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Saturday, February 23, 2019

NC EOG READING TESTS GRADES 3–8 Answer Keys 2019

NC EOG Sample Reading Test  2019 Reading comprehension TESTS grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8

The NC EOG Sample Reading Test are no longer on the NC state website.
The testt below are good practice for the NC EOG Sample Reading Test!

Grade 3 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 3 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 4 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 4 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 5Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 5 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 6 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 6 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 7 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 8 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 9 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 10 Reading
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 7 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Grade 8 Mathematics
Test Book (PDF)
Answer Key Book (PDF)

Thursday, May 8, 2014

STAAR Reading Vocabulary

STAAR Reading and Math Testing Tier 3 Vocabulary | STAAR Reading ELA and Math Academic Vocabulary GRADE 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

Links to PDF Academic Word List

STAAR Reading TEST Vocabulary Practice



Vocabulary Game Cards Reading

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Vocabulary Game Cards 2nd
Vocabulary Game Cards 3rd B
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Vocabulary Game Cards 4th
Vocabulary Game Cards 4th B
Vocabulary Game Cards 5th
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Vocabulary Game Cards 5th 6th


Math Vocabulary Game Cards 

Vocabulary Game Cards1st
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Vocabulary Game Cards 3rd
Vocabulary Game Cards 4th
Vocabulary Game Cards 5th
Vocabulary Game Cards 6th
Vocabulary Game Cards 7th
Vocabulary Game Cards 8th

Oklahoma Academic Vocabulary Suggested Words and Terms Marzano based list
School Speak Word List
The Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Project

Academic Tier 3 Reading Glossary

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Word Academic Tier 3 Mathematics Glossary

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Word Academic Tier 3 Writing Glossary

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WordAcademic Tier 3 English Language Arts Glossary

PDFAcademic Tier 3 History / Social Studies Glossary

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Academic Tier 3 Science Glossary (Glossary at the end of the PDF doc,)

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NWEA Academic Vocabulary
NWEA Academic Vocabulary
NWEA Reading Test Questions
CST and CAHSEE Academic Vocabulary

ISAT Reading Vocabulary List (Word) doc

ISAT Language Usage Vocabulary List (Word)
ISAT Math Vocabulary List (Word)
Math Vocabulary Word Wall or Flash Cards :
CCSS Math Vocabulary Cards 4th Grade

4th Grade CCSS Vocabulary Word List
Vocabulary Cards 4th Grade A-L
Vocabulary Cards 4th Grade M-Z

CCSS Math Vocabulary Cards 5th Grade
5th Grade CCSS Vocabulary Word List
Vocabulary Cards 5th Grade A-L
Vocabulary Cards 5th Grade M-Z


CCSS Math Vocabulary Cards 6th Grade
6th Grade CCSS Vocabulary Word List
Vocabulary Cards 6th Grade A-L
Vocabulary Cards 6th Grade M-Z

CCSS Math Vocabulary Cards 7th Grade
7th Grade CCSS Vocabulary Word List
Vocabulary Cards 7th Grade A-M
Vocabulary Cards 7th Grade N thru Z


CCSS Math Vocabulary Cards 8th Grade
Secondary 1 CCSS Vocabulary Word List
Vocabulary Cards Secondary 1 A-L
Vocabulary Cards Secondary 1 M thru Z

Granite School District Math Vocabulary

Illustrated Everyday Math Grade Level Vocabulary Kindergarten Unit 1

Kindergarten Unit 2
Kindergarten Unit 3
Kindergarten Unit 4
Kindergarten Unit 5
Kindergarten Unit 6
Kindergarten Unit 7 Kindergarten Unit 8



Grade 1 Unit 1
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Grade 1 Unit 3
Grade 1 Unit 4
Grade 1 Unit 5
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Grade 1 Unit 8
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Grade 2 Unit 1 Grade 2 Unit 2
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Grade 2 Unit 4
Grade 2 Unit 5
Grade 2 Unit 6
Grade 2 Unit 7
Grade 2 Unit 8
Grade 2 Unit 9
Grade 2 Unit 10
Grade 2 Unit 11
Grade 2 Unit 12


Grade 3 Unit 1
Grade 3 Unit 2
Grade 3 Unit 3
Grade 3 Unit 4
Grade 3 Unit 5
Grade 3 Unit 6
Grade 3 Unit 7
Grade 3 Unit 8
Grade 3 Unit 9
Grade 3 Unit 10
Grade 3 Unit 11

Grade 4 Unit 1
Grade 4 Unit 2
Grade 4 Unit 3
Grade 4 Unit 4
Grade 4 Unit 5
Grade 4 Unit 6
Grade 4 Unit 7
Grade 4 Unit 8
Grade 4 Unit 9
Grade 4 Unit 10
Grade 4 Unit 11
Grade 4 Unit 12

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Mr. Taylor's Kid Friendly Academic Vocabulary


Third Grade


atlas
A book of maps or a book of tables, charts, pictures on one subject.
Mr. Taylor has a world atlas in his classroom.


abbreviation
A shorter form of a word or phrase, i.e. AZ for Arizona.
The abbreviation for the United States of America is U.S.A.


adverb
A word that modifies a verb by identifying time, place, speed, etc.
Quickly is an adverb in the sentence "Jose quickly finished his homework. "


antonyms
A word opposite in meaning to another word.
Cold is the antonym of hot.


apostrophe
The mark used to show a letter or letters have been left out of a word or phrase or to show ownership.
Example of letters left out: You've is short for "you have" and an apostrophe shows that "have" is missing two letters.
Example of ownership: Mr. Taylor's class reads several books each year.
Example of ownership: The apostrophe in the sentence "Mr. Taylor's class reads several books each year." shows the class belongs to Mr. Taylor.


bias
One meaning of "bias" is to like or dislike one thing over another.
Claudia has bias for chocolate over all other candy.


chronological order
To arrange events in the order they occurred.
In chronological order, our class has computer lab on Monday, music on Tuesday, gym on Wednesday, library on Thursday, and art on Friday.


complete sentence
A complete sentence includes at least a subject and a verb.
"Claudia ran." is a complete sentence.


context clues
Words, phrases or sentences around a new word that helps the reader make a logical guess about the meaning of the new word.
Use context clues to figure out what a new word means.


contraction
A word or phrase shortened by leaving out one or more letters or sounds.
"You'll" is the contraction of "you will."




compound word
A compound word is made when two words are joined to form a new word.
The words "shoe" and "string" are joined to form the compound word "Shoestring."


biography
The history of a persons life.
If you become famous, someone will write your biography.


describe
To tell or write about something.
Please describe your backpack.


