Transcript Focus Calendar: Weeks 1-4

REFERENCE and
RESEARCH
By: Molly Chandiramani
Lisa Coto
Amy Harfenist
2nd Grade
Focus Calendar:
Weeks: 2-4
31-33
FCAT Testing Cluster 4
Strand A
LA.A.2.1.5
LA.A.2.1.3
Reads informational text for specific purposes
LA.A.2.1.5 Teaching Targets
Table of contents
Captions
Chapter
Heading
Graphs
LA.A.2.1.3 Teaching Target
Identifies steps in instructional texts
3rd -5th Grade
Focus Calendar:
Weeks: 1-4
FCAT Testing Cluster 4
Strand A
LA.A.2.2.8
Reads informational text for specific purposes
LA.A.2.2. 8 Teaching Targets
Demonstrates use of text features:
Table of contents
Index
Captions
Illustrations
Glossary
Dictionary
Charts
Graphs
Page Numbers
Chapter headings/Subheadings
Clarifying the FCAT
Benchmarks
• Grade 3, 4, and 5
• Benchmark- LA.A.2.2.8
• The student identifies meanings through the process
of selecting and/or organizing information from text
that contains multiple representations of information.
Representations may include maps, charts, and photos.
The complexity of the presentation will be appropriate
to each grade level.
What Does It Look Like on FCAT?
3rd Grade
Item Type – Multiple Choice
Passage Attributes
• Passages must focus on one or more topics and
include a variety of grade-appropriate information
sources. The stimulus may be text, maps, charts,
photos, or excerpts from one or more reference
materials, such as dictionary or encyclopedia.
• Reference materials on which items are based must
look like those found in textbooks or library
reference materials at the appropriate grade.
What Does It Look Like on FCAT?
3rd Grade
Item Type – Multiple Choice
Response Attributes
• Distractors may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
• incorrect use of reference materials,
• incorrect or irrelevant information from the resource
material,
• incorrect conclusions or generalizations based on the
stimulus.
What Does It Look Like on
FCAT?
4th Grade
Item Type – Multiple Choice
Passage Attributes:
• •Passages must focus on one or more topics and include a
variety of grade-appropriate information sources. The
stimulus may be text, maps, charts, photos, or excerpts
from one or more reference materials, such as
dictionary or encyclopedia.
• Reference materials on which items are based must look
like those found in textbooks or library reference
materials at the appropriate grade.
What Does It Look Like on FCAT?
4th Grade
Item Type – Multiple Choice, SR, and ER
Response Attributes
Multiple Choice
• Distractors may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• incorrect use of reference materials,
• Incorrect or irrelevant information from the resource material,
• incorrect conclusions or generalizations based on the stimulus.
Short Response/Extended Response:
These items will be scored with a holistic rubric that defines the
performance criteria for each score point.
What Does It Look Like on FCAT?
5th Grade
Passage Attributes
Item Type – Multiple Choice
• Passages must focus on one or more topics and include
a variety of grade-appropriate information sources.
The stimulus may be text, maps, charts, photos, or
excerpts from one or more reference materials, such
as dictionary or encyclopedia.
• Reference materials on which items are based must
look like those found in textbooks or library reference
materials at the appropriate grade.
What Does It Look Like on
FCAT?
5th Grade
Item Type – Multiple Choice
• Distractors may include, but are not limited
to, the following:
• incorrect use of reference materials,
• Incorrect or irrelevant information from the
resource material,
• incorrect conclusions or generalizations based
on the stimulus.
Key Question Phrases
• Which meaning of the word ________ is used in this
sentence?
• Look at this table of contents. In what kind of book would
these topics appear?
• The map shows an area in ________. The map key explains
what the map’s symbols mean. Where in _________ are
cattle raised?
• Read this _________ train schedule carefully. Suppose your
class was traveling from _______ to _______, which train
would get you to _______in early afternoon?
• According to the pie chart, which _______ is the LEAST
popular?
• Which two topics can you learn about by reading page _____
of this _____book?
• What kind of ________ would you be likely to read about on
page ______?
Sample Question
Using the graph from the following page
locate the city that had the most
growth in population?
A. Hartford
B. New York City
C. Orlando
D. Boston
Strategies
and
Resources
Circle Plot Map
Start
Student Objectives for Circle Plot Map
Students will :
•identify the characteristics of circular plot structures.
•use graphic organizers of the circle plot diagram to preplan a
story.
•draw or write and illustrate an original circular story.
•work together with peers during the writing workshop.
•participate in a self-evaluation of their own writing.
•share the story with an audience.
Student Directions for Circle Plot Map
1. Enter title
2. Enter a description
3. Place your title in the appropriate place into the circle by
dragging it there
4. Enter more events
5. Enter plot events and descriptions
Hand out click on web-site below
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson827/Circle-blank.pdf
Interactive Circle Plot Map on the computer
http://readwritethink.org/materials/circle-plot/
KWL
___________________________
(Title of Research)
Topic
What I know
What I want
to learned
Research Outline
Title of Article or Book: ________________________
Topic I would like to research: ___________________
Why I choose this topic: ________________________
Subtopic 1: __________________________________
Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________
Subtopic 2: _____________________________________
Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________
Subtopic 3: _____________________________________
Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________
Teacher prompts to promote research
• Analysis
“Use the chart to determine….”
“Give examples of how….”
• Synthesis
“What can you conclude about…?”
“What was the author’s point of view about…?”
• Evaluation
“What evidence did the author use to support the opinion that….”
“Justify how the author’s background influenced his point of
view.”
Finding Expository Text Using the
Web
Use the Reference and Research Web
slides to locate high interest
articles for your grade level in all of the
text formats used in FCAT..........
charts
subject reading
essays
magazine articles
biographies
newspaper articles
Reference and Research
Web Sites
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
From Astronomy to Weather, and all subjects in between, Discovery School offers
a wide variety of comprehensive lesson plans that feature printable and online
articles and discussion questions that stress application, evaluation, and synthesis.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm
A site able to be searched for lesson plans to teach higher order thinking skills by
grade level and subject including the arts, literature, health + fitness, math,
science and social studies.
http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/
A digital library of collections that include articles and web resources of interest
to students by topic. Once you get to the topic page, look in the upper right-hand
corner to link to electronic versions of popular magazines, journals, text, and websites related to your subject.
Reference and Research
Web Sites
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/ref0000
Here’s the place to go for all your general reference needs as well as sources of
subject area informational articles from magazines and newspapers. Subject areas
include reading (literary text), Health + Nutrition, Math + Science, Art + Music,
Sports + Recreation, and The World. It has a great biography section for all
subject teachers to enjoy as well.
http://www.infoplease.com/
If you want a quick and easy place to practice reading tables and graphs for
information go to this Almanac site and see interesting statistics in The World
News, History + Government, Biography, Sports, and Health and Science. It also
has an atlas and thesaurus and wonderful instruction on research writing.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Current and archived Time for Kids articles are right at your fingertips for free!
Click on the grade that you are working with and the most current issue of Time for
Kids can be downloaded. Teacher lessons and resources are also available.
“What we know, what we will learn, will bring us to
new horizons.”
Author Unknown