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4th & 5th Grade Coffee
January 27, 2009
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• Levels are determined by benchmarking, MAP testing, anecdotal notes and MCAS.
• Assessment informs instruction.• Assessment is ongoing.• Progress is growth based upon
individual needs.
Assessments
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Reading Levels
4th Grade
5th Grade
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Reader's Workshop
Mini LessonGuided Reading GroupsIndependent ReadingRead AloudComprehension Activities
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Daily Mini Lesson
o InferenceoMain IdeaoAuthor's PurposeoCause & Effectoetc.
A mini lesson is a short, focused lesson on a specific strategy or skill:
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Guided Reading
• Teacher meets with students in small groups using instructional level text.
• Lessons focus on vocabulary development, fluency, and comprehension of text.
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Independent Reading
• Students read books from a variety of genres at their independent reading level.
• Students record book choices and identify
genres in their reader's notebook. • Students complete an assignment at the end
of an independent reading book (letters to teacher, projects, etc).
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Read Aloud
• Listening to text being read aloud provides students with effective modeling strategies.
• Students are encouraged to participate in the discussion of text.
• This provides students with an opportunity to enjoy text in a variety of levels and genres.
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Comprehension
• Students are encouraged to move beyond literal comprehension to critical thinking.
• In moving beyond the literal meaning, they apply, analyze and synthesize text.
• Students are also encouraged to ask their own questions, make predictions and connections to the text.
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Reading Response• The purpose of a written response is to have
students see the connection between reading and writing:
• To understand how to respond to a prompt that has multiple components.
• To incorporate effective writing strategies which include use of a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence.
• All of these skills can be applied in formal(MCAS) and informal testing situations.
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What makes a good paragraph?
Paragraph Structure
Topic Sentence - determines what the paragraph will be about
Supporting Details - coherent information about the topic which includes: effective word choice, descriptions, facts and examples
Closing or Concluding Sentence - rephrases the topic sentence
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Fluency
• Raz-Kids.como an online program that allows the students to pick a
book at their independent reading level, listen to it, record themselves reading the story aloud and play back their voice
o Student self monitor their fluency by listening to their own recording.
o Teachers and parents can also review a child's recording for fluency.
• Reader's Theatero a group of students reading a play focusing on
annunciation, flow and volume• Poetry• Reading books at an independent level aloud.
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• Read aloud to your children to model fluency.
• Have siblings read aloud to one another.
• Reread text for meaning. • Reread comprehension questions to
ensure that all components have been answered.
• Asking the right questions
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