Thursday, May 28, 2015

GRADES 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 EOG READING COMPREHENSION TESTS

GRADES 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 NORTH CAROLINA END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS QUESTION TYPES and SAMPLES 2015-2016
Types or End of Grade Reading Comprehension Questions on North Carolina CCSS ELA Test; Sample EOG Relesed Reading Test Questions 



Lexical reading comprehension is the ability to understand the key vocabulary words that are in a story or other forms of text. Knowing tier 2 and tier 3 academic words are critical to finding success on reading comprehension assessments. Books that are leveled for students may use academic words or figurative language that is difficult for readers to understand (simile, metaphor, personification, etcetera). They may be words that are new or words that are not used very often. Students can either look up the word in a classroom dictionary or use context clues to decipher the meaning of the words. If a word has more than one meaning a dictionary may prove to be difficult. The students may not always write the correct definition to the word. However, the words are often explained along the margin of the book or even in the next sentence.

Provide students an opportunity to define the word on their own before giving them a dictionary to look up the definition.

Definitions can be samples that are tied together where the child identifies a commonality. It is best to introduce vocabulary before reading the story to increase comprehension.

Literal (Explicit) Reading Comprehension Questions:

These are simple questions that students are able to answer quickly by referring back to the text. They are often in the form of "who, what, when, and where?" Some sample questions when using this form of comprehension could be:

Who was the boy who lived under the stairs?

Where did the boy live?

Inferential (Interpretive Reading Comprehension questions that are not directly stated in the story. The students have to dig beyond the surface in order to answer these questions. This is the beginning of higher-order thinking. When using this strategy some questions that are asked could be:

What happened to Dudley on Harry's birthday?

How did Harry find out he was a wizard?

Opinion (Applied) Reading Comprehension often answers questions that allow students to form an opinion about the text. They students should be able to give reasons to why the hold this opinion. A sample question in this type of comprehension could be:

Do you think Harry was wrong for wanting to be sorted into the Gryffindor house over Slytherin based on the little bit of knowledge he had on the houses at the time of the sorting?

Affective Reading Comprehension (Affect is the experience of feelings or emotions of character.) is comprehending the different aspects of feelings or emotions of the characters in a text or passage. This includes aspects that are both emotional and social. Students need to understand why characters act in a certain manner in order to fully understand the story. Failure to be able to do this can cause them to get lost in the plot without understanding the characters at all. Some questions that can be used in this level of comprehension are:

How did Harry feel when he first found out he was a wizard?

A lot of students will answer that he was excited but some children may also say that he was mad. If they say the latter, it shows that they have a deeper understanding of family dynamics that you may have anticipated.

Holistic (Universal) reading questions allow readers to see the bigger picture. These questions ask about the story as a whole. Some sample questions are:

Which statement is the best possible summary for the passage?

What is the author trying to describe in this passage?

What are the major themes that are prevalent in this text?

What is the general main idea in this text, passage, or story?

Now that we discussed different reading comprehension strategies, let's discuss comprehension questions and the different types that can be used. There are seven types of comprehension questions that we are going to discuss.

Specific reading questions ask about certain events or plot points in the passage. These questions are often paraphrased of something that was said directly in the text.
According to the author, what is ____?

By a _____ the author meant ______?

According to the passage, _____?

Vocabulary in Context is used to describe questions that are specific words or phrases within the text. Some questions that can be:

What does the phrase _____ refer to according to the text?

In sentence 5, what does _____ mean?

Function reading questions ask the reader about the structure of the text.

The author says ____ in order to _____

The ____ in the passage was used by the author for what reason?

What is the best reason the author used the word _____ in the text?

Inference reading questions make the reader understand that is implied and is not stated in black and white in the text. For these types of questions the students need to turn on their thinking cap. The answers may be less obvious and therefor harder to find.

The passage uses _____ to imply that _____

What can be inferred from this text?

What did the author mean when he/she said _____?

What does the sentence _____ imply?
Application reading questions also fall under the inference category. However, these questions are a little more specific.

What can be used to replace _____?

A ____, as described in the passage, can be described as ______

Tone reading questions are also a type of inference question. These questions require the reader to infer the author's point of view and position on certain ideas in the text.

Which statement is the author most likely to agree with?

Which view point does the author most likely adhere to?

Reading Comprehension Test Prep Strategies

Look for Keywords in the introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph for the main ideas and themes.

Study tier 2 and tier 3 academic vocabulary to prepare for your reading assessments.

Practice close reading before you takes scored reading assessments.

Read the questions and look for clues to help determine what type of question you are answering.