declarative
A sentence that makes a statement.
"The earth is round." is a declarative sentence.


dictionary
A book of alphabetically listed words with their meanings and other information.
Students need a dictionary when they go to college.


exclamatory
A sudden, angry outcry; to cry out; shout; or speak suddenly in surprise, etc.
"Lillian, be quiet! shouted her mother is an exclamatory phrase.


fact
Something that really happened; truth; actuality; things as they exist.
It is a fact that the moon revolves around the earth.


fairy take
A fairy tale is a type of short story with fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments.
The story "Jack and the Beanstalk" is a fairy tale.


folk tale
A story or legend originating and traditional among a group of people (folk = people), especially one forming part of the spoken tradition of the everyday people.
The stories about Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are folk tales.


interrogative
Asking a question.
"Do you like chocolate ice cream?" is an interrogative.


index
One meaning of "index" is an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., together with page numbers where they can be found--usually placed at the end of a book.
In this book, the index says there is information about the moon on pages 31 and 73.


instructions
Education; teaching; lessons or a list of steps to be followed to complete an assignment.
(1) Every teacher at Rio Vista gives instructions to their students. (2) It is hard to use a TV remote without reading the instructions.


main characteristics
The most important things that identify a person, plant, object--or anything in the universe.
The main characteristics of most cars are four wheels, a body where the driver and passengers sit, a steering wheel, an engine, and headlights and taillights.


nonfiction
Books and stories which only include real people, animals, plants, science, events, etc.
A book about birds in Tucson is a nonfiction book.


main idea
The main idea of a passage or reading is the the most important thought or message. (In contrast to the term topic, which refers to the subject under discussion.)
The main idea of Mr. Taylor's instructions is that it is important to follow directions.


multi-meaning words
Words which have more than one meaning.
Multi-meaning words will have the different meanings listed and numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.) in the dictionary.


opinion
A person's belief based on what seems true, or probable; a person's judgment.
Many people have the opinion that French cooking is the best in the world.


organization
A group of persons organized for some specific purpose, such as a club, business, team, etc.
The Rio Vista band is an organization of students with an interest in music.


personal narrative
A story that tells a story based on a personal experience of the writer.
Jasmine wrote a personal narrative about a trip to visit her grandmother.


plural
More than one of something.
The plural of bone is bones.


plot
The arrangement of the main events in a book, story, poem, or film, also known as the "story line."
The plot of most mysteries starts with a murder.


point of view
A way of viewing things; an attitude or the position from which something is observed or considered; a standpoint.
It is Mr. Taylor's point of view that students must be held responsible for completing their work.


possessive
The form of a word that shows ownership.
The possessive form of John is John's. For example, to say John owns the airplane, you would say "It is John's airplane."


predicate
In a sentence, the verb (action word) or the verb and words that describe the verb.
"Runs fast" is the predicate in the sentence "Magaly runs fast."


prefix
A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
In the word "unhappy," "un-" is the prefix.


prefixes
Prefixes are placed at the beginning of words to change their meanings.
The prefixes we will see often are "pre-" (before), "post-" (after), "un-" (opposite of), "anti-"(against), "hemi-" (half), "non-" (absence of), "out-" (exceeding), "trans-" (across), etc.
The sentence "John was unhappy in preschool" has two prefixes.


punctuation (commas)
Special marks in sentences or phrases that make the sentences or phrases easier to understand. Some common punctuation marks are: . , ' ; ? !
The comma ( , ) tells where to pause or take a breath.
root word
A word that can start to build the meaning of many words.
"Corn" is the root word of : popcorn; cornflower; cornmeal; cornbread; and cornmeal: all the words mean something about corn.


run-on sentence
A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., completesentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation ( ; ) or a conjunction (and, for, nor, but, or, yet and so).
"Sydney and Sabrina were in the band Sydney played the saxophone Sabrina played percussion" is an example of three run-on sentences.


introduction
The introduction is at the beginning of a story and it tells you what the main idea(s) will be; it lets you
"meet" the main idea.
An introduction to your teacher lets you meet.


singular
In grammar, the form of a word that says there is only one of something.
In the sentence "There was only one Juliana in the class, but there were two Gabriels," Juliana issingular and Gabriels is plural.


sign
The word "sign" has many meanings. Among them are: to write your name (signature); a symbol with a specific meaning ( $ meaning dollars); and hand gestures that give information (sign language).
When you vote in any election, you have to sign your name.
story elements (character, setting, plot)
The who, what, where and why--the parts that make up a story.
In Harry Potter, the main characters are Harry, Hermione, and Ron; the setting is Castle Hogwarts; and the plot is to learn to be wizards and keep Harry safe from Voldemort.


schedule
The way things are planned to happen in our lives, schools, or work.
Sometimes Mr. Taylor's class schedules a trip to the gem and mineral show in February.


subject
The person, place or thing that does the action in a sentence.
In the sentence "Michael finished his report before lunch," "Michael" is the subject, and "finished" is the action (verb).


suffixes
Letters or syllables added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
Suffixes such as "-ish" and "-er" can be added to the word "small" to change its meaning to smallish and smaller.


summarize
To state briefly; to shorten to its most important parts.
Mr. Taylor asked us to summarize the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone.


supporting details
They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of a paragraph. What do they do? They give details to develop and help the reader better understand the topic sentence (main idea).
If your topic sentence is "Harry Potter has a special wand," you could add supporting details about the wand, such as where he got it, what it's made of, and why it's a special wand.


synonyms
Different words that have the same meaning.
Synonyms of "bend" are curve and twist.


verb (types and functions)
A word that in a sentence that tells you the action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
In the sentence "Anthony ran his race and is now standing next to the track," "ran" (the action) and "standing" (state of being) are both verbs.


