Can I suggest Ted Kessler's Standardized Testing 15 Day Study posted on http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm? You'll need to scroll down a little bit to find it.
Maureen Robins NYC On 8/21/07, Maggie Dillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not sure what I've decided! Some responses were helpful - i.e., while > teaching a strategy like making connections, work in a test-type question > at > the end of the minilesson - but my personal Achilles heel is not having a > year-long framework. I just start improvising and waste too much time! I > would be very afraid of not teaching all the types of questions > completely. > > Does anyone else have fresh insight into authentic, non-boring test prep? > > ~Maggie > 5th/TX > > > On 8/21/07, Melinda Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I teach 5th LA/SS in TX, too....I am having the same questions!!!! What > > have you decided? > > > > Melinda Hawkins > > 5th Grade ELA/SS > > McCulloch Intermediate School > > Highland Park ISD > > (214) 780-2325 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> "Maggie Dillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/21/07 16:13 PM >>> > > Hi all, > > I am thinking about how to best prepare my kids for the state reading > test > > this year. I don't want to do a very traditional, "here are the 12 types > > of > > questions and I'll cram passages down your throat for 12 weeks" approach > - > > I'd like to make it as authentic and workshop-esque as possible. > > > > Does any recommend *A Teacher's Guide to Standardized Reading Tests*: > > *Knowledge > > is Power*< > > > http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Guide-Standardized-Reading-Tests/dp/032500000X/ref=sr_1_1/102-8169924-2470553?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185051526&sr=8-1 > > >by > > Lucy Calkins et al.? A review says it is strategies-based, but there > > isn't much more information about it. I did read *Test Talk: Integrating > > Test Preparation into the Reading Workshop *on the Stenhouse website, > but > > it > > was too general for my taste. I'd like to figure out, very > > specifically, when and how to integrate these lessons. Anyone have ideas > > or > > know the Calkins book? > > > > Thank you! > > ~Maggie > > 5th/TX > > > > -- > > Maggie Dillier > > > > -- > > Maggie Dillier > > > > "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood > > and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for > the > > endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
