Curriculum Dig for SLPs Donna Marquis-Cox, Ed.D., CCC/SLP FDLRS/Sarasota Fall 2011

Curriculum Dig IFC – defined – The instructional focus calendar includes the benchmarks that are most important to teach and a time frame in which to teach them.

Curriculum Dig Look at the IFC for Week 8. Find the correlative weeks for the grade levels above and below. How are they the same? different? Is there anything that is taught at one level that is not taught at the others?

Curriculum Dig FCAT Test Item Specifications – defined – Describes the way in which the content was chosen, the parameters for ease and difficulty, and examples of what is included and exempted from question construction.

Curriculum Dig Look at the Criteria for Selecting FCAT 2.0 Reading Texts – Find % Literary-Information Texts – Types of Literary-Informational Texts – Length of Texts – Cognitive Complexity – how do they differ? Low Moderate High

Curriculum Dig Look at the Criteria for Selecting FCAT 2.0 Reading Texts – Cognitive Complexity – what percent of questions are at each level of complexity?

Reporting Category 1: Vocabulary How is vocabulary tested?

Reporting Category 2: Rdg Application How do the expectations differ from grade to grade?

Reporting Category 3: Literary Analysis What is expected in Literary Analysis?

Reporting Category 4: InfoText What are students expected to do in this section?