Transcript Feeling the pressure of looming CRCT testing week?

Feeling the pressure of
looming CRCT
testing week?
The CRCT is WHEN?????
AARGH!!!
I don’t have enough time to
prepare… I have too much
paperwork to deal with this!
RelaxHere are 3 down and dirty, quick
and easy steps to help you
increase your students’
achievement on our most
beloved yearly assessment!
STEP 1:
Use “The 12 Powerful Words”
These 12 words tend to
“trip up”
the at-risk student on
standardized tests. Simply
integrate them into your
regular daily activities and
watch your children’s test
scores rise!
Twelve Words:
Trace List in steps
 Outline
1
2
3
Twelve Words:
Analyze Break Apart
 Study
Twelve Words:
Infer Read between the lines
Twelve Words:
Evaluate Judge
Twelve Words:
Formulate Create
Twelve Words:
Describe Tell all
about
Twelve Words:
Support Back up with details
Twelve Words:
Explain Tell how
Twelve Words:
Summarize Give the short version
Twelve Words:
Compare Ways alike
Twelve Words:
Contrast Ways different
Twelve Words:
Predict What happens next
12 Words Song – tune Are You Sleeping?
(Introduce 1 word at a time; then build to it)
Can you __________? (word)
Can you __________? (word)
Yes we can.
Yes we can.
Synonym
Synonym
We can __________. (word)
We can __________. (word)
Example: Can you trace?
Can you trace?
Yes we can.
Yes we can.
Follow the steps.
Follow the steps.
We can trace.
We can trace.
STEP 2:
“Unraavel”
Use this strategy to increase
your students’ reading
comprehension and math
problem solving skills for the
CRCT.
UNRAAVEL
Reading Comprehension Strategy
U nderline the title
N ow predict the passage
R ead through the passage
A re the important words circled?
V enture through the passage
E liminate wrong answers
L et the question be answered
Double check your work!
IMPORTANT WORDS ARE:
bold italics underlined highlighted ALL
CAPITALS (in parenthesis)
“in
quotation marks” *marked with an asterisk
in a different font or color
UNRAAVEL
Math Word Problem – Solving Strategy
U nderline the question
N ow predict what you think you need to do to
solve the problem
R ead the word problem
A re the important words circled?
(especially clue words)
A pply the step(s) you chose to solve the
problem
V erify your answer (is it reasonable; does it
make sense?)
E liminate wrong answers
L et the answer stay or rework the problem
Double check your work!
UNRAAVEL the “CRCT”
(Sung to the tune of the “Brady Bunch” tune)
Draw a line, under the title
Take your best guess what it’s all about
Put a number next to each paragraph
To help you find the answer
Take some time, and read the questions
Circle all, the very important words
Write down what each word means
And now its time to read
Chorus UNRAAVEL (ing)
UNRAAVEL (ing)
This is how we UNRAAVEL the “CRCT”
Cross out all the wrong answers
Pick the best of all that remain
Paragraph numbers will prove
you know the answers
Now double check your work
(Chorus)
STEP 3:
Ten Instructional Strategies that
close The Achievement Gap
Use these strategies to
increase your students’
achievement levels and
better prepare them for the
CRCT.
#1
Stress reading
every day!!!
#2
Use higher order
thinking skills
every day!!!
#3
Make them use
complete
sentences every
time!
#4
Have a system to reteach
missed questions.
#5
Provide structure in the
classroom.
#6
Make every child
participate every day.
#7
Use an inclusive/diverse
curriculum all year long.
#8
Get your audience
emotionally involved.
#9
Teach one grade level
ahead and tell them why.
Preview.
#10
And
lastly,
NEVER
Nogive
matter
how tough
up!!
it gets…