TELPAS 2015 State Test for ELLs

New ELL Specialist: Tamara Burson On Campus from 12:15 – 4:15 Office is in the library Ext: 5232

TELPAS measures the ELPS. TEA 3 The two are integrally aligned.

TEA 4 TELPAS provides proficiency level ratings for each language domain, plus an overall composite rating.

TELPAS Reading - Online Students will Take the TELPAS Reading test March Please plan your lessons knowing that some of your students will be out for state testing.

TELPAS Writing

Goal in Assembling Writing Collections To make sure the collections portray the students’ overall English language writing proficiency TEA 7

Writing Activities TELPAS writing samples should be taken from authentic classroom activities grounded in content area TEKS ELPS TEA 8

Samples Required At least 5 total samples are required in each collection. In each collection there must be - at least 1 narrative about a past event - at least 2 writing samples from math, science, or social studies TEA 9

Some Eligible Types of Writing Descriptive writing on a familiar topic Writing about a familiar process Narrative writing about a past event Personal narratives and reflective pieces Expository and other extended writing from language arts classes Expository or procedural writing from science, math, and social studies classes TEA 10

Papers Not to Include Papers containing copied language Papers in which student relies heavily on resources (dictionary, thesaurus, etc.) Papers showing teacher comments and corrections Worksheets and question-answer assignments Papers that have been polished with help from peers or teachers Papers written primarily in student’s native language Papers that are brief, incomplete, or rushed TEA 11

All teachers with ELL students in their class will give a writing assignment It must be a class assignment The writing must be based on what is being taught in class The teacher will turn in only the ELL papers to Tami Burson (ELL Specialist) New Caney HS - TELPAS

Due dates: Math – Feb. 23 rd CTE/Fine Arts/Foreign Language/SPED – Feb. 25 th Science – Feb. 27 th Social Studies –March 3 rd ELA – March 6 th (Two Samples) TELPAS Timeline – February 17

Prompts must be focused on what is being taught in class Look at the list on the back of the handout to give you ideas If you are unsure check with Tami Burson TELPAS Writing Prompts

m/category/subjects/science/ m/category/subjects/science/ ​ On the right-hand side of the visual prompts are more subjects. Each subject has a set of visual prompts. You can find one that relates to what you are doing in class. TELPAS Prompt Ideas

Writing Samples 42/Centricity/Domain/1204/TELPAS%20Writing%2 0Samples.pdf