Fourth Grade


acronym
A word that is made by putting together parts of other words.
The word "radar" is an acronym that was built from "radio detecting and ranging"
( "ra + d + a + r" ).


adjective
A word or phrase that modifies (describes) a noun .
The word "brilliant" is an adjective in the sentence "Yatzari is a brilliant student". "Brilliant" describes the noun "student".


adverb
A word that Modifies (describes) a verb.
"Suddenly" is an adverb in the sentence "Anthony suddenly remembered his homework assignment". "Suddenly" describes the verb "remembered."


almanac
A book that gives useful information about a particular subject; sometimes published in a month-by-month order.
For example, a gardening almanac might tell when to plant different flowers and vegetables.


analogy
A phrase or sentence that shows how different things may be alike in some ways.
"A human heart is like a pump" is an analogy. The heart and pump are alike in one way: they each pump something.


anthology
A book that is a collection of different writers' works (essays, stories, poems, etc.).
"Mr. Taylor had so many interesting stories to tell. One day he was going to publish his collection as 'An Artist'sAnthology.' "


antonym
A word that has an opposite meaning.
An antonym of "hot" is "cold"; an antonym of "fast" is "slow".


aphorism
A short, clear, wise statement that tells an opinion or a saying that many people believe is true.
An aphorism about a famous musician is the sentence "Irving Berlin has no place in American music - he IS American music."


audience (as listeners and readers)
A group of people that gather to see or hear a performance - when the performance is an "out-loud" reading, the performers are the readers and the audience are the listeners.
For example: "Mr. Taylor and Maria were taking turns reading 'The Chamber of Secrets' to the class. Theaudience was very quiet as the readers reached a scary part of the story."


author's purpose
The reason for writing - to inform, to question, to entertain.
"Fernando worked hard on his first prompt. His author's purpose was to entertain his readers with his funny story."


autobiography
The story of someone's life, written by that person.
"Mr. Taylor had given the students their first assignment of the year: a one-page autobiography."


bibliography
A list of the books and materials consulted; appearing at the end of the text.
"Leslie was sure to include her bibliography at the end of her science report."


brochure
A booklet or pamphlet that describes a subject; often an advertisement.
"Mrs. Kuhn carefully read the brochure that announced the opening of the University Science Fair."


caption
A short description or title of an illustration in a text.
"Gloria had written the caption ' What I Want to be When I Grow Up ' under her drawing of a jet pilot ."


category
A set of things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
"Eric had lots of homework to do. Which category would he start with? Reading, Writing, Science, Math ...? "


cause/effect characteristics
Cause is the action that makes something happen; Effect is the something that happens.
"Sarah knocked over a glass of water onto her homework pages. Knocking over the glass was the cause of soaking her homework. Wet homework was the effect of knocking over the glass."
conclusion
The part that brings something to an end OR
a decision that is made after looking at all the facts.
"Andrew thought the conclusion of ‘Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets‘ was really exciting!"
"After much thought, Anthony came to the conclusion that the answer to the long division problem was '286' "

conjunction
A connecting word that links sentences or words ("and", "or", "if", "but" ...).
"David and Jose wanted to talk to Gage or Sam before school, but the bus was late."
Conjunctions in this sentence were "and", "or", and "but".


contest
An organized test among entrants to find out which is best at doing something.
"On Tuesday there was a contest between the two fourth grades to see which class was best at playing cricket."


conversation
A talk with someone.
"Mrs. Kuhn would have a conversation with the "Wheels in Motion" people to learn whether their contest would come to Rio Vista this year."


diary
A book of a person's daily happenings and thoughts.
"George Washington's diary was full of interesting things that happened before the United States became a nation."


double negatives
Using two negative forms together in a phrase or sentence; not good English.


"I won't never use double negatives when I write a story!"


drama
Works written for performance on stage, television, or radio; usually serious subjects and manner of performance. Sometimes anything that is not a comedy is called a drama.
The book “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was dramatized into a movie.


drawing conclusions
Reaching a conclusion, or a final decision, about something.
"After Mr. Taylor sees the results of the test, he will be drawing conclusions on on the next homework assignment."




encyclopedia
A reference book or set of books giving much information on all areas or specialized areas of knowledge.
"Jade, did you find 'Mount St. Helens' in the encyclopedia?"


fable
A make-believe short story that teaches a moral, especially with animals as characters.
In the fable “The Tales of Peter Rabbit“, a young rabbit has adventures and learns about the world.


genre
A category of artistic works, based on form, style or subject matter.
For example, a detective novel is a genre of fiction.


index....Copied from 3rd and 5th


noun
A word (or group of words) that names a person, place, or thing.
The sentence "Ellie quickly gathered up her books to fill her backpack ,"
contains three nouns.


making inferences
Reaching a conclusion or decision from facts and reasoning.
"Hector and Alexis were making inferences on the cost of their field trip by adding up their lunch expenses."


metaphor...Copied from 3rd and 5th


myth...Copied from 3rd and 5th


outline
A rough plan of a written work or speech; a list of main points or features to be covered.
"Mr. Taylor's drew an outline of his chapter on the smart board."


possessive nouns
Persons, places, or things that show ownership.
In the sentence "Sally’s car is with yellow stripes," the possessive noun is "Sally's" .


preposition
A relation or function word that connects a noun or pronoun to another part of a sentence ( "in", "by", "for", to", etc.).
In the sentence "Steven hit the ball and ran for first base," the word "for" is a preposition that joins "first base" to the rest of the sentence.
pronoun
A word that may be substituted for a noun ("I", "you", "them", "who", "ours", "he", "she", "anybody", etc.).
"Adriana has been working hard on long division, and it has been worth the effort because she scored high on hermath test!" The three pronouns in this sentence are "it", "she", and "her".


proofread
To check written work for errors and mark the changes to be made.
"Pedro just needed to proofread and correct his 'Read and Response' chapter, and he would be finished."


sentence fragment
Words that do not form a complete sentence of subject and verb.
"Mr. Taylor for the first time." is a sentence fragment because it has no verb.


simple predicate
The verb or action word of a sentence or phrase, without words that modify the verb.
"Ran" is the simple predicate of the sentence "Monique expertly ran the cotton candy booth for the Rio Vista's Fantasy Fair."


simile
A figure of speech that compares two different things (often with "as" or "like") .
"Red as a beet" is a simile in the sentence "Tim's face was red as a beet."


simple subject
The subject of the verb of a sentence, without words that modify the subject.
In the sentence "The shiny spotted horse frisked around the pasture," the word "horse" is the simple subject.


synonym
A word that means the same, or almost the same, as another word.
The word "scholar" is a synonym for "student".


tall tale
A story with characters or happenings that are exaggerated or made bigger than real life.
"Pecos Bill" is a tall tale of a cowboy who could do unbelievable things, like rope a tornado with his lariat.


thesaurus"...Copied from 3rd and 5th


title page (parts of)
A title page is a page at the beginning of a book that gives the book’s title, the author, and the publisher.
The title, “HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE”; the author, “J.K. ROWLING”; and the publisher, “Arthur A. Levine Books” all appear on the title page for the first Harry Potter book.


verb tense
The form of a verb that shows not only the action, but when the action happens (in the past, present, or future).
In the sentence “ Mr. Taylor’s class will leave for lunch in 15 minutes”, the verb tense is future; In the sentence “The class is leaving now”, the verb tense is present; In the sentence “The class left,” the verb tense is past.


