strategies has crosswalked Foundations’ goals with the goals and ideals of the Creative Curriculum (a 64-page document found at this link -- http://teachingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NC-CC-Alignment-PS-2014.pdf) and the objectives of the TS GOLD assessment system (a 130-page document at this link -- http://teachingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NC-GOLD-Alignment-PS-2014.pdf).
In the table below, you will find TS GOLD objectives related to cognitive development that have been crosswalked to Foundations goals in the domain of Approaches to Play and Learning. When you assess children’s development using TS GOLD, which Approaches to Play and Learning goals do you inform? Use your Foundations document, or the Foundations at a Glance provided in your handouts, to identify the Foundations Early Learning Development goals in the developmental domain of Approaches to Play and Learning that align with the TS GOLD objective listed. Enter the goal number and a description in the table.
TS GOLD Objective / Objective Description / Foundations Goal--Approaches to Play and Learning (goal number and description)11a / Attends and engages / APL-1 – Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them
APL-3 – Children engage in increasingly complex play
APL-4 – Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
APL-8 – Children maintain attentiveness and focus
11b / Persists / APL-7 – Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
APL-9 – Children persist at challenging activities
11c / Solves problems / APL-5 – Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences
APL-6 – Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems
APL-9 – Children persist at challenging activities
11d / Shows curiosity and motivation / APL-1 – Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them
APL-2 – Children actively seek to understand the world around them
APL-5 – Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences
APL-6 – Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems
APL-7 – Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
11e / Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking / APL-2 – Children actively seek to understand the world around them
APL-4 – Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
APL-6 – Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems
12b / Makes connections / APL-2 – Children actively seek to understand the world around them
APL-5 – Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences
14a / Thinks symbolically / APL-3 – Children engage in increasingly complex play
APL-4 -- Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
14b / Engages in socio-dramatic play / APL-1 – Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them
APL-3 – Children engage in increasingly complex play
APL-4 – Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness
Effective Teacher Practices Supporting
North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development
NC Early Learning Network, a joint project of NC-DPI and UNC-FPG, 2016