Timed Reading Resource For High Schools

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Timed Reading ResourceFor High Schools
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Name _______________________________________
Period/Class ___________________________

• Jamestown Timed Readings Plus in Literature
• Lesson _____ Test A Date ____________________
• Recalling Facts Understanding
  the Passage
• Reading Time __________________ Score
  (number correct) _____/10
• Test B Date
  ____________________
• Score (number correct) _____/15 Score (number
  correct on Tests A B) _____/25

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Target for Participants

• I can implement the Jamestown Lessons with
  students, understand the differences between
  Lesson Tests A B, can have students score their
  results, and can use the student results to
  differentiate instruction in my classroom.

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Timed Resource Activities to stimulate Fluency

• Timed Reading Plus in Literature
• Do two to three days a week
• 10 levels of books in total
• Levels 1-10 (Book 1 is fourth grade reading
  level, Book 2 is fifth grade reading level, so
  on)
• Determined by Fry Readability
• 25 two part lessons (50 tests in total)
• Passages are 400 words in length

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2 Styles of Tests

• Test A Focus on Silent Fluency Rate
• Take 20 seconds to preview (lesson on previewing
  is in text on pages 2-3).
• Read passage and note on the answer sheet the
  time it took to read (do not include the time to
  read or do the questions).
• Use an internet timer program such as
  http//ideas.gstboces.org/program/timer/ .
• Answer the 10 questions
• 5 - Recalling Facts
• 5 - Understanding the Passage
• Write your answers on the answer sheet.
• Check answers, review incorrect answers, record
  the score, and plot progress.

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Pride and Prejudice
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Write your score. Number Correct/10
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Pride and Prejudice 1A

• Answer Key Located in Back of Book
• B
• A
• C
• A
• C
• A
• C
• B
• C
• B

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Scoring Put an X on the line in the Lesson 1
column for the time it took you to read the
passage. e.g., 1 minute 50 seconds Now, on the
answer sheet, write how many questions you got
correct over the total number of questions
(10). e.g., 8/10
8/10
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2 Styles of Tests (Continued)

• Test B Focus on Comprehension and Critical
  Thinking
• Preview and read the passage.
• Do the five activities with 3 responses each
• (15 questions in total)
• Recognizing Words in Context
• Keep Events in Order
• Make Evaluations
• Making Correct Inferences
• Summarizing
• Check answers, review incorrect answers, record
  the score, and plot progress.
• Recorded/Charted
• 1) Reading Rate
• 2) Comprehension Score
• 3) Comprehension Skills Profile

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Uncle Toms Cabin
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(No Transcript)
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Uncle Toms Cabin 1B

• Answer Key
• D, C, O
• 2) 1, 3, 2
• 3) H,H, E
• 4) F, C, C
• 5) D, D, S

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Scoring On Test B there are 5 questions and
each question has 3 parts, so there are a
total of 15 questions. Count how many you had
correct on both Test A and Test B. Put an X in
the Lesson 1 column to indicate your number of
correct answers on tests A B. e.g., Test A
8/10 Test B 12/15 So final score
20/25
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Scoring Now look over your Test B answers.
Lesson 1 is at the top of the each column.
Place an X in any Lesson 1 column box if you
had an incorrect answer. This can help the
teacher determine DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONAL
activities.
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Was the target achieved?

• I can implement the Jamestown Lessons with
  students.
• I understand the differences between Lesson Tests
  A B.
• I can have students score/graph their results.
• I can use the student results to differentiate
  instruction in my classroom.

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Thank you

• Suzanne Grady, Resource Teacher,
• Curriculum Development School Improvement
• Sara Wolstein, Specialist,
• Curriculum Development School Improvement
• Dr. Catherine Bishop-Temple, Specialist
• Curriculum Development School Improvement