Article From Wiki


The Academic Word List (AWL) was developed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The list contains 570 word families which were selected because they appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. The list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English (the General Service List), thus making it specific to academic contexts. The AWL was primarily made so that it could be used by teachers as part of a programme preparing learners for tertiary level study or used by students working alone to learn the words most needed to study at colleges and universities. The 570 words are divided into 10 sublists. The sublists are ordered such that the words in the first sublist are the most frequent words and those in the last sublist are the least frequent.


Academic Vocabulary Word List

Sublist 1
sector • available • financial • process • individual • specific • principle • estimate • variables • method • data • research • contract • environment • export • source • assessment • policy • identified • create • derived • factors • procedure • definition • assume • theory • benefit • evidence • established • authority • major • issues • labour • occur • economic • involved • percent • interpretation • consistent • income • structure • legal • concept • formula • section • required • constitutional • analysis • distribution • function • area • approach • role • legislation • indicate • response • period • context • significant • similar •

Sublist 2
community • resident • range • construction • strategies • elements • previous • conclusion • security • aspects • acquisition • features • text • commission • regulations • computer • items • consumer • achieve • final • positive • evaluation • assistance • normal • relevant • distinction • region • traditional • impact • consequences • chapter • equation • appropriate • resources • participation • survey • potential • cultural • transfer • select • credit • affect • categories • perceived • sought • focus • purchase • injury • site • journal • primary • complex • institute • investment • administration • maintenance • design • obtained • restricted • conduct •

Sublist 3
comments • convention • published • framework • implies • negative • dominant • illustrated • outcomes • constant • shift • deduction • ensure • specified • justification • funds • reliance • physical • partnership • location • link • coordination • alternative • initial • validity • task • techniques • excluded • consent • proportion • demonstrate • reaction • criteria • minorities • technology • philosophy • removed • sex • compensation • sequence • corresponding • maximum • circumstances • instance • considerable • sufficient • corporate • interaction • contribution • immigration • component • constraints • technical • emphasis • scheme • layer • volume • document • registered • core •

Sublist 4
overall • emerged • regime • implementation • project • hence • occupational • internal • goals • retained • sum • integration • mechanism • parallel • imposed • despite • job • parameters • approximate • label • concentration • principal • series • predicted • summary • attitudes • undertaken • cycle • communication • ethnic • hypothesis • professional • status • conference • attributed • annual • obvious • error • implications • apparent • commitment • subsequent • debate • dimensions • promote • statistics • option • domestic • output • access • code • investigation • phase • prior • granted • stress • civil • contrast • resolution • adequate •

Sublist 5
alter • stability • energy • aware • licence • enforcement • draft • styles • precise • medical • pursue • symbolic • marginal • capacity • generation • exposure • decline • academic • modified • external • psychology • fundamental • adjustment • ratio • whereas • enable • version • perspective • contact • network • facilitate • welfare • transition • amendment • logic • rejected • expansion • clause • prime • target • objective • sustainable • equivalent • liberal • notion • substitution • generated • trend • revenue • compounds • evolution • conflict • image • discretion • entities • orientation • consultation • mental • monitoring • challenge •
Sublist 6
intelligence • transformation • presumption • acknowledged • utility • furthermore • accurate • diversity • attached • recovery • assigned • tapes • motivation • bond • edition • nevertheless • transport • cited • fees • scope • enhanced • incorporated • instructions • subsidiary • input • abstract • ministry • capable • expert • preceding • display • incentive • inhibition • trace • ignored • incidence • estate • cooperative • revealed • index • lecture • discrimination • overseas • explicit • aggregate • gender • underlying • brief • domain • rational • minimum • interval • neutral • migration • flexibility • federal • author • initiatives • allocation • exceed •

Sublist 7
intervention • confirmed • definite • classical • chemical • voluntary • release • visible • finite • publication • channel • file • thesis • equipment • disposal • solely • deny • identical • submitted • grade • phenomenon • paradigm • ultimately • extract • survive • converted • transmission • global • inferred • guarantee • advocate • dynamic • simulation • topic • insert • reverse • decades • comprise • hierarchical • unique • comprehensive • couple • mode • differentiation • eliminate • priority • empirical • ideology • somewhat • aid • foundation • adults • adaptation • quotation • contrary • media • successive • innovation • prohibited • isolated •

Sublist 8
highlighted • eventually • inspection • termination • displacement • arbitrary • reinforced • denote • offset • exploitation • detected • abandon • random • revision • virtually • uniform • predominantly • thereby • implicit • tension • ambiguous • vehicle • clarity • conformity • contemporary • automatically • accumulation • appendix • widespread • infrastructure • deviation • fluctuations • restore • guidelines • commodity • minimises • practitioners • radical • plus • visual • chart • appreciation • prospect • dramatic • contradiction • currency • inevitably • complement • accompany • paragraph • induced • schedule • intensity • crucial • via • exhibit • bias • manipulation • theme • nuclear •

Sublist 9
bulk • behalf • unified • commenced • erosion • anticipated • minimal • ceases • vision • mutual • norms • intermediate • manual • supplementary • incompatible • concurrent • ethical • preliminary • integral • conversely • relaxed • confined • accommodation • temporary • distorted • passive • subordinate • analogous • military • scenario • revolution • diminished • coherence • suspended • mature • assurance • rigid • controversy • sphere • mediation • format • trigger • qualitative • portion • medium • coincide • violation • device • insights • refine • devoted • team • overlap • attained • restraints • inherent • route • protocol • founded • duration •

Sublist 10
whereby • inclination • encountered • convinced • assembly • albeit • enormous • reluctant • posed • persistent • undergo • notwithstanding • straightforward • panel • odd • intrinsic • compiled • adjacent • integrity • forthcoming • conceived • ongoing • so-called • likewise • nonetheless • levy • invoked • colleagues • depression • collapse •
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Latin and Greek Roots Worksheets


Free Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Affixes Worksheets CCSS |  CCSS ELA Reading Comprehension Grade | Class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

Teaching Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Affixes is an important part of improving reading comprehension. 60% of all words in the English language have Latin or Greek Roots. Use the complete workbooks and lessons below to help your student improve their reading comprehension. 

Why is it important to teach Greek and Latin roots and affixes? Simply put, teaching Greek and Latin roots and affixes allows students to construct their own vocabularies, in the wild and on the fly. Educators who choose to teach roots leverage word parts, creating opportunities for students to grow their vocabularies exponentially. Each root a student acquires can lead to the understanding of twenty or more English words (Rasinski, Padak, Newton, & Newton, 2008)

Common Core Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes and Affixes | Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes and Affixes Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Students must have a basic understanding of Latin and Greek Roots to improve reading comprehension, understand spelling and expanded vocabulary knowledge. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph) CCSS ELA

Students must be exposed to complex concepts like Latin and Greek Roots 70 plus times to gain a usable knowledge and deeper understanding of the concepts. Latin and Greek Roots are sometimes overlooked in classroom lessons and their importance to improving reading comprehension.

