For a great article read....NCTE 2002 article by Donna SantmanTeaching to the Test?: Test Preparation in the Reading Workshop. From, Philomena
Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050 -----Original Message----- From: Linda DeGreen <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 6:52 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] readers workshop & test taking I second Pauline's thoughts. I would also add that I teach the QAR strategy at the beginning of the year and then we use this and other test taking strategies to answer questions in a test format throughout the year. We teach test taking as a separate genre. Kids need to know how the elements or characteristics of tests work , the same way they understand the elements of reading a mystery or any other genre . Linda On Feb 24, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Pauline K Nagle wrote: > I would suggest teaching test taking as a genre, a type of reading > that has > a specific structure and way to comprehend it. Lucy Calkins has a > good > book about this, but I can't recall the name. I will find the title > and > send it to you. I think students need to learn how to tackle the > text and > how to handle the type of questions, and this must be taught as a > skill set > and practiced. But it does not need to take over your reader's > workshop or > reading instruction. You just need to teach how the comprehension > skills > they use in their independent reading texts can be applied on an > excerpt > and how the questions are asked. > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:58 PM, evelia cadet > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> As I have said before, this is the first year I am following the >> Reader's >> Workshop model. My district does not follow/support reader's >> workshop. I >> am lucky to have the freedom in my school to use any teaching >> structure I >> want. Out of almost 70 teachers, only 2 teachers in my school are >> doing >> reader's workshop. We are trying to convert the other teachers in >> our >> campus. They are noticing how our students are engaged in reading >> and are >> forming a reading community that is extending outside the classroom. >> However, people in my school are data driven (specifically >> standardized >> testing data), and they will not consider any instructional method, >> unless >> there is tangible evidence they drive results (standardized state >> testing). >> Ok, this was just the introduction, here is my concern. My students >> seemed to be enjoying reading and they are showing evidence of >> understanding/applying the comprehension strategies/skills we are >> working >> on in class. Nevertheless, when they take one of those practice >> test we >> are required to give, everything seems to go downhills. It is like >> they >> are unable to transfer what we are learning with authentic >> literature to >> the context of the test. I honestly don't know what to do. I know >> there >> are people in my school, including some in the administration, >> waiting to >> see what impact reader's workshop has on test results. Any ideas or >> advices. HELP!!!!!! Thank you. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
