1. 2015-2016 Presented by Trina Lester Luna
New York State ELA Test
Presented by Trina Lester Luna

3. Test Overview Grade 5 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 5 reading passages
35 multiple choice questions
Reading Standards
3 reading passages
7 multiple choice questions
2 short response questions
1 extended response
Writing Standards
5 short response questions
Untimed (suggested 90 minutes)

4. Test Overview-Grade 3&4 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 4 reading passages
24 multiple choice questions
Reading Standards
3 reading passages
7 multiple choice questions
2 short answer questions
1 extended response question
Writing Standards
5 short response questions
Untimed (suggested 70 minutes)

5. Reading Genres Literary Informational Fiction Realistic Historical
Folktale
Fable
Myth
Letter
Play
Non-Fiction
Biography
Autobiography
NF story
Memoir
Personal Narrative
Procedural
All About
Interview
Expository with titles, subtitles and without
Argumentative
Opinion Letters
Speech
Advertisement
Op Ed
Feature articles

6. Test Design Grades 3&4 Grade 5 Literary 3-7 Passages 3-8 Passages
Informational

7. Test Design Concepts Percentage of Test Key Ideas and Details
Standards 1, 2, 3)
Up to 65%
Craft and Structure
(Standards 4, 5, 6)
Up to 35%
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
(Standards 7, 8, 9)
Up to 30%

8. Scoring the Test Multiple Choice Short Answer Extended Response
Grades 3&4: 31 questions
Grade 5: 42 questions
Short Answer
Grades 3, 4, 5: 7 2 points each
Extended Response
Grades 3, 4, 5: 2 4 points each

9. Preparing for a Test Reading Starts February 27 (4 weeks)
Assessment Based
Transfer and apply learning from previous units
Maneuver through the test
Revisit reading literary and informational texts
Week of reading mixed genres
Targeted small group instruction based on assessment

10. Preparing for a Test Writing Starts February 27 Short response
Reading and interpreting, making decisions about how to frame extended response questions
Drafting and revising extended response questions using rubrics and checklists

19. What can I do at home? Do not Read often Many genres
Read short passages from magazines
Have meaningful conversations
Longer stretches of time
Flexible Problem solving
Good night sleep
Eat breakfast
Keep children calm
Do not
Allow kids repeated practice making mistakes
Read test or test prep passages over and over and answer questions

20. Magazines Highlights (multi genre) Muse (history, science, arts)
Sports Illustrated Kids
Time for kids (grade 3-4 edition, grade 5-6 edition)
National Geographic Kids (big kid version)
American Girl (multi genre)
Ranger Rick
Stone Soup (literary)
Cricket (literary)
Appleseeds
Cobblestone (Historical)
Odyssey (science)

21. Questions to Ask About Article
Fiction Passages
Character
What kind of person is___?
Describe the character’s traits.
What are the character’s motivations?
How do the character’s traits influence the outcome of the story?
How does the character change from the beginning to the end of the story?
What are the perspectives of ___ and ___ ( character) in this story? How are they the same or different?
Theme
What do the characters learn in this story? How do they show that?
What is the theme of this story? What are some details that help you know that?
Vocabulary-words and phrases
What does ___ (word or phrase) mean? What in the story helps you know that?
Setting
What is the setting? How is it important to this story?

22. Questions to Ask About Articles
Informational Texts
Main Idea
What is the main idea of this text? How do you know?
What details support this main idea?
What is the main idea of this part of the text? How do you know?
Vocabulary
What does ____ (word or phrase) mean in this text? How do you know?
Author’s Perspective? Purpose
What does the author think about ____ (topic of text)?