New York State ELA Test 2015 2016 Presented

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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