Read every passage, question at least three times.

Use released test to study test question types and frequency.

Have students create reading comprehension questions using reading comprehension questions stems.NAEP: What reading skills do students demonstrate at each achievement level? Hundreds of Sample Reading Comprehension Questions.

Grade 3 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
Fiction (pdf, 457kb)
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Nonfiction (pdf, 438kb)
Poetry (pdf, 439kb)
Content (pdf, 443kb)
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Consumer (pdf, 489kb)
Grade 4 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
Fiction (pdf, 464kb)
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Nonfiction (pdf, 443kb)
Poetry (pdf, 439kb)
Content (pdf, 525kb)
Content (pdf, 447kb)
Consumer (pdf, 457kb)
Grade 5 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
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Nonfiction (pdf, 497kb)
Poetry (pdf, 443kb)
Content (pdf, 604kb)
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Consumer (pdf, 458kb)
Grade 6 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
Fiction (pdf, 495kb)
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Nonfiction (pdf, 448kb)
Poetry (pdf, 460kb)
Content (pdf, 528kb)
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Consumer (pdf, 444kb)
Grade 7 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
Fiction (pdf, 446kb)
Nonfiction (pdf, 449kb)
Poetry (pdf, 432kb)
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Content (pdf, 444kb)
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Consumer (pdf, 458kb)
Grade 8 END-OF-GRADE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Readers Theater Reading Lesson | English Grade 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Readers Theater gets students excited about reading and motivated to write. Use the Reader's Theater Script to inspire students to read great literature like, “The Hunger Games, Divergence, The Giver, and 1984”! Students have little classroom access to narrative literature in the middle and high-schools due to the CCSS ELA expository text mandates. Readers theater provides a great opportunity to get kids thinking about deep meaningful issues, Use the free Readers Theater scripts and use your students names _______ to make the readings more personal. The Disappeared is a futuristic dystopian tale of resilience and children fighting back. Similar Themes: The Hunger Games, Divergence, The Giver, and 1984.


