Reading Assessment Strategies

1. Reading Assessment Strategies Putting it all together… Comprehension, Analysis, Critical Thinking Week 4

2. Click to Go to a Particular Day’s Agenda and Presentation • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 Week 4

3. Day 1 Agenda Focus for the Week • Quick Review from Previous Weeks • Pamphlet • Material Read • Item Type • Vocabulary Activity: “I HAVE” • Pre-Reading Activity: “Turkeys” • Reading and Answering: “Turkeys” • Extension Task: COE Go Back to Day Choices

4. Focus for the Week • Since this is our last week, you will be expected to do all of the explaining when we go over scoring. • You will use all the skills you have been working on the last 3 weeks to show what you have learned. • Remember, don’t be afraid to ask questions. This will help you and others in class.

5. WASL Reading Essentials Pamphlet

6. Take care of yourself before the assessment. Getting sleep and eating breakfast will fuel your brain. Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you don’t understand the directions. These are important pieces that we have covered the last 4 weeks. If you use what you have learned the last 4 weeks on the Reading WASL then you did your best. Remember that you still have to earn your credits to graduate.

7. You have had multiple choice, short answer and extended response items (questions). We have gone over how to approach each type of question using vocabulary used on the assessment.

8. Text/Story/Passage/Selection/Poem Material Read • On the Reading WASL text/story/passage/selection/poem all refer to the material you will read.

9. Passage/Text/Story/Selection/Poem • Informational: true information (usually science or social studies topics) • Literary: reads like a story (poem, story, literary biography)

10. Interacting with the Passage/Text/Story/Selection/Poem • You can write on the assessment with your No. 2 pencil. • You can make notes and underline while you read. • You can mark on the questions. • Stay away from the bubbles on multiple choice items.

11. Different Strategies for Different Types of Items (Questions)

12. You will see 3 types of questions. • All of the questions were written using the text. • Don’t be afraid to read and re-read and read again the questions and the text. • The answer will always be supported with the text.

13. Three Types of Items (Questions) Multiple Choice • Worth 1 point • Half of the score comes from multiple choice questions Short Answer • Worth up to 2 points • Has 9 lines to write on ? ? ? • Extended Response • Worth up to 4 points • Has 18 lines to write on

14. Extended Response Multiple Choice 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 8 Which sentence best describes why the ornithologists want to protect the wild turkeys? • A. Wild turkeys are interbreeding with domestic animals • B. Wild turkey eggs have special incubation needs. • C. Wild turkey habitats are declining. • D. Wild turkeys abandon their nests. Short Answer 23Why does the tortoise “begin his trek back toward the Mohave”? Include two details from the poem in your answer. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. 8Which sentence best describes why the ornithologists want to protect the wild turkeys? • A. Wild turkeys are interbreeding with domestic animals. • B. Wild turkey eggs have special incubation needs. • C. Wild turkey habitats are declining. • D. Wild turkeys abandon their nests. Multiple Choice • Strategies for Multiple Choice: • Read the question • Underline what is being asked and think about it • Read all answer choices • Re-read the choices and eliminate them using the text

16. Short Answer 23 Why does the tortoise “begin his trek back toward the Mohave”? Include two details from the poem in your answer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you see a question with 9 lines, use 4 details from the text to support your answer.

17. Extended Response 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you see a question with 18lines, use 6details from the text to support your answer.

18. Rubrics • The format for each rubric is the same • Item • How to earn points • Specific bullets that are from the text • Origin of score points

19. Vocabulary Activity

20. Comprehension, Analysis, and Critical Thinking Vocabulary Activity • This game is called “I Have…Who Has”. • You will play this game each week. • The goal is to get faster each time so that you beat your previous time even as more words are added. • Directions: • One person will start when told to; he/she will read their card starting with “Who Has”. • You will pair up with the person who has the answer to your “Who Has” as quickly as possible and stand by him/her. • Then the next person will go until everyone has found his/her pair. You will end up making a group circle with the first person who went being the answer to the last “Who Has”. • You have to use the word in a WASL example sentence. • Click on the clock to open the timer.

