Sean Taylor M.Ed. Reading Sage: Advocating for Every Child to Read, Reason, and Thrive: PREPARING Students for the STAAR Reading Test!

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Friday, February 26, 2016

PREPARING Students for the STAAR Reading Test!

PREPARING STUDENTS for the STAAR READING TEST 2016 Grades 3–8 Assessments

Students SHOULD Independently Read The Grade Level STARR Reading Passages Cold Without Support.
Then Read The STAAR Test Passages with a Partner.
Read the STAAR passage again with their partners and do a Socratic Seminar Ranking Survey that includes annotating the 5 most important sentences that relate to the theme, main idea or topic.
They use the information gleaned from Close Reading to help them answer the STAAR reading comprehension questions with their reading partner.
They always annotate the passage or text with the corresponding number of the STAAR reading comprehension test question.
Students consult with the teacher and confirm that they have selected the correct answer. I use the mini-conference to examine their thought processes and get a quick formative evaluation of their ability and critical thinking.
When the two students have answered the question correctly and they have annotated text evidence that matches the answer they get a sticker or M&M'S.
STUDENTS READ THROUGH ALL READING TEST PASSAGES!
AFTER COMPLETING THE COMPLETE RELEADED TEST THEY MOVE ONTO THE TEST ONE GRADE ABOVE AND REPEAT THE CLOSE READING PROCESS.

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