L.4.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Response to Literature CCSS ELA

CCSS ELA Response to Literature | Response to Literature Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

Purpose of Daily Response to Literature Lessons and Academic Reading Journals: Student Response to Literature

  • Daily Response to Literature lessons supports the lowest quartile students as they learn the challenging CCSS ELA reading and writing curriculum. 
  • Daily Response to Literature lessons accelerates the student’s acquisition of the reading process, tier 1, 2, and 3 vocabularies, reading comprehension, and a higher order of thinking that looks deeper into the writing processes. 
  • Daily Response to Literature lessons accelerates the student’s acquisition/understanding of the Six Traits of Writing, develops academic communication skills that are critical for transitioning to the new CCSS ELA standards.

    Response to Literature or academic journaling is an essential instructional tool. I use Response to Literature or reading journals to: 1) encourage a life-long love of reading and writing; 2 ) teach the structures and strategies of close reading, the close writing process "Response to Literature" and Socratic seminar/inquiry; 3) teach students to be academic risk-takers, motivated learners, virtuous thinkers, curious questioners, academically responsible and interdependent learners; 4) accelerate the acquisition of the CCSS ELA Response to Literature process; and 5) turn students great potential into real academic writing achievement.

    Frequent writing about what you have read can develop and expand comprehension and vocabulary.

    Expressing important ideas in writing helps the student organize ideas and strengthens connections to vocabulary.

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    Response to literature Process for Intermediate Students Abstract
    My students use response to literature journals daily during close reading instruction and Socratic inquiry. It begins with teaching students to select quality/challenging non-fiction, fiction, poetry, prose, or any well-written literature suitable for analysis. Next, we examine author’s purpose, literary elements, poetic devices or any other ELA domain through a collaborative Socratic inquiry process. Reading and writing instruction in my opinion should be used to build critical and strategic thinking and is always taught holistically in my class. We move into the complex task/skill of responding to a set of literary criterion “The TEST” that may be as simple as predicting the next set of events, adding or continuing the authors ideas, analytical summarization or analysis of complex literary elements. The students work with a partner or as a whole class to develop strategic graphic organizers, summarizing important facts, evaluating characters' opinions, identifying turning points, compare or contrast, evaluating the author's points of view, identifying author’s main ideas, noting key literary details, and choosing pertinent quotations. All the reading and writing instruction is focused through the lens of formative inquiry and enrichment to reinforce critical thinking, reading comprehension and the writing process. 

    Part one is creating the Response to literature Journalor reading journals: The Reading Journals consists of close reading strategies, graphic organizers, interesting or important vocabulary, important sequential details, or Socratic questions that students want to ask during the weekly teacher conference. Tier 2 words are also listed and identified plus ten to fifteen detailed notes on the key literary elements are recorded for each response to literature by each student. Students then summarize the main ideas, authors’ purpose or other literary areas that are being analyzed. The use of the Six Traits Rubrics, Socratic seminar, cooperative structures and strategies and traditional paragraph structure instruction are modeled throughout the process. Response to literature can best be taught using a collaborative or cooperative learning model. Evaluation of author's main purpose or any other complex concept must be modeled and modeled in a collaborative format. The younger students always start with the basics of who, what, where, when, why and how! More advanced students create literary topics of discussion to share with student colleagues and teacher during the Socratic seminar. Advanced students may work independently and do additional analysis, critiques, margin notes, re-imagining a new literary ending, character summaries, connections they have made between other genres, books or poems.

    Students conference with the teacher weekly and use their reading journals as an ongoing learning portfolio and as a collaborative tool with other students. The weekly conferences and journals are also used to insure that students are accountable, participating/collaborating and completing learning task and comprehending the assigned readings. An extended conference is scheduled as needed to support students who are not making gains in the close reading and “close” writing processes. Throughout this process, students are always given suggestions on how to improve their close reading skills, reading comprehension, modeled response to literature strategies, cooperative writing opportunities and improve their critical and strategic thinking.

    By the end of the first 20 days of my Title I 4th grade class, students are often completing two full pages of responses for each selected close reading passage and Socratic seminar. The goal at this point is to have completed literary responses that are rich, exact, with cogent connections to the explicit stated goal of the literary response. Students are constantly instructed on how to work collaboratively, and build interdependent and independent work skills. All instruction is integrate with a Finnish model of instruction the to build a classroom team that can succeed and exceed. The reading process and the writing process must be taught as one, “One is none and two is one!” The ultimate goal is for students to become motivated, independent learners, exactly the type of students we want them to be.

    Part two in this process includes revising, drafting, and editing each of the literary responses. The students collaborate with peers in an informal read aloud to a partner and the sharing of pre-edited responses. The students give each other feedback and as always when something is read aloud they find errors.  The teacher can participate as a listening only letting the student read their response out loud and giving verbal feedback.  Rereading editing and rereading gives students more freedom to try new things without the fear of failure. Using a sounding board model builds collaboration and can usually find structural errors and quality issues in a more formative learning environment. Students can review the author's main ideas, important facts, character development, settings, events, and turning points in the fear free writing zone.

    Formative Conferences
    Quick formative conferences, or spot checks, can be used at any time to check student’s on-task behavior, collaboration, understanding and accountability. Teachers or cooperative teams can do quick conferences to insure students comprehend the passage, vocabulary, important facts, literary devices, author’s ideas/purpose, main ideas, important outcomes/turning points, characters, settings, events, and even enjoyment. Students who show poor reading skills, collaborative skills, focus, and or comprehension of the literature are placed with a competent student, teacher, tutor or classroom parent. Students are asked to cooperate, collaborate and develop critical academic skills like taking quality notes, developing cogent questions, comprehending the literature they read, talking with peers using complete sentences, discussing academic ideas with the class, and as a teacher I am always looking for role models that demonstrate these skills to praise in front of the class. Students who fail to find the success are reinstructed one-on-one in an extended conference and are ask to model expected outcomes with other strong students.

    Teachable Moments
    Unknown vocabulary and important background information is explained to the entire class in detail to insure deeper meaning and understanding. Students are asked to never erase notes, responses, summaries, but to salvage what they have and use the margins for new ideas. The final part of the response to literature process is looking for teachable moments that the class can use to extended learning and critical thinking.