The Disappeared Children


  1.      Luxurious looking and spacious hallways; colossal columns with magnificent carvings and giant French windows glistening in brilliant sunshine of perfect proportions. Pavered courtyards bordered by beautifully kept flower beds and inviting green fields which serve the purpose of play and recreational grounds. This is what greets you at Pearsons Gates Academy. This is the new ultra-modern school which has been built to board students who have been failing the National Standards Tests. The Disappeared have been separated from their families, friends, hopes, dreams, and futures.
  2.      Children, ages five to eighteen were walking diligently along the hallways. They were heading to their respective classrooms. These classrooms were equipped with the most modern of furnishings and futuristic electronic devices and equipment. This is where the apex of twenty first century teaching and learning takes place daily. The resplendent classrooms which are airy and illuminated by large gushes of natural light from the numerous and huge windows, are perfect for learning.
  3. NEWS BREAK: Education police said they received another tip from school officials that all the children in a single home failed their Reading and Math test. PGA officials obtained an emergency custody order to remove the students and enroll them in the Parsons Gates Academy. When authorities arrived at the Plutarch's home, they said a 4-year-old girl answered the door. Police said the mother was asleep on the couch and when awakened by officers, she became augmentative and uncooperative. Police said they removed all six children from the Phoenix home Monday after their mother and father failed to show up for a mandatory Parental Accountability meeting.
  4. The students here are progressing relatively well in Numeracy and Literacy! Things could not have been better as they have superlative teachers who have been PGA trained. The teachers are courteous, knowledgeable and know just how to execute their craft. They get the students actively involved in learning through acting, singing and dancing. The technological advancement in the world of education is at its summit here at Pearsons Gates Academy. Every spacious classroom had its own 3D holographic learning lab.
  5.      It sounds very impressive and it is; well, at least that’s what all the overly anxious parents thought until they realized that this was all a pipe dream. A dream that would never be realized. Instead of being taken to these splendid Academies, which, of course, doesn’t exist, the failing children were hauled off to engage in slave labor in dehumanizing and grossly-overcrowded gargantuan factories. Most of the students were from poor minority families causing a number of families to believe their was a plot to exploit the disappeared children.
  6.    “Are we ever going to go back home?” asked Danna, the youngest of all the children. Jesus who was the eldest and acknowledged as being most clever, quickly responded, “we will outwit and more important outnumber the guards tonight at 10, we'll escape and find our way back to our families and homes.” The thousands of former students have been surviving the cruel adversities, working 18 hour days, with very little healthy food and sweat shop conditions that would desolate any without hope. The children demonstrated great virtue all while hope was stripped away when they failed their test.
  7. Parents worried endlessly about the their lost children as they queried PGA officials about their children.
  8. The well-mannered quiet children all sat stone-faced at the huge, food bare tables in the mess-hall and waited for the guards to waltz in and march them to the den-of-culinary-atrocities to deposit their meal trays. This was a ritual that occurred daily at 10 pm.
  9. The ‘lookouts’ who sat at the four corners of the room waited for the moment when all 80 guards collected their meals and sat to eat unaware of the children plot. The ‘lookouts’ stood up and the fierce animalistic instinct of thousands of children kicked in. They pounced on the guards who were far outnumbered, relieving them of their rubber batons, hitting them mercilessly in the process of subduing them, really beating them silly for good measure.
  10. Before long, all the battered guards were on the slimy porridge covered floor in a dazed state. Little did they know that the children would be able to overpower them an in such a completely unified and solid way. The rotten PGA minions lay on the floor writhing in excruciating pain occasioned by blows from their own batons.
  11. All the children, led by Jesus and Danna dashed through the wide double doors, ran along the corridors and into the fields. Twenty-four hours later they all arrived at a farm near the freight depot. They waited for a freight train headed north to the US border and placed the smallest children on the train with a compassionate chaperone. The rest headed north enduring the arduous journey on foot to the US border. Being the led by the smart-charismatic Jesus, he made it relatively easy for them to navigate their way back to their small town across the border. Their anxious and worried parents were overjoyed to see them and they were all in school the next day.
  12. In a supernatural-ingenuous flair, the students led by Jesus and Danna outwitted the guards and escaped the subjugation. The children were diligent-strategic and meticulous in planning their every move and did not hesitate to execute their best-laid plan with great deliberation. The students used what little technology they had to document what really happened to them. The Disappeared shared the great atrocities and injustice of separating families in the name of School Reform and Accountability. The world learned first hand what the PGA was really doing.
  13. But what really led to the inception of this modern Greek tragedy, that all participants could or should have done without? Close examination revealed that thinking, fun, creativity, innovation and curiosity was taken out of learning because of the commercialization of education and the overbearing testing of the children mandated by politicians. There was no longer any joy, curiosity or excitement involved in teaching and learning. The enormous stresses associated with doing National Standards Tests were imperious and almost terror-like.
  14. However, following this ghastly episode of the diapered children, the teachers and administrators have now revolutionized teaching and learning. Teachers are now in control of all educational decisions, they are paid like doctors, students are enjoying over an hour of recess everyday, there are more fun and games involved in lessons and there’s no mandatory testing.
  15. To everyone’s surprise and delight, the passing rates have now been catapulted upwards from 20 percent in the poorest schools to 90 percent.
  16. As for the PGA officials and factory guards who wielded power over the children as innocent victims; they were all imprisoned and subjected to mandatory rehabilitation courses. Never again would this ill-fated occurrence be allowed to take hold of education and innocent children.
  17. There trods our obligatory ending, which we'll see in our fu­ture, All the children learn happily ever after. The End?
Narrator 1
When Jesus woke up this morning, he knew this would be a day full of uncertainty, fear and risk. He also knew that without these things, he would never fulfil his destiny as a brave leader amongst his peers. As he sat in the lunchroom after his arduous day of labor in the fields, aching and sleepy, he dreaded the imminent moment approaching.
Jody
Are we ever going back to school?
NARRATOR 2
Jody was the youngest of the group, with energy to spare even after a 14 hour day of backbreaking work. Having been separated from the rest of her family when she was abducted from her Phoenix school for failing her 3rd grade standardized reading test, she naturally fell in with people from her own school.
NaRRATOR 1
When Jody first arrived at the Pearsons Gates Academy she knew no one. Her siblings had been separated from her for several months and she knew not what had become of them. Jesus and Danna took her under their wing and looked out for her. This was her surrogate family.
Jesus
The only way we'll ever get back to school and our parents is if we take our fate into our own hands.
Jody
I want to see my brothers and sisters again too. I miss them.