21. Now That Our Brains are Warmed-Up… • Pre-Reading • We will be reading the passage “Turkeys”. • Take a minute to look it over. • Let’s talk about what you see: • What strategies will you use?

22. Reading and Answering • As you read, you can underline anything that seems important with your No. 2 pencil. • You can also write in the margins, put a star next to a phrase that seems important, or put a question mark next to something that seems interesting. • Take your time; don’t rush.

23. If You Are Finished... COE Extension Task • Put your practice to the side. • Take out a previous task and use the rubric to score it. • Revise your answer to earn more points. • Type your final answer.

24. We’re Done with Day 1…

25. Day 2 Agenda • Finish Reading and Answering: “Turkeys” OR • Work on Extension Activity: COE • Scoring: “Turkeys” Go Back to Day Choices

26. If you are finished... COE Extension Task • Put your practice to the side. • Take out a previous task and use the rubric to score it. • Revise your answer to earn more points. • Review your vocabulary. • Type your final answer.

27. Turkeysby Bailey White Scoring

28. Turkeys

29. 1Write a summary of the story. Include three main events from the story in your summary.

30. 1Write a summary of the story. Include three main events from the story in your summary.

31. Possible summarizing statements may include, but are not limited to: • The ornithologists and the little girl helped raise the turkeys. • In this story, a little girl helps save some wild turkeys. • Text-based main events may include, but are not limited to: • A. Something about my mother attracts ornithologists / It all started years ago when a • couple of them discovered she had a rare species of woodpecker coming to her bird • feeder. • B. The pure-strain wild turkey stock had begun to interbreed with farmers’ domestic • stock / The species was being degraded / It was extinction by dilution. • C. The ornithologists discover a rare wild turkey nest in the narrator’s woods. • D. The ornithologists were protecting the nest from predators / (Their protective • measures) cause the mother turkey to abandon her nest • E. The narrator contracts the measles / Her temperature is 102 / She is sick • F. The ornithologists put the eggs next to the narrator. • G. The eggs hatch. / There were sixteen fuzzy baby turkeys in bed with her. / The • eggshells crackled, and the turkey babies fluttered and cheeped and snuggled against • me. • H. The baby turkeys and narrator gained strength together / The turkeys peeped and • cheeped around my ankles, scrambling to keep up with me and tripping over their own spraddle-toed feet / The turkeys tumbled after me down the steps and scratched • around in the yard. (followed her) • I. The day came when they were ready to fly for the first time / I ran down the hill and • the turkeys ran too. Then, one by one, they took off. • J. “One hundred percent pure wild turkey” / The woods where I live are full of pure wild • turkeys

32. Possible summarizing statements may include, but are not limited to: • The ornithologists and the little girl helped raise the turkeys. • In this story, a little girl helps save some wild turkeys. • Text-based main events may include, but are not limited to: • A. Something about my mother attracts ornithologists / It all started years ago when a • couple of them discovered she had a rare species of woodpecker coming to her bird • feeder. • B. The pure-strain wild turkey stock had begun to interbreed with farmers’ domestic • stock / The species was being degraded / It was extinction by dilution. • C. The ornithologists discover a rare wild turkey nest in the narrator’s woods. • D. The ornithologists were protecting the nest from predators / (Their protective • measures) cause the mother turkey to abandon her nest • E. The narrator contracts the measles / Her temperature is 102 / She is sick • F. The ornithologists put the eggs next to the narrator. • G. The eggs hatch. / There were sixteen fuzzy baby turkeys in bed with her. / The • eggshells crackled, and the turkey babies fluttered and cheeped and snuggled against • me. • H. The baby turkeys and narrator gained strength together / The turkeys peeped and • cheeped around my ankles, scrambling to keep up with me and tripping over their own • spraddle-toed feet / The turkeys tumbled after me down the steps and scratched • around in the yard. (followed her) • I. The day came when they were ready to fly for the first time / I ran down the hill and • the turkeys ran too. Then, one by one, they took off. • J. “One hundred percent pure wild turkey” / The woods where I live are full of pure wild • turkeys 1 2 5 5 7 12 14/15 17 18 18/19

33. 2 E, G, I

34. 2 A, B, D, E, F

35. 1 I

36. Who protected the wild turkeys? Where’s the text-based detail? 0

37. Score Your Own

38. 2 What does the narrator most likely mean when she says, “I was a sensible • child” in paragraph 15 of the story? • She welcomed the ornithologists’ visits to her home. • B. She allowed the baby turkeys to follow her in the yard. • She moved slowly because her head still ached from the fever. • She reacted calmly to the presence of the baby turkeys next to her.