    Value of Response to Literature Lessons | Read and Response Journaling

    Journaling as you read is the most effective way of understanding a work of literature and strengthening understanding of the writing process at the same time. With journaling you integrate reading and writing, and you will find that you can relate to the story more completely, and experience every image, every conversation, every character, and every interesting adventure. Avoid hasty reading or skimming because it can prevent you from understanding the meaning of the book as a whole. Investigate everything fully; be prepared to learn and be inspired. Never skip a word you don’t know. Stop! Write it down! Seek the meaning! If you do skip the meaning, you are leaving a great treasure behind. Seek those characteristics that skilled writers observe in real life and integrate them into your journals, essays, letters and reports: perseverance, conflict, justice, injustice, challenge, courage, character, adversity, and apprehension. Engaging writing includes exciting precise vocabulary, captivating dialogue, well organized plot, varied complex sentences, and grammatically refined prose with fresh original ideas. When you discover the deeper meaning and relate it to the content, you'll be on your way to understanding and loving books. Using great works of literature to examine, and compare and contrast with your own writing, will build knowledge of how to write great passages and prose yourself.


    Homework Journals
    Keep a response journal (homework journal) for all study areas, including art, music, science, social studies, and even field trips. Write your feelings, first impressions, funny moments, jokes, sketches, relationships, questions, quotations, and great topic sentences-anything that helps you start to look at professional writing structure. Learn to truly read and then learn to truly write.

    Conclusion

    Writing about reading makes students more conscious of making meaning as readers. It gives them insight into the reading and writing processes. Writing about reading accelerates, reinforces, and streamlines vocabulary acquisition and retention. Writing about reading makes struggling students more secure
    and comfortable to write with the support of the author’s vocabulary and paragraphs. Writing about reading makes students more independent,competent, motivated, and involved in all forms of academic text.

    Writing about reading gives students ideas for their own texts. They reread and reflect upon their writing, which sparks fuller learning. Writing about reading supports students to take charge of their learning and make connections between different areas of learning. Seeing teachers and parents write in their own reading journals and sharing their writing reinforces the vital importance of writing for life-long learning. It also emphasizes the public nature of writing. Journal coaching supports the students as they reach for
    more complexity in their reading and writing. Journal coaching supports the students as they acquire the vocabulary and background knowledge to truly understand and enjoy the reading. 

    Monday, November 19, 2012

    Common Core Reading Passages: Author's Purpose | Grade 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

    Author's Purpose Reading Passages | Common Core ELA reading passages with reading comprehension questions.  Use the reading passages, lessons, student study guides, test, and free teacher resources below to prepare students or the transition to the Common core state standards.


    CCSS Testing Vocabulary

    Best Reading Comprehension and Test Prep Close Reading Strategies!

    ONE PAGE CRITICAL THINKING PASSAGES ALIGNED TO the COMMON CORE
     from Depaul University  http://teacher.depaul.edu More Resources 

    Grade Level Fiction Passages 
    2nd-3rd Grade Reading Level
    Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish 
    Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish 

    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    2nd-3rd Grade Reading Level
     After the Chicago Fire sequence and summarize 
    American Explorers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Block Clubs infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    The Captain's Job infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Chicago Changes identify and support the main idea in nonfiction texts
    Chicago Fire sequence events, infer  motive, and write about nonfiction 
    Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish 
    Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish
    Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    The First Flyers infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Grant Park write an extended response about a nonfiction reading 
    Learn about Ghana infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Letter to the Mayor evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
    Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    A New Park evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Pigeon Creek infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Pioneer Families infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Prairie Ecology analyze information in a nonfiction text 
    Read to Learn about Symbols, Maps, and Art evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Saving Your Family's Energy Dollar infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Staying in Phoenix summarize a passage 
    Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage 


    4th Grade Reading Level
    A New Day  Realistic Fiction about the Election of Barack Obama and Civil Rights
    A Proud Flight   The story of Icarus

    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    4th Grade Reading Level
     Traveling West evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
    Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
     Breaking the Food Chain infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Chicago Changer, Jane Addams infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Chicago High Schools evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish 
    Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish 
    City Government infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic 
    Learn about Egypt infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    The Football Team identify the main idea 
    A Garden in Lawndale evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea (4th grade reading level)
    Illinois Pioneers and Prairies infer while reading a history 
    Learning about the Solar System identify the main idea of a passage, write an extended response about a nonfiction passage 
    Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Pilsen, A Community Changes identify causes and effects 
    Plants and Places infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Prairie Changes identify an author's purpose, write an extended response 
    Prairie Changing the Ecosystem with Multiple Choice Questions analyze information in a nonfiction text 
    Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Space Food infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Staying in Phoenix infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Transportation Workers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
    What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Working at the Television Station evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
    Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    The Working Tools of Insects infer and support the main idea of a passage 

    5th Grade Reading Level
    Columbus and the Egg  historical fiction

    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    5th Grade Reading Level
     American Explorers infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Better Living in Chicago: Jane Addams restate a situation presented in text; write to communicate about a situation (5th grade reading level)
    Chicago Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Chicago Fire infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish 
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I can infer the author's purpose 
    Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    From Many Places evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Learn about Ethiopia  infer and support the main idea of a passage )
    How Have Students Made Community Progress? analyze a problem and solution in a text, identify and support the main idea 
    Prairie Keepers analyze information in a nonfiction text
    Public Transportation evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Read to Learn about City Systems evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Read to Learn about Elections evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    The Recycle Center evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Reversing the Chicago River identify cause-effect relations and infer predictions 
    Seasons on the Prairie analyze information in a nonfiction text 
    Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Valley Forge infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Who Am I sequence events, infer  motive, and write about nonfiction 

    6th Grade Reading Level
    Community Progress    realistic fiction about a mural
    A Good Student realistic fiction about starting high school
    His First Dollar historical fiction about Abraham Lincoln

    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    6th Grade Reading Level
    Before Chicago infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic 
    Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Learn about Zambia infer and support the main idea of a passage
    Nutrition Lesson evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Plants and Food infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Prairie Ecology evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Settlement analyze information in a nonfiction text 
    Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Traveling West infer and support the main idea of a passage 

    7th Grade Reading Level
    Columbus and the Egg historical fiction about an event showing Columbus as a smart person
    A Good Student  realistic fiction about starting high school

    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    7th Grade Reading Level
    Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Learn about Kenya infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Learning about the Solar System infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Pilsen--A Community Changes identify causes and effects
    Prairie Keepers infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage 

