Our kiddos have unlimited time but strictly in ONE SITTING.
On 5/20/08 9:27 PM, "Humerickhouse, Elizabeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although in MN we don't have tests like the ones described here, we too have > been discussing and debating the importance of test practice. Although our > reading instruction is done through wonderful children's literature and > non-fiction text, the learners are tested on short passages -- read 3 > paragraphs and answer 5 questions. > > I hate to admit this to this group, but until now test practice has been our > best weapon! A few of us have decided to (buy and) study Test Talk (Greene & > Melton) this summer and teach test taking as a genre next year. > > Are you allowed to break the test into sections? Test/Break/Test > > Can you speak to someone in your state office? (Dept. of Educ?) We have > test-writers who listen to teachers and sometimes make adjustments. > > I was going to comment on the grade you teach, but frankly the conditions you > describe would probably challenge most of US! > > By the way, does student promotion depend on these results? Or is it like the > MN test which is really testing the teachers? > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Angela Almond > Sent: Tue 5/20/2008 2:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] End of Grade Testing > > > > Well, we just finished our End of Grade Reading test today. This is the > biggie! It was a brand new test. In the past there have always been > several very long 2-3 page selections but this year, every single one > (eight in all) was that long! We had more kids shut down this year than > we have ever had in the past. I know it is a stamina problem. We do > Self-Selected Reading for 30 minutes every day so I know these kids can > read that long but sitting down to read selection after selection seems to > get to them. Any thoughts or suggestions for things I can do to build up > their test taking stamina for next year? I really hate giving "practice > tests" and try to avoid it at all costs. Is this what I'm going to have to > do to prepare them for what they will see on these type of assessments? > Any help is appreciated! > > Angela Hatley Almond > Fourth Grade > East Albemarle Elementary School > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
