Do your students understand the questions? Some of the questioning on our state tests is confusing and I noticed that my students don't understand what the question is asking. I am going to teach them this academic vocabulary - the other day I asked the students how 2 things differ and they were very confused. Also, does your state offer question stems for tested items? That can be a very helpful guide so that you know how to frame your questions on a daily basis. I have also started giving students an open ended response question and then following up with the same question but with multiple choice answers, I like seeing the similarities and differences between both their responses.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2012, at 8:20 PM, "evelia cadet" <cadeteve...@hotmail.com> 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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