    8th-10th Grade Reading Level


    Grade Level Nonfiction Passages 
    8th-10th Grade Reading Level
     An African Heritage in Chicago identify and support the main idea in a nonfiction passage 
    Bold Plans, Big Dreams, City Progress identify and support the theme of a text  
    Changing the Ecosystem infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Chicago is a City of Possibilities: Deval Patrick, Leader for Chicago analyze a text and write an extended response based on it 
    Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
    Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Learn about Physical Therapists evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Learn about South Africa evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea 
    Maintaining Cultural Continuity infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    New Leadership analyze a speech 
    Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    What is Your Own Big Plan? (Barack Obama speech) analyze a text and respond to the issues it presents, write an extended response to a persuasive text 
    What Values Have Shaped Chicago? identify the main idea of a passage  
    Why is Community Service Important? identify the main idea and supporting information 
    Chicago High Schools infer predictions 
    Chicago Legacy: DuSable's Choices and Changes  infer and support the main idea of a passage 
    Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage 



    Common Core Released Reading Test: Grade 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11

    Common Core ELA reading released test with reading comprehension test questions and answers keys. Use the Common Core released ELA READING test and student study guides, students reading test answer samples, and free teacher resources below to prepare students for the 2016 Common Core reading ELA test.

    ** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grade 3 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 03 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 03 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 03 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 03 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 03 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 03 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 03 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 03 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 03 ELA - S/M Literary Text Set - Item Set


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 4-5 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics

    Grade 04 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 04 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 04 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 04 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 04 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 04 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 04 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 04 ELA - S/M Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 04 ELA -M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 4-5 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 05 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 05 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 05 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 05 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 05 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 05 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 05 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 05 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 05 ELA - S/M Literary Text Set - Item Set
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    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 06 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 06 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 06 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 06 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 06 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 06 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics

    Grade 07 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 07 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 07 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - M/L Informational Set - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 07 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 07 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 07 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 07 Math - EOY - Alignment Document
    Grade 07 Math - EOY - Item Set
    Grade 07 Math - EOY - Key
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Alignment Document
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Item Set
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Key
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Resources - Item 11 - VF650458
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 12 - VF560696
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 13 - M20592
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 14 - M21521
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 15 - VF654249


    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 16 - H030360
    Grade 07 Math - PBA - Sample Student Responses - Item 17 - M21894


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics

    Grade 08 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 08 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 08 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 08 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 08 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 08 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set


    ** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 09 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 09 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 09 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 09 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 09 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 09 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 10 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 10 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 10 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 10 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 10 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 10 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set


    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: English Language Arts/Literacy Released Items
    *** Guide to Understanding Scoring: Mathematics Released Items
    - Scoring Rubric: Grades 6-11 – English Language Arts/Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: English Langauge Arts / Literacy
    - Scoring Rules: Mathematics
    Grade 11 ELA - Conventions - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 11 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 11 ELA - Literary Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - M/L Informational Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - Narrative Writing Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 11 ELA - Paired Text Set - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Item Set
    Grade 11 ELA - Research Simulation Task - Sample Student Responses
    Grade 11 ELA - S/M Informational Text Set - Item Set


    2015 Grade 3 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (1.64 MB)
    2015 Grade 4 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (1.71 MB)
    2015 Grade 5 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (2.14 MB)
    2015 Grade 6 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (1.75 MB)
    2015 Grade 7 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (4.34 MB)
    2015 Grade 8 English Language Arts Test Released Questions (2.06 MB)
    2015 Grade 3 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.78 MB)
    2015 Grade 4 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.53 MB)
    2015 Grade 5 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.47 MB)
    2015 Grade 6 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.64 MB)
    2015 Grade 7 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.47 MB)
    2015 Grade 8 Mathematics Test Released Questions (1.8 MB)

    Example of the Reading Comprehension trait from the grades 6-11 rubric:

    • Reading Comprehension of Key Ideas and Details:

    ■ Score Point 4 ● The student response demonstrates full comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and inferentially by providing an accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with effective and convincing textual evidence.

    ■ Score Point 3 ● The student response demonstrates comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/ or inferentially by providing a mostly accurate analysis, and supporting the analysis with adequate textual evidence.

    ■ Score Point 2 ● The student response demosntrates basic comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/or inferentially by providing a generally accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with basic textual evidence. ■ Score Point 1 ● The student response demonstrates limited comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/or inferentially by providing a minimally accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with limited textual evidence.

    ■ Score Point 0 ● The student response demonstrates no comprehension of ideas by providing inaccurate or no analysis and little to no textual evidence

    End of Grade Reading Passage Test | Use the EOC Test at One Grade Above to Meet the Common Core Higher Lexile Reading Passage Levels

     Common Core Sample Questions - Grade 8 Mathematics

    CCSS INTENSIVE READING SKILLS WORKBOOK IDEA?

    HOT READING SKILLS NONWORKBOOKs (FREE Open Source Reading Resources)

    Prepare your students with intensive DOK level 3 and 4 two-step reading comprehension questions, targeted word studyrigorous word analysis, skills-building daily reading comprehension practice that students need to pass demanding standards-based reading assessments. Each HOT/BOSS READING SKILLS workbook will include more than 40 fun intensive reading lessons.

    Sample Cover of a Monthly Read and Respons workbook that I would like to develop.

    Intensive Reading Lessons!
     
    • Reading Comprehension questions: One‐Part Hot Text, Multiple Choice, Open Response, Multi‐Select, Evidence‐Based Selected Response, Two‐Part Hot Text,  Editing Task Questions, Technology Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR), Grid Select, Prose Constructed Response (PCR), and ELA-Applied Skills: ConstructedResponse, and Extended-Response. 
    • Weekly/Biweekly Word Study Games 
    • Weekly/Biweekly Socratic Seminars 
    • Weekly/Biweekly Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes HOT Sheets
    • Weekly/Biweekly Reading Game Cards: Tier 2 and 3 Academic Reading Vocabulary 
    • Daily Reading Fluency Passages: Socratic Seminare STEM questions included
    • Weekly/Biweekly Cornel Notes Word Analysis Journal Pages 
    • Weekly Fiction Literary Elements Hide and Seek Game 
    • Bimonthly Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
    • Daily Tier 2 and 3 ELA Reading Glossaries Word Match Game
    • Weekly/Biweekly FUN, Silly, Foolish and Ingaging Reading Passages 
    • Daily Read and Response Reading Logs
    • Bimonthly Standards-Based Reading Comprehension Assessments 