JESUS
We'll get to see everyone, we just have to be brave.
JODY
How do we do brave, Jesus?
JesUS
When things get scary and we don't know what will happen next, we stay calm and stick to the plan. We trust our faith in ourselves, no matter what everyone else tells us what we're supposed to do or who we're supposed to be.
JODY
How do we do that?
NaRRATOR 1
Jody was always full of questions, and she asked them all when they entered her skull. She was Autistic and had a real knack for learning and exploring the strange or bizarre. It was her greatest asset and her Achilles heel. She was overtly intelligent because of all the nontraditional knowledge she sought to obtain, but also ostracized by many because she was so outspoken on improving everyone else, and herself, she was perfect.
Narrator 2
Jody had passion, creativity and love for her special interests. She dreamt of becoming the greatest mind in her field of robotics. This was opposed by many as they felt she should only be learning the common core as everyone else. It resulted in her being bullied by her peers and even teachers in her school. She believed trying to please the teachers, administrators, or politicians who were passing ill thought laws was a poor use of her time.
Danna
At 10pm tonight, our lookouts in all four corners of the cafeteria will make their final surveillance of the guards and if it's all clear, we will overpower them and march out the front doors
Danna (Cont’d)
of the Pearsons Gates Academy as free as we were the day we were born!
NARRATOR 1
Danna wasn't Jesus' girlfriend by any means, but what many called a kindred spirit. She was a natural born leader, gifted with vigor and passion on completing goals and moving the world forward. She learned not by asking questions like Jody, but by doing.
Narrator 2
Her hands on experience made indelible imprints on her thought processes. Something her teachers knew when they taught her in classes, helping her to grasp mathematical concepts and applications. The very same creative teaching techniques that were lost when laws mandated that all students would learn one way. These new teaching methods were determined only by lawmakers and the educational businesses that created the standardized tests.
Jody
I can't wait to learn new things again. We haven't learned anything new since the second day we were here. My mom once told me about this place, they said on the news that the Pearsons Gates Academy was a high technology learning retreat. The only thing I learned was how to dig and teach new kids how to dig. The same thing gets boring every time.
DaNNA
I agree with you Jody. Some of the things we learned in school was hard but something new everyday made life an adventure. When they first started the standardized testing I learned pretty much the same things in every grade.
NaRRATOR
While the two girls bantered back and forth about ideas and hope, Jesus sat stirring his grey mashed potatoes as his heavy eyes struggled to stay laser focused on the clock. Every moment the second hand ticked closer to 10pm made it more and more difficult for him to stay awake and brave. He was tired now, but the moment the revolution began, his energy would need to be on point.
Narrator 2
Another thing to fear was if he failed, the guards would no doubt raise security protocols to prevent another incident. It was Jesus' gift to know that preparation was always a key to success. Studying and focus was key to accomplishing goals. Jesus was always able to do very good on tests from his teachers because they were well in tune with the content they were teaching, making after school study sessions and homework geared towards educating the students to understanding problem solving, instead of temporarily memorizing patterns.
DANNA
Jesus, is it time?
JeSUS
Almost.
JodY
What do I do?
Jesus
If I give you the go ahead you're going to help get everyone out of the cafe. I'll need you to hold open the doors so everyone will run and then you lead them to the front of the school.

JODY
What if someone tries to stop us?
JESUS
You just keep running, ok? You leave the fighting to the bigger kids.
DANNA
I'll be right there with you, Jody, ok?
JodY
Ok.
NaRRATOR
Jesus took a breath as the second hand was coming up on 10pm. The moment was finally at hand.
Jesus
Everyone ready?
DANNA
Ready.
JodY
Ready.
NarRATOR 1
Jesus rose from his seat and looked to corner one. His first lookout nodded yes. Corner two. Yes. As the moment grew, Jody uncrossed her legs under the table and Danna dabbed the remaining food from the corners of her mouths before setting her food to rest. Jesus moved to corner three and got a hesitant nod. Jesus looked deeper into the hesitancy to understand it, realizing one of the guards was watching and just now caught on. RIOT! He screamed as several other guards looked up from their meals, mouths full of mashed potatoes.
JesUS
Go!
DANNA
Let's go, Jody, come on!
NARRATOR 2
Jesus and the rest of the big kids quickly mobbed the unexpecting guards. Jody and Danna lead droves of other children through the doors, down the grimy looking and cramped corridors with colossal humiliating columns; drab plain walls and small holes for windows that would keep electric costs down. Finally to the front gates they arrived, where the stormy weather outside washed away the dirt and ash from their bodies.
DANNA
Has anyone seen Jesus?
JeSUS
I'm here!
Jody
Now what do we do?
JESUS
We have to find the train line. I'm sure it's off in that direction there. Let's go!
NaRRATOR
As Jesus led the mass of freed students through the fields and into the nearby woods, all of them would take a moment of their time to glance back and keep sure of the burning structure that once housed them was crumbling to it's demise.
DanNA
How far do you suppose the train line is?


