Galactic Library: 3rd Grade Benchmarks

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From the Florida Department of Education
www.fcatexplorer.com
Galactic Library 3rd Grade Benchmarks
Program Overview
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Galactic Library 3rd Grade Benchmarks

• Interactive program offers practice on the
  FCAT-tested benchmarks
• Reinforces reading comprehension skills
• Available at no cost to all Florida public
  schools
• Accessible from any computer connected to the
  Internet

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Fidelity with the Official FCAT

• Strict adherence to the Sunshine State Standards
  and the DOEs Test Item Performance Task
  Specifications

• Rigorous item development process

• Items drafted by reading teachers and
  professional item writers
• Items reviewed by instructional designers,
  testing specialists, bias reviewers, and
  professional editors

The Wind Cars of China
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Input from Exemplary Education Professionals

• Highly-qualified classroom teachers

• Recommended for expertise in subject area and
  grade level
• National Board Certified
• Recipients of Teacher of the Year awards
• Experienced as FCAT Coach and/or Reading Coach
• Masters Degrees

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The Galactic Librarys Adaptive Support Model
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Adaptive Support Model
INDIVIDUALIZED ADAPTIVE SUPPORT

• Automatically adjusts readability level and
  instructional support level based on
  students success with practice questions
• Materials at both levels derived from 3rd grade
  benchmarksonly difference is readability

Scalloping
Amazing Spider Webs
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Adaptive Support Model

• ADAPTIVE READING LEVEL

Mapmaking 3rd grade readability level

• When student struggles at 3rd grade level,
  program moves to 2nd grade level
• When student succeeds at 2nd grade level,
  program seamlessly moves back to 3rd grade
• Same 3rd grade benchmarks at both levels
  only difference is readability

Rabbits Tug-of-War 2nd grade readability level
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Adaptive Support Model

• ADAPTIVE SUPPORT LEVEL

• Three levels for both sets of materials
• Full Support

• Word Click Click to hear any word
• Embedded questions Interim comprehension checks

• Moderate Support Embedded questions only
• No Support Neither

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Passages and Practice Items
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FCAT-like Practice
PASSAGES

• Same average length and reading level as the
  FCAT
• Same genres poems, plays, articles and stories
• Engaging illustrations reinforce important ideas

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FCAT-like Practice
PRACTICE ITEMS

• Rigorous item development process

• Written by professional item writers
• Reviewed, edited and approved by teachers
• Revised as needed based on statistical item
  analysis

• Same average number of items per passage as on
  the FCAT

• Number of items per skill based on teacher
  recommendation for struggling readers
• No fewer than 5 items per skill
• From 5 to 50 items per Benchmark

• Same types of items as on the FCAT

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FCAT-like Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE (MC)
Vocabulary question
Careful review of every item for psychometric
criteria

• Item clearly supports the skill
• All answer choices are parallel (e.g., in
  grammatical form)
• Only plausible choices

• One clearly best answer
• Correct answer supported in the text

Comprehension question
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Instructional Support
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Instructional Support
1ST ATTEMPT CORRECT

• Congratulations!
• Correct Answer Explanation (CAE)

• Confirms the attributes that make an answer
  correct
• Reinforces effective skill application

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Instructional Support
1ST ATTEMPT INCORRECT
Hint

• Hint (for vocabulary questions)
• See Clues (for comprehension questions)

• Takes student back to passage
• Student reviews highlighted clues

See Clues
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Instructional Support
2nd ATTEMPT

• For CORRECT answer, CAE confirms and reinforces
  effective skill application

• For INCORRECT answer, CAE helps student
  understand why the correct answer is correct

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Special Features

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Special Features
FLUENCY LIST

• Glossary Vocabulary Exercise words
• Easy-to-use chart for recording progress
• Effective pre-reading activity
• Available from School Administrators Desk and
  Classroom Teachers Desk

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Special Features
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Syllables appear in dynamic visual beat

• Precede each passage
• Teach five potentially challenging words

If student selects incorrect answer, correct
answer flashes

• Word recognition
• Phonics
• Definition
• Meaning in context

• Engage students andincrease confidence success

Review of all five words
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Special Features
PURPOSE FOR READING STRATEGIES
Purpose for Reading statement

• Purpose for Reading statements precede each
  passage to help establish good comprehension
  habits

• See Questions feature allows students to
  preview item stems(not answer choices)

Click See Questions icon (magnifying glass)
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Special Features
GLOSSARY
Student can click the word hundreds to go to that
Glossary entry

• Click linked (blue) words in passage
• Click ear icon to hear word pronounced
• Word spelled in syllables
• Definition sample sentence
• Spanish and Haitian Creole translations

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Special Features
SEE CLUES

• Reinforces re-reading the passage to find
  correct answer
• Student must go to every page containing clues
  related to that question
• After going to every page with relevant clues,
  student gets second attempt

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Special Features
MY CHALLENGE LIST

• Links directly to items answered incorrectly
• Helps students focus on skill improvement
• Accessible through the Planet Roomjust click the
  red circles to try a question again!

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Motivational Features

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Motivational Features
ANIMATED CHARACTERS

• Characters accompany students on a mission
• Students earn animated pleasure reading
  selections by completing items

Melville

Captain Frog
Hopkins
Wordsworth
Eureka
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Motivational Features
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES
Space Stories

• Four different game-like activities
• Each activity reviews words from one set of
  Vocabulary Exercises

Word Wall
Space Words
Asteroid Blasteroid
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Educators Tools

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Educators Tools

• Curriculum resources

Classroom Teachers Desk

• Skills Location Map
• Table of Benchmarks and Skills
• Item Review
• Letter to Parents

School Administrators Desk

• Information management tools

• Sign-in names and passwords
• Progress Reports
• Messages to students

District Administrators Desk
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Student Performance Reports
At the Classroom Teachers Desk

• Check progress on individuals or classes
• View reading data by Benchmark, Skill, or Passage
• View math data by Benchmark, Strand, or Theme
• View Science data by Benchmark or Strand
• Compare percentage correct before and after
  instructional support

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The Parent Family Guide

• Accessible from the home page without a password
• Available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole
• Helps parents, guardians, and mentors understand
  the Sunshine State Standards and the FCAT
• Provides Everyday Activities to reinforce
  Benchmarks and Skills

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Visit the Educator Resources Page

• Linked from the home page
• Download this PowerPoint presentation
• Download the School Administrators Desk Manual
• Download the Teachers Desk Manual

• Download other presentations

• Reading Focus Overview
• Math Focus Overview
• Program-specific presentations

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To get sign-in names passwords

• School Principals Contact your District Office
  and speak to the District Administrator for the
  FCAT Explorer
• Teachers Contact your School Administrator
  for the FCAT Explorer

FCAT Explorer Home Page (www.fcatexplorer.com)
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Toll-Free Help Desk

• Accessible from the home page without a password
• 1-888-750-FCAT 1-888-750-3228
• Weekdays from 700 A.M. 600 P.M.

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www.fcatexplorer.com
Log on to the FCAT Explorer!