1. READING/WRITING WORKSHOP, 2-5 Jocelyn Robbins, 2nd Grade Teacher at Inman, attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, graduating in 1992 with a BA in Psychology. She earned her Masters of Education with a specialization in Early Childhood/ Literacy from The Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1996. She has taught for 16 +years and has been the Curriculum Chairperson for English/Language Arts (ELA). She currently serves as the Curriculum Teacher Leader for ELA, K-5, for Inman. She will earn her Reading Endorsement K-12 in March 2016. Mrs. Robbins and her husband have two sons who have attended East Fayette and Inman and are currently at Whitewater High School in 11th grade. How fortunate we are to have this excellent teacher on our staff at Inman Elementary School. Title I Parent Resources Title I Parent Resources are located in the Title I room and are available for checkout to help you and your child feel successful at Inman Elementary School. Please contact, Peggy James/Parent Liaison, to help you find materials to use to help with needs your child/children may have. Contact information: james.peggy@mail.fcboe.orgjames.peggy@mail.fcboe.org Voice Mail can be left at Inman Elementary School: 770-460-3565

2. Writing and Milestones Testing! Presented by Jocelyn Robbins, M.Ed Curriculum Teacher Leader ELA K-5 Grade 2

3. Writing Standards What type of writing will the test ask my student to do? Grade 3, 4 and 5 : Constructed Response Extended Response: Narrative Genre Extended Writing Response: Opinion or Informational/Explanatory Genre

4. Video about GA Milestones http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction- and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia- Milestones-Assessment-System.aspx

5. Types of Writing in School

7. Types of Writing during the School Day Daily journal prompts Lists Response to questions Response to Literature Picture prompts DBQ (Document Based Question) Compare/Contrast/Analyze 2 pieces of writing (one fiction/ one informational) Constructed Response 3 types (narratives, informational, opinion on a topic)

8. Milestones Writing Tasks 3-5 These questions will be performance tasks where students will be required to do a close analytic reading and text based analysis. Each task includes Constructed Response and Selected Response questions that require students to closely read the accompanying text(s) in order to identify supporting evidence. These questions lead students toward, and help prepare them for, the culminating writing performance task. http://www.writescore.com/georgia/ccgps-georgia-milestones/

9. Constructed Response Definition Constructed response is a general term for items that require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response. Constructed response items require more elaborate answers and explanations of reasoning. They allow for multiple correct answers and/or varying methods of arriving at the correct answer. Constructed response questions are assessment items that ask students to apply knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities to real-world, standards-driven performance tasks. Constructed response questions are so named because there is often more than one way to correctly answer the question, and they require students to “construct” or develop their own answers without the benefit of any suggestions or choices. (Tests That Teach by Karen Tankersley)

10. Some of the reasons kids do poorly on CRQ’s… Many students don’t answer the question. Some responses are very shallow and need more details. Some students get off topic. Students don’t understand what the question is asking. Instead of writing about what the passage talked about, students write about what they know about the topic. Students don’t think about their audience.

11. Constructed Response Examples of skills required on constructed response tasks include, but are not limited to: English Language Arts ◦ Utilize close analytic reading ◦ Compare and contrast ideas and themes ◦ Synthesize ideas and concepts across a single or multiple texts Mathematics ◦ Apply mathematical procedures and skills to real world problems ◦ Express mathematical reasoning by showing work or explaining an answer Georgia Department of Education

12. Academic Vocabulary Traits (most students below grade 7 struggle with this word) QualitiesDistinguish between DifferentiateLine InferSequence Point of View Stanza Support Simile Metaphor Figurative language Elaborate Evidence

13. Strategies for Answering CRQ RACE ACE (math)

14. RACE steps for answering CRQ Reword/restate the question Provide an Answer Cite using evidence from text Explain how the evidence supports your answer CREATE A FLOW MAP OF THESE STEPS

15. STEP 1- A Text-Based Example of Restating Prompt: (after reading “Little Red Riding Hood”) knew How did Little Red Riding Hood know the character in the bed was not her grandmother? Little Red Riding Hood knew the character in the bed was not her grandmother because... Not “She knew…. (avoid pronouns) Use specific nouns, proper nouns

16. USE TRANSITIONS A Boost into the Right Answer Little Red Riding Hood was not afraid of the wolf because... The wolf ran to Grandmother’s house to... Father got rid of the wolf by... Little Red Riding Hood was afraid when... Little Red Riding Hood would not have been bothered by the wolf if... Little Red Riding Hood did not leave Grandmother’s house until...

17. Mark all restated words: Prompt: I What do you do in the evening I when you get home from school? Restatement: In the evening when I get home from school I... Return to the prompt and mark the words used.

18. R eword the question/ R estate Why were the three bears so upset when they came home?

19. Provide an Answer Clarify Answers why? Generalize- not details Makes you want to ask “What do you mean?” or “Where’s your evidence?” The three bears were upset when they got home because someone had been in their house.

20. Cite using evidence from text The first thing they noticed was that someone had eaten their porridge. The next thing the bears noticed was someone had been sitting in their chairs. Finally, the three bears found the culprit, a little girl sleeping in their bed!

21. Explain how the evidence supports your answer As a result, the three bears were furious with the little girl that came into their home without asking!

22. What about MATH? A nswer the question C ompute your work (show work) E xplain in writing how you got your answer

23. There are 29 NBL teams. Each team is allowed to have 12 active players and 3 on injured reserve. How many players are in the NBL at any one time? A…(Answer) 435 players There are _435_ players in the NBL at any one time. C… (Compute) or show your work X = (12+3) 29 X = (15) 29 X = 435 E… (Explain) in writing. 435 First, each team is allowed to have 12 active and 3 reserve players which equals 15 total players on each team. I then multiplied the total number of players (15) by the number of NBL teams (29) to find that 435 players are in the NBL at any one time.

24. Extended Response Questions Extended-response items require more elaborate answers and explanations of reasoning. They allow for multiple correct answers and/or varying methods of arriving at the correct answer. Writing prompts and performance tasks are examples of extended-response items. https://www.schooltube.com/video/d9bc0a6175ed4adb811 8/

25. Writing at Every Grade Level Milestones All students will encounter a constructed-response item allowing for narrative prose, in response to text, within first or second section of the test. –Within the writing section of the test, students will read a pair of passages and complete a series of “ warm-up ” items: o 3 selected-response items asking about the salient features of each passage and comparing/contrasting between the two passages o 1 constructed-response item requiring linking the two passages o 1 writing prompt in which students must cite evidence to support their conclusions, claims, etc. Georgia Department of Education Genres Writing prompts will be informative/explanatory or opinion/argumentative depending on the grade level. Students could encounter either genre. Warning: Students who simply rewrite excerpts from the passage(s) to illustrate their point(s) will not receive favorable scores.

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