ELA 3&4 Liaisons
Kate Gavalier
MCESC
November 8, 2007
Today’s Goals:
1) To develop an awareness of grade-level indicators as
they pertain to extended response and short answer
questions.
2) To analyze the nature of constructed response questions
and how they appear on the OAT at 3rd and 4th grade.
3) To investigate strategies to help students handle with
constructed response.
3rd & 4th Grade Level Indicators
& examples of questions
Standard:
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension
Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
Benchmark:
C. Draw conclusions from information in the text
25. What part of Midas’s treasures does he value most at
the beginning of the story?
____________________________________________
What events lead him to realize he has valued the wrong
thing?
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
What step does Midas take to show he values something
else more?
____________________________________________
Standard:
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension
Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
Benchmark:
B. Apply effective reading comprehension strategies, including
summarizing and making predictions and comparisons, using
information in text, between text and across subject areas
7. How might the selection be different if Rachel had not
picked up the soda can on her way to school?
________________________________________
Give two examples, using information from the selection.
a. _______________________________________
b. _______________________________________
• Turn on the computer
• At the log on screen:
– User name: training
– Password: (leave blank)
Go to
Getting to “Learn How Responses are Scored”
• Go to: ODE Home Page
• Click on: Ohio's Statewide Testing Site
(Success)
• Choose: Grades 3-8 OAT
• Click: Understanding Test Results
IMS
ORC
Instructional Strategies
QAR’s
• “enhance children’s ability to answer comprehension
questions by teaching them how to find information
they need to answer questions” (Vacca, et.al.,2003)
Comprehension Court
• “requires students to justify description of a character
by drawing on information and clues the author
supplies throughout the text” (Blachowitz & Fisher,
2002)
QUiP
• “students learn how to summarize information”
• “involves graphically organizing information and
synthesizing it in writing”
(www.readwritethink.org/lessons)
Let’s try some
• Choose a strategy
• In a group of three or four, create a lesson
using an article.
Websites to visit
Success Web Site
http://portal.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/
IMS
http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ode/ims/Default.asp?bhcp=1
ORC
http://www.ohiorc.org/
InfoOhio
http://infohio.org/
SIRS Discoverer
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/frontpage
Have a great day!
If you have any questions:
Kate Gavalier
mcoe_kmg@access-k12.org
330-965-7828