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STRUCTURE OF EOG 9 selections • • • 2 poems 2 content pieces (social studies/science) 2 non-fiction 2 fiction 1 consumer article All test thinking skills based on Marzano (Bloom’s revised taxonomy) under FOUR MAIN AREAS OF INQUIRY

“PRETEST” EOG FORMAT • Take a guess. What percent of the EOG involves checking students’ ability to: • Make Connections • 5% 10% 15% 20% • Demonstrate Cognition • 10% 15% 20% 30%

“PRETEST” Cont. • Assume a critical stance • 5% 10% 25% 30% • Interpret reading selections • 5% 20% 30% 40%

Answer Key • • Make Connections Demonstrate Cognition Critical Stance Interpret 5% 30% 24% 40%

So, the question is, if we only ask lower level questions, what happens when our kids take EOG’s? • YEP. We’ve all seen this look!

EQ: How do we make sure that our students practice higher order thinking skills? • Become familiar with question stems • Model thinking skills • Build question stems into instruction • Give students LOTS of time to practice

Planning to include HOTS questioning: • Deliberately use stems list • Start at highest level and back down Bloom’s taxonomy OR • Start at lowest level and climb up the taxonomy

Sample of Teacher-made Activity

I do – We do – You do

Getting students involved in creating questions: