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- The following readings include multiple-choice questions that focus onone skill. The readings can be used separately without the skill-based questions.
Skill: Summarize
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Skill: Infer the Main IdeaGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Identify Fact and OpinionGrade 3 NONFICTION Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:NONFICTION:REALISTIC FICTION:Grade 4 NONFICTION Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:NONFICTION:REALISTIC FICTION:Grade 5 NONFICTION Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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REALISTIC FICTION:Skill: Infer Meaning from ContextGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Identify/Analyze SequenceGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Infer PredictionsGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Analyze/Infer Cause-Effect RelationsGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:Grade 4 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Compare and ContrastGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:Grade 4 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Locate and Classify InformationGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Identify and Infer Character TraitsGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:Grade 4 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Analyze/Infer MotiveGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Analyze/Infer RelationshipsGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Analyze/Infer Mood, ToneGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:Grade 4 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Figure out how the Author Uses Techniques to CommunicateGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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Skill: Analyze/Infer the Author's Point of ViewGrade 3 Readings with Multiple Choice and Short Response Questions:
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- The resources below promote INSTRUCTIONAL RIGOR and they can be adapted to your grade level. "Let's not believe what our students can't do, let's prepare them for what they can do."
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Excellent Practice Tests from Vermont. After careful critique, these tests closely align to ACT Aspire. Please give me your feedback.
Grade Level Resource
Materials (RM)
PDF*Student Answer
Booklet (SAB)
PDF*Sample Practice
Test Booklet (SPTB)
PDF*Grade 3(5.8MB)(680K)Grade 4(5.6MB)(1MB)Grade 5(5.4MB)(212K)(836K)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Common Core Reading Passages Grade 3- These passages are closely aligned to ACT Aspire.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Pay close attention to vocabulary and the instruction must be explicit. The lack of vocabulary knowledge will impede on a students ability to rank above average on national assessments.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Identify New VocabularySKILL
Activity/Assessment Guides
Assess when students work independently.
Draw pictures to show important words
Picture Vocabulary for a Topic / (Grades K-2)
Visualize Vocabulary /
Define words
Crossword Puzzle Maker / (Grades 3-8)
Word Bank / (Grades K-8)
(Grades 3-8)
Use words to explain an idea
Idea and Vocabulary Connections / Grades 3-8
Identify wordsimportant to a topic
(Grades K-8)
Word Bank / (Grades K-8)
Words Make Meaning / (Grades 3-8)
Important Words / (Grades 3-8)
Picture Word Bank / (Grades K-2)
Idea and Vocabulary Connections /
Infer meaning from context
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
Decode words usingphonics Use new vocabulary insentences
(Grades 3-8)
Sentence Builder /
Recognize and use Sight Vocabulary
(Kindergarten)
(Grades K-1)
(Grades K-3)
Kinds of Words
SKILL
Activity/Assessment Guides
Assess when students work independently.
Identify and useadjectives
Community Places Word Builder / (Grades 2-4)
Relate words to a topic and classify them byparts of speech
You're the _____ / (Grades 3-8)
Thinking Vocabulary /
Classify singular and plural nouns
(Grades 3-8)
Syllables and Spelling Rules
SKILL
Activity/Assessment Guides
Assess when students work independently.
Classify words based on sounds
(Grades 3-8)
Identify spelling exceptions
(Grades 3-8)
Identify spelling rules/patterns
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
Identify syllables
(Grades 3-8)
Make an exhibit to explain a topic Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
SKILL
Activity/Assessment Guides
Assess when students work independently.
Identify and useprefixes and suffixes
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
(Grades 3-8)
Identify root words
(Grades 3-8)
Content Vocabulary Guides: Science
SUBJECT
Activity/Assessment Guides
Assess when students work independently.
Science Vocabulary
Resources:
Grade-by-Grade Science Vocabulary:
Word Bank / (Grades K-8)
Science Word Bank /
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- During my research, I found this excellent test-taking strategy tool. For the 2014-2015 school year, please utilize the following resource with every weekly assessment that you give for Reading. In order for your students to own this thinking behavior, you must be CONSISTENT with your expectations. Please make this a non-negotiable with your students.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Understanding the Testing Genre
Standardized Testing as a Genre
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Please use the following Power Point Presentations during grade level meetings and/or PLC meetings.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Implement these strategies daily and your students will perform above national average. Read the statistics (POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE).
Marzano's High Yield Instructional Strategies
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- Interpreting Poems
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