Preparing Our Students

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Preparing Our Students

• Early Release Day
• November 19, 2005

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Outcomes

• Teachers will become familiar with the trimester
  reading assessments
• Teachers will understand how to score a WASL test
• Teachers will review the WASL strands
• Teachers will apply the Student Work Protocol to
  analyze next teaching steps
• Teachers will learn/review how to use WASL stem
  questions

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Agenda

• Overview and discussion of WASL strands
• Review Trimester Assessments and how to score a
  WASL
• Score WASL tests
• Review Work Protocol and create next steps
• Use WASL stems

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WASL Strands

• Review handouts on the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade
  strands and the 6th grade strands
• Table talk on how they can lead our teaching
• How to plan instruction for and assess
• Whole group lessons
• Small group lessons

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Trimester Assessments

• Two times a year
• Grades 3-6
• Created by Kent ISD teachers
• Used WASL stem questions and actual stories taken
  from other tests or McMillan materials
• Include tests and scoring guides
• Hardcopies and online
• Help to identify which students need tier II
  instruction

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Scoring WASL Tests

• Title and 4th Grade
• How to score
• Read story
• Review students answers
• Compare to scoring guide
• Assign points
• Confer with another colleague
• Look for themes

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Practice Scoring

• Grades K-3 will score tests from Tinas class
• Grades 4-6 will score tests from Brendas class
• You may write on the tests
• Write number of points earned per question
• Total test
• Replace in center of table

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Break

• Please score at least one full test
• Then take a stretch break
• We will begin again at 320

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Student Work Protocol

• Identify a scribe and facilitator
• Look over work and identify what is seen in a
  nonjudgmental manner. Whip around and share out.
• Interpret the work. Try to see what the student
  was doing and why.
• Decide what are the implications for the
  classroom in terms of next steps and teaching.
• Work together to create notes for one test at
  your table. Attach notes to cover of paper.

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WASL Stem Questions

• Review how to use
• Review purpose
• Share out how theyve been used in the past
• Share text and how to use stem questions
• Practice how to use stem questions with grade
  level text
• Organize stem questions

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Ongoing Support

• Please contact me if you need help with
• Using WASL strands to plan instruction
• Giving or scoring WASL tests
• Using WASL stem questions