Jesus
Not far. A days walk or so. We must keep moving. I know they will come for us. If we don't succeed now, we may never.
NaRRATOR
Just then a voice spoke up from the mass behind Jesus. It was Gordy, a longtime troublemaker at school and then again at the factory.
Gordy
Why should you be the leader? I already don't think this is the right idea. We should just go back and do what they say. It's safer that way.
JesUS
I'm not going to stop you, because if there's one thing I've learned from all of this is that there isn't just one way to do things, one goal to be met. Each person has to get to their destination by their own means. Mine is to see my family again and return to school and learn new and exciting things. If I have to face the storm; wild animals, toxic plants and harsh terrain to get there, I'm going to. If you want to keep working the fields because it's what's safe, then go on.
NarRATOR 1
Jesus and the group waited, the mass all looking at Gordy to see what he'd do. After a moment of contemplation, Gordy lowered his eyes to the ground in shame and submitted his loss of the argument.
JESUS
Alright then. Let's go everyone!
JodY
I love that we're outside in the rain. They never let us go outside in the rain! It's actually kind of fun!
NarraTOR 2
Jody was correct, it was a fun endeavour to be doing something different. Good fortune smiled upon the students as they ventured for over a day's time, making their arrival at the train depot early the next morning. It was a long, hard earned respite for them as they snuck on to empty car trains to gain passage back over the boarder and return home. Many of them slept the whole ride, others were too excited at the prospects that awaited them.
Narrator 1
Nothing compared to the thoughts of their own beds; dogs and cats that would comfort them in wet sloppy kisses and the smell of a home made dinner cooked with love. As they finally arrived back in Phoenix, the exhaustion took a back seat in their minds. Energy surged from every child's legs as they raced around corners and bends in their neighborhood roads to get the chance to wake their parents
JODY
Mom!? Dad!? We're home!
Jody's mom
Jody!? Oh my goodness, sweetheart we thought we'd never see you again!
NarraTOR 2
Jody's parents near fell flat faced to the ground, tangled up in the morning blankets as they rushed to embrace their little girl.
GorDY
Dad?


NaRRATOR 1
Gordy's dad was dressed in a business suit; carrying a briefcase and adjusting a small United States Flagpin when he noticed his son coming up the suburban street.
GORDY
Dad I'm home!
NARRATOR 2
Gordy's father said nothing, as he pointed towards the house and continued into his limo with the police escort waiting to take him back to the state senate.
DanNA
Oh, Max! I missed you beyond compare!
NARRATOR 1
Danna hugged her red Doberman dog as she fell onto the couch in her living room. Her parents almost trampled one another to reach her first as they both sandwiched her into the middle of a hug that could only be explained as a vice grip.
Jesus
Hello? Is anyone home?
NaRRATOR 2
Jesus was slow and unsure of his house as it sat quietly. A creak arose from the back of the kitchen. His father emerged from the basement, overwhelmed with joy.
JESUS
Dad! Where's mom?
Jesus' dad
She's not here Buddy. Your mother found out about all the terrible things that they were doing to you and the others at the factory. She set out two weeks ago to try and find it and gather evidence to shut it down.

JESUS
We burned it down. But I stole one of the guard's phones when he wasn't looking and took all of these pictures.
NaRRATOR 1
As Jesus and his father thumbed through the pictures on the phone, the front door opened and Jesus' mother came exclaiming through the room until she was reunited with her son. She was overjoyed that her son was finally home.
Narrator 2
In the days that followed, Jesus and his parents brought the evidence to the U.S. District Attorney. She brought charges against all of the politicians and corrupt business owners that tried to limit and control the education of students to their own advantage.
NarRATOR 1
The laws of standardized testing where repealed and students started growing as teachers were allowed to embrace different teaching methods for different students. Test scores rose and students grew into successful adults who were passionate about their work and capable of problem solving with their own minds, pushing knowledge of the human race even further than it already had reached.
THE END.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

DOK Test Question Examples | Reading Passages with DOK Test Questions

CCSS ELA Expository Reading Passages with DOK Test Question Examples

Top 10 Female Scientists who Changed the World:
1st Marie Curie

1.     While many people are familiar with male scientists and Nobel Prize winners, there are many brilliant and illustrious women out there who have made a significant difference in the world of science, which has had many repercussions in many other areas, including health care.

2.     Born Maria Sladowska in Poland in 1867, Marie Curie was the first women to win the Nobel Prize in two different categories, for her work in physics in 1903 and in chemistry in 1911. She was a pioneer in an era when women were facing many barriers in education and in particular the sciences, as well as teaching.