    Draft Non-Fiction Close Reading Test Passages: NEEDS EDITING! PLEASE HELP!
    1. 13-year-old Dutch girl, Laura Dekker sails Around the World
    2. Are Dogs Really Man’s Best Friend?
    3. Can you Win Arguments with Your Parents with Facts?
    4. Captain James Cook Mini Biography
    5. Claude Monet French Impressionist Painter
    6. College Knowledge: What do you need to know to succeed in college?
    7. Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects
    8. Eating Insects Is Common Around the World
    9. Extraordinary Astronomical Observatories of the World
    10. Getting Organized with Checklist
    11. How can we save the Honey Bee?
    12. How do Vaccines work?
    13. How to Start Your Own Business
    14. Is Clutter and Mess Really Best for Creativity?
    15. Living on the International Space Station
    16. Man’s Future Missions to Mars
    17. Mary Shelley an English novelist: Frankenstein
    18. Mary Stevenson Cassatt an American Painter
    19. Mini Benjamin Franklin Biography
    20. Mini Biography Astronaut Sally Ride
    21. Motivation Using Fear or Reason
    22. Norse explorer Leif Erikson Explores America 500 years before Columbus
    23. Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
    24. RECYCLING FACTS & STATISTICS
    25. Renewable Resources, Wind Solar and Hydroelectric: FACTS & STATISTICS
    26. Sherlock Holmes: Man or mystery?
    27. The Baja 500 off-road race
    28. The Future of High Speed Trains
    29. The history of ice cream
    30. The History of the Taj Mahal
    31. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
    32. The Story of the Titans
    33. The Truth about Pirates
    34. What is your carbon footprint?
    35. The History of the Taj Mahal
    36. What will happen if a giant comet hits the Earth?
    37. Who was Socrates?
    38. Why aren’t there more female engineers?
    39. Why We Crave Junk Food: Sugar and Fat?
    40. Will California Survive the Great Drought?
    41. A History of the Hanseatic League
    42. A Short History of the Battle Axe
    43. A Short History of the Cross Bow
    44. A Short History of the Dagger
    45. Child Labour and your Electronics
    46. Child Slavery and your Chocolate Bar
    47. Crocodile & Alligator Differences
    48. Top 10-15 scientists who changed the world: Marie Curie
    49. Myth vs. Fact Ancient Aliens Created the Nazca Lines
    50. Myth vs. Fact the Abominable Snowman
    51. Myth vs. Fact the Roswell Aliens
    52. Myth vs. Fact the Voodoo Zombies
    53. Neil Alden Armstrong the first person to walk on the Moon
    54. The Sonoran Desert Flora and Fauna
    55. Timeline of female labor and education in the early history of the US
    56. What is Project Based Learning?

    57. Coming Soon PAIRED READING PASSAGES WITH EBSR! 

      Top 10 Future Professions: 
      Data Scientist/Engineer (Machine Learning)
      Mechanical Engineer
      Physician.
      Physical Therapist.
      Civil Engineer.
      Information Security Analyst (Internet)
      Computer App Developer.
      Website Designer
      Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
      Database Administrator

      Science Articles: 
      Coastal Estuarine Food Chain/Web
      Tidepool Flora and Fauna
      Kelp Forest Ecosystems
      Coral Reef Systems: Great Barrier Reef
      Renewable Energy Resources Wind Turbine
      Renewable Energy Resources Solar Power
      Arizona Sky Islands Ecosystems
      Australia’s Uluru | Northern Territory
      Natural Phenomena: Earthquakes
      Natural Phenomena: Tsunamis
      Critically Endangered Species: Vaquita
      Critically Endangered Species: White Rhino
      Wilderness Medicine: Outdoor First Aide Essentials
      Medicinal plants
      Physical Phenomena: Electricity
      Physical Phenomena: Magnetism
      Natural Phenomena: Precipitation and The Hydrologic cycle
      Natural Phenomena: Weather and Lightning
      Earth-friendly Diet
      The Sugar Diet: Sugar Addiction

      Inspirational People:
      Anne Frank
      Joan of Arc
      Albert Einstein
      Stephen Hawking
      Nikola Tesla
      Thomas Edison
      World at War: Winston Churchill
      World at War: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
      Benjamin Franklin
      Thomas Jefferson

        Fiction Close Reading Passages
    COMMON CORE Annotated Test Questions
    Grade 8 Mathematics Annotated 2013 State Test Questions
    Full Lesson Plans from Readworks.org


    More Units 
    LESSONS & UNITS: AUTHOR'S PURPOSE 2ND GRADE UNIT LESSONS & UNITS: AUTHOR'S PURPOSE 3RD GRADE UNIT
    LESSONS & UNITS: AUTHOR'S PURPOSE 4TH GRADE UNIT

    Quick Over of Author's Purpose From the Florida Department of Education. 

    Definition:
    Author’s Purpose is the reason why the text was written. There are four main purposes to an author’s passage.

    To: 1.Persuade 2. Inform 3. Entertain 4. Explain
    Author’s Purpose: To Persuade
    • It’s the author’s goal to persuade the reader to agree with the author’s opinion.
    • Even though the author shares his opinion, he may provide facts or examples to support the opinion.
    • Examples: advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorial, etc.

    Author's Purpose: To Inform
    • It’s the author’s goal to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts.
    • Facts are used to teach, not to persuade.
    • Examples: textbooks, cookbooks, newspapers, encyclopedias, etc.

    Author’s Purpose: To Entertain
    • It is the author’s goal to simply entertain; provide enjoyment for the reader
    Author’s Purpose: To Explain
    • It is the author’s goal to tell a story or describe real or imaginary characters, places, and events
    • Examples: poems, stories, plays, comic strips, etc.

    Author’s Purpose Quiz
    Aut hors Purpose Quiz Extended Response

    Author’s Purpose: Question Stems

    • What was the author’s purpose in writing this article/passage?
    • What does the author mean when he/she writes “____________________”?
    • Why did the author write this article?
    • Which statement best describes what the author thinks?
    • What is the author’s attitude towards ________ in this article?
    • What kind of article did the author write?
    • The author wants the reader to think ______________.
    • Which feature of ________ does the author most value?
    • The author/narrator could most likely agree with which statement?
    • Why does the author describe _______ in such detail?

    The passages are a great review before standardized testing.
    1. Author's Purpose - A Very Important Day Grade 4
    2. Author's Purpose - Blue Willow Grade 4
    3. Author's Purpose - Frindle  Grade 5
    4. Author's Purpose - Little by Little Grade 5
    5. Author's Purpose - The Crowded House  Grade 3
    6. Author's Purpose - The Down and Up Fall Grade 4
    7. Author's Purpose - Turtle Bay Grade 3
    8. Author's Purpose - Wild Shots, They're My Life Grade 3