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 * Amy Takacs' Photos for the READ180 Binder Setup**
 * 5th Grade April 2010 TAKS test Converting the 'E' Score to Lexile**

Grade 4 Lexile Conversion Chart

Attached is a form that I created so students could see what type of questions they were successful on and which ones they need work on and on the other side is their Goal Setting for the TAKS. What we did…

• Students circled the item number they missed. • They total the item numbers they got correct. • In Small Group we identified which of the 10 Reading Skill they met standards on. (based on the information provided by the district. • They then listed each skill they met standards on within the Objective section it belonged in. (Objectives 3 & 4 share skills, so we just put three in Obj. 3 and two in Obj. 4. • On the goal side, they listed the number of each skill they met. • I then had them decide how many more correct answers they were going to commit to “get” as their new goal. (While I know that the standards have changed, I didn’t know how, nor exactly what it was going to compute at, so I just left it at 29 correct to be passing. When I get more concrete information, I can have them take another look at the goal they set. • It was a really positive experience, even for the lowest ones, since everyone met at least one standard.



Here is the Raw Score Conversion chart for today's CBA. See how it matches up to your students' current Lexiles. Usually we have overperformance. ___

Great reading response labels courtesy of Anne Dittmar, Holmsley ES!

_ I've been meaning to get you guys this information for a while, but I've just been CRAZY busy the first few weeks of school. Anyway, I have some **powerpoints** that I used last year to accompany the **Whole Group lessons.** Currently I have them for Workshops 1-6 and Workshop 9. Feel free to borrow them for your lessons. They are stored on the G Drive (G:\READ 180 Elementary\Workshop Powerpoints). - Carrie Austin

Here's a useful PPT to accompany the Mary Walker/ Jeans articles in the Year 2 curriculum. Thanks Amy T. Here's the PDF of All the READ180 Quizzes in CFISD. I wrote in the Discussion section how I used this list to find out which books we had in our library so that we could create a READ180 ONLY section for our kiddos.

What to Do if Your DVD Won't Play



Here's a really awesome "How to Make a Mummy" on-line game for your kids! Thanks for sharing, Barbara Depetris! [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml]


 * Vocabulary Pictures for Workshop 3 and 4, courtesy of Carrie Austin, Duryea ES**


 * TAKS Necklaces, courtesy of Barbara DePetris, Horne ES**


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Carousel Walk courtesy of Jenneka Baham-Taylor, Post ES

Here's the lesson plan for the inferencing lessons that have been discussed on the discussion board. Thanks Angie and Gabe! [[file:Inference Walk.doc]}Here's the Inauguration Mini Page Lesson==>[[file:Mini Page Inauguration.pdf]] [[file:mini page inauguration edition questions.doc]]

This was more time consuming than I thought it would be! I have taken C M's idea for TAKS practice using TFK articles and created a document you are welcome to try. Hope it is helpful!

TAKS formatted questions to use with Time For Kids Article "Interview with Jeff Kinney"
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1869624,00.html

Links to questions and answers:

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You can: simply use the questions and not the multiple guess format; have the kids do the Mohning power point idea; give the right answer and have the kids write a question; or do the boring: copy the worksheet, answer, and prove it method. ======

Another rubric: very simple, designed to assess quick writes and graphic organizers. This has become a great teaching tool for the paras to use when conferencing with students. Jacki K Here are some rubrics which I hope will be helpful. Feel free to revise to fit your students' needs! Robin Clark




 * Here's the 5th Greade Reading CBA conversion table:**

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Check out this site for a spectacular slideshow and video of the California wildfires (from MSNBC):http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27148069

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...............................................................................................................................................Here are 2 pics from my students' celebrations from 2007-08===

YOUR turn!

Show me how you're showing your students' successes!

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California Wildfires PowerPoint. The pictures are cited if you wanted to click on the source to see more (and to get the information about what the picture is about). These slides are from wildfires so far this year. The last slide is one of the six firefighters that died while fighting a fire. It's timed to switch to the following slide every six seconds. Save to your desktop and you can make any changes you'd like.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/read180/community/teachingresources/rbooks_A.htm
 * READ 180 Projects**

Think Mark Link below.

Homework Reading Log

Independent Reading Center Checklist with Picture Cues

District ESL Homework==> Here's 4th Grade and 5th Grade

Here's the Anchor Video viewing worksheet:



Here are the READ180 Parent Letters from the Scholastic Website. They're word so you can change the information to match your students' info. The PDF is 6 pages of 'How to Help Your Child Become a Lifelong Reader'--really good! The bad news is that it's only in English :^(.

Here's the Question Stems from Sizzlin' San Diego!



Creating a Power Point Help Sheet. It has the steps to do several things to their PowerPoint--but not all (like adding cd songs). Feel free to change to your needs but add it to this one so we can all use it! :O)