3.     It’s hard to imagine today that any woman would not get into university when she was a top student in her high school, but university was not permitted for women in Poland at the time, as it was in many countries around the world in the Victorian era. Marie attended a night school to further her education, known as the ‘floating university’ in Warsaw, that eluded the Russian occupation by teaching Polish students at night and changing locations frequently to avoid being intercepted

4.     At the time, the only university in Poland would not admit her, she had to leave her home country of Poland in order to complete her Ph.D. and further her studies in the scientific realm.

5.     She began interested in radium, and along with her husband, Pierre Curie, she began to study the rays it emitted, which has fascinated her. Her husband, Pierre, set aside his own work in order to pursue a joint study with her, and they worked together in their pursuit of radium, until his untimely death in a carriage accident.

6.      Both of Marie Curie’s parents were teachers and she continued in this route when she became the first female professor at the Sorbonne in Paris, as his position was made available to her after his death.

7.     While Marie Curie’s advancements in radium affected our understanding of atomic chemistry, but the most important contribution her work has made was leading to the development of X-ray technology that we still use today in health care, primarily in order to look at broken bones, and even in radiation treatments for cancer patients.

8.     During World War I she established the first radiological centres and mobile X-ray units to assist in the care of soldiers, and travelled to raise some funds so that she could establish the radium research institute, in order to continue her work on radioactivity.

9.     She was the first to speak about radioactivity, and also discovered a new radioactive element, polonium, which was named after her home country of Poland.

10.      Marie Curie died of leukemia, as a result of her ongoing exposure to radium and radioactivity. As the harmful effects and risks of radiation were not known at the time, Marie Curie would often carry test tubes in her pocket and was heavily exposed to radioactivity throughout her work, which lead to her death in 1934.

11.     While Marie Curie is widely known for her work on radioactivity, her legacy is not only tied to her breakthroughs in science, but also in how she contributed to the advancement of women in science and education with a number of important firsts to her name.

12.     Her legacy also continued beyond her death, as she has also received many posthumous awards. Many institutes recognize her work by bearing her name, such as the Maria Slodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology in her native Warsaw, Poland; and the Institute Curie in Paris, her second home.

13.     Arguably the most famous female scientist the world has known, Marie Curie has inspired many female scientists to follow in her footsteps, while also opening new doors for women to teach at the University level, and work in the field of mathematics, chemistry and physics.

Open-ended Reading Comprehension questions

1. Why was the university that Marie Curie attended known as the floating university?
2. What was Marie Curie’s contribution to the field of health care?
3. What was unique about Marie Curie’s Nobel Prize recognition?
4. Why did Marie Curie leave Warsaw?
5. What was so important about Marie Curie’s legacy?
6. What did Marie Curie contribute to the advancement of women?


Reading comprehension questions

1. Why was the university that Marie Curie attended known as the floating university?
a. The subject matter was always changing
b. It was always a different group of students
c. They always changed locations

2. What was one of Marie Curie’s contributions to the field of health care?
a. Radiation therapy
b. Chemotherapy
c. Radiotherapy

3. What was unique about Marie Curie’s Nobel Prize recognition?
a. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize
b. She was the first women to win the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry
c. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics
d. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry

4. Why did Marie Curie leave Warsaw?
a. Because she has leukemia
b. Because she could not attend the men’s university
c. Because she wanted to meet her future husband

5. What was so important about Marie Curie’s legacy?
a. She was the first woman scientist
b. She created an Oncology institute in her name
c. She inspired many women scientists

6. What did Marie Curie contribute to the advancement of women?
a. She allowed women to study science
b. She was the first woman scientist
c. She opened doors for women to teach in university
d. She opened doors for women to be part of World War I

Pick One DOK Level 3 Question and Research, Discuss, and Share with a partner.
• How are Marie Curie's discoveries related to physics today?
• What conclusions can you draw from a lack of female scientist in the 19th Century?
• How would you adapt Marie Curie's bio into a graphic time-line?
• How would you develop a checklist for selecting a new Nobel Laureates in science?
• Can you predict who will be the next women to receive the Nobel Prizes?
• What is the best text evidence to why Marie Curie selected science as a field of study? Why?
• What conclusion can be drawn from these three texts?
• What is your interpretation of a lack of female physicist, use text evidence to support your rationale.
• How would you describe the sequence of events that lead to Marie Curies death?
• What facts would you select to support Marie Curies is a maverick?
•Can you elaborate on the reason why her work was important to WWII?
• What would happen if Marie Curie never made her discoverers?
• Can you formulate a theory for radioactivity?
• How would you test to see if a substance was radioactive?
• Can you elaborate on the reasons you agree or disagree with the articles Title? Why? 
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Grade 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Reading Passages for Boys

CCSS Test Prep Reading Passages | Grade 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 High-Interest Reading Passages for Boys | Socratic Seminar Passages

Sample Test Prep Reading Passages with Academic Vocabulary Review
  1. Title: Dragons Through History
  2. A Short History of the Dagger
  3. A Short History of the Battle Axe
  4. A Short History of the English Longbow 
  5. A Short History of the Cross Bow
  6. Acquaint Yourself With The Medieval Weapons And Medieval Swords
  7. A History of the Hanseatic League
  8. The History Of The Army Green Berets
  9. The Days of the Phalanx – Ancient Greece weapons
  10. Myth or Fact the Abominable Snowman
  11. Myth or Fact the Voodoo Zombies
  12. Myth or Fact the Roswell Aliens
  13. Myth or Fact Ancient Aliens Created the Nazca Lines
  14. Title: The Gladiators – From History To Movies
  15. Title: The Philosophy of Samurai Swords
  16. Child Slavery and Your Chocolate Bar
  17. Child Labor and Your Jeans, Electronics, and Games
  18. Neil Aden Armstrong 1969: First Human on the Moon
  19. The Sonoran Desert Flora and Fauna
  20. Crocodile & Alligator Divergences
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Teachers: 5 Great Tips to Handle Stress

Teachers: 5 Great Tips to Handle Stress

In this tumultuous time for educators, teachers lead an increasingly stressful life. Prolonged stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques to live a successful, happy, and healthy life. 
Stress has always been a part of teachers lives. Today teachers are
the scapegoats and whipping boys for politicians and Wall Street. Testing that never ends, teacher accountability, funding cuts, large class sizes, angry parents, ever-changing arbitrary teacher accountability, rigorous standards that are untested and my favorite feckless talking heads (Gates, Arne, and Rhee) constantly blaming public school educators, can lead to an increasingly stressful life. Experts state that a little stress can be good; it keeps you sharp and ready to move forward and is sometimes vital for achieving optimum performance. However, medical research has determined that prolonged stress is very bad for the body, and can block the body's natural ability to repair, regenerate and protect itself. Over 90% of disease is caused by stress according to medical studies. Stress is both a physical and psychological response. It can lead to chronic disease, obesity, insomnia, deteriorating relationships, depression, and more.

 Stress is such a powerful and harmful force that it is vital that you learn effective stress management techniques to live a successful, happy, and healthy life. We must remember that we will always come across inevitable factors that cause pressure and anxiety on us. What we do not know is that it is not really the problems that are difficult to deal with, but our attitude towards them. So basically, the cause of stress is your attitude toward these things. What, then, is an effective way to deal with stressors? 

Circadian Meditation "The Power Nap"

 Below are 5 great tips to handle stress.

 1. Identify what makes you stressful and uneasy. Making a list of your stressful experiences is useful. Immediately deal with the issues that you can change, for instance waking up earlier for work in the morning, not leaving things till the last minute, and delegating tasks in case you are taking responsibility for everything. Forget about the issues that you cannot influence like being stuck in a traffic jam or not getting into the elevator because there is no room for you.

 2. Calm down.  A few minutes break would do you good. Wash your face, breath slowly and deeply, and notice if there is tension in any part of your body and release it. You can also listen to relaxing music, or call a friend. Releasing your inner feelings to a friend is healthy option.

 3. It will pass and it will be over before you know it. Remind yourself that the stressful event will end sooner or later can make you see the positive sides of things. At the same time, calm down your emotions and think of what is the best thing to do rather than take your energy away from what needs to be done.

 4. Know yourself. Ask yourself: What triggers your anxiety? If for example it is your job, then maybe it’s time for you to reconsider whether it would be best to find a less stressful job. You can also make your job more tolerable by allowing yourself to get that needed vacation or leave.

 5. Learn to use your relaxation response. Just as we all have within us the stress response, we also have an opposite response, which is the relaxation response. A person should elicit that on a regular basis. The relaxation response involves two steps. Repetition, the repetition can be a word, a sound, an expression, or a repetitive movement. The second step is to ignore other thoughts that come to your mind while you're doing the repetition and come back to the repetition. The technique should be used once or twice a day for about 15 minutes. Sit quietly and choose a suitable repetition, like a prayer, the sound Om, or the word love, or calm. Or you can do a repetitive exercise, for instance, yoga, jogging, Reiki. Additional repetitive activities are knitting or handicraft. When you incorporate this into your everyday life, you become calmer and better able to handle the stressors. Practice makes perfect and the more you practice relax your mind, the easier it gets. 
The true causes of stress are not the problems or negative experiences that you encounter in your life; but your attitude toward them. So, the trick is to change your attitude and to develop a relaxed state, because you cannot be stressed and relaxed at the same time. It is important to understand that what we focus on, we energize. The more you continue to think about the factors that cause your stress, the more energy you give it. So it is vital to let go and focus on relaxation instead. Consequently, you're less likely to be upset by a stressor, and thus less likely to have its harmful effect occur. Eventually, it is your choice. You could either continue to react in the same stressful way, or you could choose to improve your life by changing your attitude and becoming relaxed. There’s no other way around it.
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1st Grade Reading Passages | Year 1 Fluency

Free Grade 1, Year 1 PDF and doc Printable Reading Comprehension Fluency Passages for grade 1. Reading fluency passages with comprehension test questions will help students practice their reading comprehension skills, fluency, and build vocabulary.


Grade 1 Reading Fluency Passages Yearly Sets 
Oral Reading Fluency Grades 1-5 - Miami-Dade County ...
Grade 1 - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
ORF: DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency 1st Grade
First Grade Basic Skills - A Habitat for Learning
First Grade Workbook Sample - Common Core Activities ...
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  • EVENING AT HOME
    News'paper, cold, or'der, seem, through, back'pack, talk, sto'ry, light, Har'ry, branch'es, kiss, burns, Mrs., e vents', an oth'er, Mr, chair, lamp, repairs
    1. It is winter. The cold wind whistles through the branches of the trees.
    2. Mr. Taylor has finished his day's writing, and his children, Harry and Kate, have come home from school. They learned their math lessons well today, and both feel happy
    3. Dinner is over. Mrs. Taylor has put the dining room in order. The fire burns brightly. One table lamp gives light enough for all to read. On the chair is a basket of red apples. They seem to say, "Won't you have one?"
    4. Harry and Kate read a story in a new book. The father reads his newspaper, and the mother repairs Harry's backpack.
    5. By and by, they will tell one another what they have been reading about, and will have a chat over the events of the day.
    6. Harry and Kate's bedtime will be at 8. I think I see them kiss their dear father and mother a sweet good night.
    7. Do you not wish that every boy and girl could have a home like this?

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    First Grade Vocabulary Review: quotation (mark), sequencing, suffix, summarize, synonyms, thesaurus, setting, plot, character
  • BUBBLES. Word Count 176

    beau'ti ful, pat'io, rain'bow, burst, bub'bling, same, biggest. Sneeze, col'ors

    1. The girls have come out on the patio to blow bubbles. The old cat is asleep on the mat by the door.
    1. "Ha! ha!" laughs Rosa, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat's back, and does not burst.
    2. Julie tries to make her bubble do the same. This time it comes down on the cat's face, and makes her sneeze.
    3. "She would rather wash her face without soap," says Rosa. "Now let us see who can make the biggest bubble."
    4. "Mine is the biggest," says Tina. "See how high it floats in the air! I can see--ah! it has burst."
    5. "I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine," says Julie; "and such beautiful colors."
    6. "How many, Rosa?"
    7. "Red, one; blue, two; there--they are all out. Let us try again."
    8. "I know how many colors there are," says Tina. "Just as many as there are in the rainbow."
    9. "Do you know how many that is?
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    First Grade Vocabulary Review: illustrate, language. long vowel, period, plural, singular, poem, predict, punctuation 
  • TWO DOGS.
    1. James Rodriquez has two dogs. One is a Newfoundland dog, and the other is a Scotch terrier.
    2. The Newfoundland is a large, noble fellow. He is black, with a white spot, and with long, shaggy hair. His name is Sport.
    1. Sport is a good watchdog, and a kind playmate. Every night he guards the house while James and his family are asleep.
    1. In the daytime, James often uses Sport for his horse. He has a skateboard, and a set of leashes which just fits the dog.
    1. He hitches Sport to his skateboard, and skates around the park. In this way, he can go almost as fast as his brother riding his bike.
    1. The name of James's Scotch terrier is Dash. He is called Dash because he jumps about so playfully. He is up on a chair, under the table, on the table behind the door, down the basement, and out in the yard,--all in a minute.
    1. Dash has very bright eyes, and he does many funny things. He likes to put his paws up on the crib, and watch the baby.
    2. The other day he took baby's red dress, and had great fun with it; but he chewed it and buried it, and James had to scold him.
    3. Everyone likes to see James with his two dogs. They always seem very happy together.

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    First Grade Vocabulary Review: quotation (mark), sequencing, suffix, summarize, synonyms, thesaurus, setting, plot, character 
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