39. Score Your Own

40. 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

42. Reasonable problems may include, but are not limited to: • Mother turkey abandons nest. • They need to find a way to hatch the eggs and keep the offspring alive. • The wild turkey stock was being diluted or becoming extinct. • Text-based events may include, but are not limited to: • A. It all started years ago when a couple of ornithologists discovered a rare species of • woodpecker coming to her bird feeder. • B. One ornithologist devised a formula to compute the ratio of domestic to pure-strain • wild turkey in an individual bird by comparing the angle of flight at takeoff and the • rate of acceleration. • C. They discovered a wild turkey nest. • D. “Does your little girl still have measles?”/ She was very sick / temperature of 102 / feel • narrator’s body to determine temperature • E. Can’t miss if we tuck them up close and she lies still. / The ornithologists, not having • an incubator on hand, came up with the next best thing. (the girl’s body) • F. The eggs hatch. / There were sixteen fuzzy baby turkeys in bed with her. • G. The ornithologists were protecting her from predators. / The turkey hen abandoned her • nest. • H. The baby turkeys and narrator gained strength together. / The turkeys peeped and • cheeped around my ankles, scrambling to keep up with me and tripping over their own • spraddle-toed feet / The turkeys tumbled after me down the steps and scratched • around in the yard. (followed her) • I. Baby turkeys fly when narrator runs downhill • J. Ornithologists measure angle of flight and speed. / One hundred percent pure wild • turkey! • K. And the woods where I live are full of pure wild turkeys. / I like to think they are all • descendants of those sixteen birds I saved.

43. Reasonable problems may include, but are not limited to: • Mother turkey abandons nest. • They need to find a way to hatch the eggs and keep the offspring alive. • The wild turkey stock was being diluted or becoming extinct. • Text-based events may include, but are not limited to: • A. It all started years ago when a couple of ornithologists discovered a rare species of • woodpecker coming to her bird feeder. • B. One ornithologist devised a formula to compute the ratio of domestic to pure-strain • wild turkey in an individual bird by comparing the angle of flight at takeoff and the • rate of acceleration. • C. They discovered a wild turkey nest. • D. “Does your little girl still have measles?”/ She was very sick / temperature of 102 / feel • narrator’s body to determine temperature • E. Can’t miss if we tuck them up close and she lies still. / The ornithologists, not having • an incubator on hand, came up with the next best thing. (the girl’s body) • F. The eggs hatch. / There were sixteen fuzzy baby turkeys in bed with her. • G. The ornithologists were protecting her from predators. / The turkey hen abandoned her • nest. • H. The baby turkeys and narrator gained strength together. / The turkeys peeped and • cheeped around my ankles, scrambling to keep up with me and tripping over their own • spraddle-toed feet / The turkeys tumbled after me down the steps and scratched • around in the yard. (followed her) • I. Baby turkeys fly when narrator runs downhill • J. Ornithologists measure angle of flight and speed. / One hundred percent pure wild • turkey! • K. And the woods where I live are full of pure wild turkeys. / I like to think they are all • descendants of those sixteen birds I saved. 1 3 5 6/7 12/16 14 16 17 17 18 19

44. 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. 4 Problem & D, D, D, E, F, F

45. 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. 3 C, E, F, I

46. 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. 2 D, F

47. 3What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. 1 point for many Problems

48. 3 What problem do the ornithologists experience in the story? What are three events that contribute to the resolution of the problem? Include information from the story in your answer. 0

49. Score Your Own

50. 4 Which word could the author have used in paragraph 2 instead of the word • demise? • End • B. Growth • Surplus • Preservation Write guess here.