Our Mission
The mission of the Florence Unified School District is to ensure that every student discovers their potential to succeed.
Our Vision
To become a district by design where kids come first.
Learning Intention: I am learning to unpack the state learning standards, identifying essential content vocabulary crucial for mastering the standards, determining highly effective teaching strategies, and utilizing formative assessments in the form of exit tickets and regular assessments to assist teachers in enhancing tier one instruction and effectively providing tier two support for students who need additional assistance.
Success Criteria: I will know I have it when at the end of the institute, along with my team of teachers, can present and explain a comprehensive, well-planned unit that includes state standards, learning objectives/targets, essential vocabulary, performance/level descriptors, success criteria, teaching strategies, exit tickets, and a fully developed common assessment with questions written at DOK levels 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Why are we doing this? All Florence students deserve a high-quality instructional program. Project Momentum Arizona focuses on student outcomes and indicators that, when improved or achieved, predict success in life.
Florence USD Presentation May 2025 (Google Slides)
Overivew of the GEARS Process (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
GEARS Unwrap Template (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Gear 1 (What do my students need to know and be able to do? [opportunity to learn: knowledge, skills, vocabulary])
GEARS Unwrap Template (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Arizona Essential Standards (ELA and Math) (link to webpage)
Arizona Essential Standards (Math and Science) (link to webpage)
Suggested Unwrap Template (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
AASA PLDs ELA and Math (links to webpages)
AASA PLDs Science 2024-2025 (link to webpage)
A Guide to AASA Item Types (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Unpacking DOK (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Creating PLDs (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Creating Learning Progressions, Learning Intentions, and Success Criteria (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
ACT AZ PLDs Math (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
AASA PLDs ELA 2024-2025 (link to webpage)
Arizona English Language Proficiency Levels for Grades 2 and 3 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Arizona English Language Proficiency Levels for Grades 4 and 5 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Arizona English Language Proficiency Levels for Grades 6, 7, and 8 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Arizona English Language Proficiency Levels for Grades 9 and 10 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Gear 2: (How will we know when each student understands the knowledge, can communicate with the vocabulary, and can think with the essential skill?)
Assessment Evidence
Unwrap Sample Math 4.MD.A.3 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Unwrap Sample Grade 7 ELA Interactive (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Gear 3: (What instructional practices will achieve our best results for each student?)
Instructional Practices: Lesson Review Suggestions to Provide Purposeful Feedback (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Student and Teacher Roles/Products by DOK (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Cooperative Learning Rubric v2.0 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Thinking Routines 2025-2026 (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Thinking Routines 5C/Unpack (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Thinking Routines 5C with Link to Routines (A. Cameron, Casa Grande ESD) (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Second Question (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Second Question aligned to EL Proficiencies (J. Medina, Humboldt USD) (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Triangle Trivia Sample (Google Doc, PPT, PDF)
Diamond Board Template with LISC (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Reflect (collaboratively review where each student is compared to standards)
Gear 4 & Gear 5 (How will respond when they don't know it? How will we respond if they already know it?)
Geo Choice Board (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Total Points Choice Board (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Must Do May Do Choice Board (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Choice Board (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Rubric (Google Doc, Word, PDF)
Problem Solving Steps (Word, PDF)
Problem Solving Poster (Word, PDF)
