ELA Toolboxes and Prototypes

1. ELA Toolboxes and Prototypes Designed by Michigan teachers for Michigan students

2. ELA Prototype Overview • Developed 3 for each grade level K-12 • Revised as MEAP assessment has evolved • Used to immerse students in the processes and products required to successfully complete the MEAP assessment

3. Prototypes Today • 1 prototype is embedded in Toolbox 1 • 2 prototypes are included with Toolbox 2 • They are not embedded • They are used as needed • They are good for monitoring progress

4. Toolbox Overview • Developed 3 for each grade level 2-7 (1 for grade 8) • Revised as MEAP assessment has evolved • Used to help teachers help students perform more successfully on the MEAP assessment • Used to help teachers implement effective practices in English Language Arts instruction

5. Toolbox 1 Overview • Developed for Grades 2-8 • Reviews prior year’s Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCEs) • Provides effective practices in ELA instruction

6. Toolbox 1 • Administered: • Grade 2………in May • Grades 3-5….first 12 days of school • Grades 6-8….first 20 days of school

7. Toolbox 1 • Provides 12 day-by-day instructional plans for Grades 2-5 and 20 for Grades 6-8 • Provides instruction that supports student completion of each section of the MEAP: • Reading comprehension • Writing in Response to Reading • Writing from Knowledge and Experience • Constructing a Peer Response

8. Toolbox 1 • Provides practice in test taking • Provides effective practices: • Notebooking • Revising and editing in context • Word study • Analogizing across texts • Comprehension strategies • Narrative writing strategies

9. Toolbox 1 • Day-by-day Instructional Plans • Lesson overview • GLCE alignment • Materials needed • Directions • Scripted lessons if needed • All documents needed to complete lessons are provided immediately following the lesson

10. Toolbox 2 • Developed for Grades 2-7 • Developed to help students improve MEAP writing scores and teachers use effective practices • Developed for use during the school year as needed • Developed to teach the current year’s GLCEs

11. Toolbox 2 • Toolbox 2A • Writing from Knowledge and Experience • Toolbox 2B • Constructing a Peer Response • Both follow the same philosophy and format

12. Toolbox 2 Philosophy • Each part of the MEAP writing assessment is: • considered a genre • taught through genre study • Inquiry or Constructivistic approach

13. Toolbox 2 • Inquiry approach • Noticing (immersion in the genre) • Creating theories • Naming writer’s craft • Finding excellent examples • Envisioning yourself completing similar tasks

14. Toolbox 2 Format • The same prompt is used grades 2-7 • Day-by-day lesson plans • Immersion in the genre • Creating theories about the genre • Talking about good examples • Understanding the prompt and task • Creating your version • Evaluating your version

15. Toolbox 2 Format • Additional minilessons • Additional prompts • Anchor set

16. Toolbox 3 • Toolbox 3A • Writing in Response to Reading • Follows the same philosophy and format as Toolbox 2A and 2B

17. Toolbox 3 • Developed for grades 2-7 • Developed to help students improve MEAP reading scores and teachers use effective practices • Developed for use during the school year as needed • Developed to teach the current year’s GLCEs

18. Toolbox 3 • Toolbox 3B • Reading Comprehension • Question and Answer Relationship (QAR) • Reciprocal Teaching • Reading Response Journals • Thinking Routines • How to Use the Comprehension Posters and Bookmarks • Narrative Profundity

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20. Prototypes help teachers help students learn the processes and products of the ELA MEAP • 1 is embedded in Toolbox 1 • 2 can be used as needed • Results inform: • Curricular decisions • Material selection • Professional development

21. Toolbox 1 helps teachers help students review all sections of the MEAP • Use grades 3-8 at the beginning of the school year and grade 2 in May • Reviews prior year’s core GLCEs (Grade 2 current year’s GLCEs) • Use with everyone

22. Toolbox 2 helps teachers help students effectively learn how to Write from Knowledge and experience and Construct a Peer Response • Use as needed throughout the school year based on data • Teaches current year’s core GLCEs • Use with whole class, small groups, or individual students

23. Toolbox 3 helps teachers help students effectively learn how to Write in Response to Reading and comprehend what they read • Use as needed throughout the school year based on data • Teaches current year’s core GLCEs • Use with whole class, small groups, or individual students

24. Prototypes First 12 or 20 days of school (Grades 3-8) Toolbox embedded prototype Informs prior year teachers about effectiveness of instruction Informs instruction needed during 10 day MEAP window Shines spotlight on curricular issues Toolbox 1 First 12 or 20 days of school year (Grades 3-8) Embedded prototype Reviews prior year’s GLCEs Immerses students in test format Provides best practices in ELA instruction Sample Year

25. Prototypes Middle of year (January grades 3-7) Prototype 2a Informs current year teachers about effectiveness of instruction Informs need for interventions Shines spotlight on curricular issues Second grade 2a in December 2b in March Toolboxes Throughout the year Toolboxes 2 and 3 as needed (3B can be used from the beginning of the year) Need determined by data results (MEAP, DRA, prototypes, etc.) Used as interventions whole class, small group, and individually Used to remedy curricular issues

26. Prototypes End of year (May grades 3-7) Prototype 2b Informs current year teachers about effectiveness of instruction Informs need for additional interventions (afterschool, summer school) Shines spotlight on curricular issues Second grade Toolbox embedded prototype Toolboxes End of year Toolbox 1 Grade 2 (May) Reviews current year’s GLCEs Immerses students in test format Provides best practices in ELA instruction

27. St. Clair County RESA Toolboxes Designed to motivate students and inspire teachers