TELPAS Training

What is TELPAS? According to the TEA website, The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) is designed to assess the progress that limited English proficient (LEP) students make in learning the English language. The Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLD’s): Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Advanced High

TELPAS Writing SGP 2013 ALL teachers will be required to submit two TELPAS Writing Samples of ELL students. All TELPAS Writing Samples and classroom writing samples should be done as a whole class project where all students participate. Students who are absent must make it up. Only the TELPAS Writing Samples of students who are actually ELL will be submitted to the LPAC chair. Keep the other classroom samples in a manilla folder or accordion file in your classroom. It is possible we may need to retrieve some of these later. Only those students who are actually ELL identified (LPAC list) will have their TELPAS Writing Samples rated by a certified TELPAS rater (ELA teachers, etc.) for submission to the state. Some teachers will also be asked to verify the samples. No student is to do their TELPAS Writing Sample in isolation from their classroom. It is to be scheduled and done by the students in a whole class setting. Students may not use references. We don’t want them heavily relying on resources as this is an authentic assessment of their progress in writing English. Classroom teachers may not make any marks on the original TELPAS Writing Samples they submit. Students will write full name, ID #,& teacher name at the top, and the prompt should also be stated. The sample should be dated February 18 or later.

TELPAS Writing SGP 2013 Individual student folders will be in Ms. Howard’s office located in the counselor’s office. Writing Samples are to be filed during your conference period or after school. TELPAS samples are part of state mandated testing. The writing samples should be secure and confidential. Do not allow students to transport them. TEA Writing Sample Collection Window - Feb. 18 th – March 5 th. If you have writing samples collected from the first day (Feb 18) that is great as long as all guidelines have been followed. If you have questions or concerns regarding the collection of writing samples and procedures please see Ms. Howard or Mrs. Gomez.

REMEMBER WE WANT TO SEE IF LEP STUDENTS CAN USE: CONTENT VOCABULARY WRITE IN PAST TENSE EXPRESS IDEAS AND THOUGHTS MAKE CONNECTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED WHEN TO TIE IT ALL IN? REMEMBER IT MUST BE PROMPTS FOR ALL STUDENTS. ALLOW TIME FOR STUDENTS TO WRITE EVERYTHING THEY KNOW. (EX. SPONGE ACTIVITY, REFLECTIVE PIECE AT THE END OF LESSON, DESIGNATE A WRITING DAY AS A FOCUS PIECE BEFORE LESSON, JOURNAL ENTRY) IT CANNOT BE…. WORK SHEETS, EDITED PIECES EITHER BY STUDENTS OR TEACHERS, LESS THAN ¾ - 1 PAGE LONG AND NO SKIPPING LINES (UNLESS STUDENT IS BRAND NEW TO COUNTRY), TESTS, ESSAYS FROM A TEST, NO GRADED WORK (IF YOU LIKE, MAKE COPIES AND GRADE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE. TURN THE ORIGINALS IN TO LPAC CHAIR NO MARKS, NO COPIES COUNT TOWARD TELPAS) TELPAS Writing Ideas

Core TELPAS Writing Prompts ELA Past tense narrative/reflective pieces Align with curriculum – Let it work for you & fit into curriculum, not just be some random writing. Science/Math a. Describe systems b. Compare and Contrast inventors, scientists, or theoretical views c. Write about processes and make sure they include results d. Writing pieces that allow students to write using multi-steps Social Studies a. Describe governments b. Compare and Contrast statesmen, presidents, dictators, etc… c. Describe impact of events on generation d. Ideas that affect students Noncore classes/electives Describe a familiar topic Write about a particular familiar process.

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