Our objectives today: Review the differences between the
old and new ELA/R standards
Discuss the upcoming state TAKS Test in terms of the ELA/R standards
Provide an overview of state information regarding the new STAAR test (what has been proposed to date)
Build test capacity with independent reading
Learn a new reading strategy: RAP
What are the new strands in What are the new strands in English Language Arts and English Language Arts and
Reading?Reading?ReadingReadingWritingWritingOral & Written ConventionsOral & Written ConventionsResearchResearchListening & SpeakingListening & SpeakingFigure 19Figure 19
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Comprehension – Figure 19Comprehension – Figure 19
Thinking about thinking while Thinking about thinking while readingreading
PurposefulPurposeful
Meaningful engagement with the Meaningful engagement with the texttext
Do lessons and activities help Do lessons and activities help students develop metacognitive students develop metacognitive reading skills?reading skills?
Both:•Reading•Writing•Listening/Speaking
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WrittenConventions
•Viewingand
representingembedded inReading and
Writing strands
1997:•Viewing andRepresenting•Research andOral and WrittenConventions embedded inReading andWriting
The strands now and then…
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Fluency
Vocabulary
Theme/Genre
Poetry
Drama
Fiction
Literary/Nonfiction
KS Statements - K - 12
KS StatementsKS StatementsResearch K - 12Research K - 12
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Research Plan
Gathering Sources
Synthesizing Information
Organizing and Presenting Ideas
KS Statement KS Statement Listening and Speaking K-12Listening and Speaking K-12
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Listening
Speaking
Teamwork
KS StatementsKS StatementsWriting K - 12Writing K - 12
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Process
Literary Texts
Personal Experiences
Expository/Procedural
Persuasive
KS Statements KS Statements Oral and Written Conventions K - 12Oral and Written Conventions K - 12
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Conventions
Handwriting, Capitalization, Punctuation
Spelling
TAKS Update
The assessment division at TEA has reviewed the questions in the test bank in light of the new curriculum. As a result, many questions have been removed from the "old test bank."
The TAKS tests to be administered in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 will contain items previously developed and field tested. The state assessment administered in 2010 and 2011 will be the TAKS test.
TAKS Update
The state has determined that questions currently eligible for inclusion on the TAKS Test will continue to be eligible in the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 school years (until the new tests are implemented).
There will not be new types of test items on a state administered test until the stand-alone field tests in 2011 and the new STAAR assessment in 2012.
TAKS Update
Teachers are required to teach with the new ELA & Reading (ELAR) standards beginning in the 2009-2010. The test reports districts receive beginning this school year will be correlated to the new standards.
TAKS Update
The state has done side-by-sides (for all reading/writing/ ELA grades) to show the correlation between the new TEKS and each TAKS objective. The state is in the very final stages of proofing and plan to post the charts this week.
TAKS Update
If teachers are teaching the new TEKS, they are still covering everything included on TAKS (and then some). The state will not assess all the reading genres until the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) starts.
1.How much are our students reading?
2. Why aren’t most of our students reading?
3. How do we get our students to read?
3 Questions
If most of the If most of the books IN school are books IN school are difficult,difficult,
Some Common Sense
and most of the technology OUT of school is enjoyable,what chance does reading have?
RememberFor many readers, especially struggling ones, school may be the only place where these children have the opportunity to read for fun.
The Power of ReadingThe Power of Reading by by Stephen KrashenStephen Krashen
““Free voluntary reading (FVR) is one of the Free voluntary reading (FVR) is one of the most powerful tools we have in language most powerful tools we have in language education.” - Stephen Krasheneducation.” - Stephen Krashen
Krashen’s evaluation of 41 studies that Krashen’s evaluation of 41 studies that implemented free voluntary reading (FVR) implemented free voluntary reading (FVR) revealed that 93% of the readers in the revealed that 93% of the readers in the study performed “as well or better than study performed “as well or better than students who were engaged in traditional students who were engaged in traditional language arts programs” on standardized language arts programs” on standardized reading comprehension tests.reading comprehension tests.
RAP Strategy Step 1: Read a paragraph (and underline important words or phrases in the paragraph). Step 2: Ask yourself, what is the most important who or what? Step 3: Put this (the big idea) in your own words in the margins.
RAP Strategy TipsTeach Students how to annotate in the margins effectively. Provide direct, explicit instruction. Model, model, model how to determine the key ideas in a paragraph.
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