Hi,
The best way I've seen "Test Prep" handled in a reading workshop format is
to make a chart of possible question stems that might be used to test the
skill that you are teaching. (Example for inference: "Why did do
___?") The chart should grow slowly as the year goes on. Spen
Maggie,
I don't ever stop and teach a formal unit on testing. My school gives a
school wide Mock TAKS test using an old copy of the test. I use those test
papers in class to really help the kids understand the process. I don't
like to spend much time on it. My kids start so far behind in re
Heather,
I teach our third grade co-teach class - many LD and ADHD students. Your
boy sounds like several of my students. They are all different, but I did
find that my really extreme ADHD kids could not read silently because they
just couldn't stay focused. They would tell me that they were
