ISAT READING 20082009

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ISAT READING2008-2009
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TEST SESSIONS

• Session 1
• ? 6 Short Passages (Literary,
• Informational, Poems)
• ? 30 Multiple Choice Questions
• ? SAT 10 (Norm-referenced Questions)

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TEST SESSIONS

• Session 2 3 will
• have this format
• Each session has 2 passages of more equal
  length
• 10 multiple choice questions each 1
  extended-response item
• One of these sessions will be a pilot.

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FRAMEWORKS

• Session 2 3
• Test questions are written by Illinois teachers
  to align to Framework Objectives.

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Framework IssuesStudents Across the State seem
to have difficulty with items that address these
topics

• Homonyms
• Fable/folk tale/legend/myth/
• fairy tale/essay
• Organizational patterns
• Mood and tone
• Point of view
• Irony
• Genre

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Literacy at Home

• Spend at least 20 minutes a day reading to
• or with your child.
• Have your child retell a story to you or a
• sibling.
• Read newspaper and magazine articles.
• Discuss main
• idea, authors purpose and vocabulary.

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Main Idea

• What is the story about?
• What are the big ideas in the paragraph or
  passage?
• What were the main points of the program (TV)?

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Summarizing

• Write a paragraph telling the main points of a
  story, passage, or TV show. In addition to the
  main points, the paragraph should include
  supporting details.

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Functional Passages

• Recipes
• Directions
• Maps (Newspaper-weather maps, internet)
• Charts/Graphs (Newspaper-Sports section, surveys)
• Advertisements for upcoming events (circus, ice
  shows, games etc)

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Vocabulary

• Speak to your child using the same words as you
  would use with other adults
• Dont underestimate their ability to understand
• Review affixes/word parts and their meanings

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The Best Practice

• Read
• books
• Read
• magazines, newspapers
• Read
• directions, recipes

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What is ReadingExtended Response ?
Third-Eighth grade students in the state of
Illinois are currently asked to write two
extended-responses to reading questions as part
of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test
(ISAT). Extended-response items require
students to demonstrate an understanding of a
passage by explaining key ideas using textual
evidence and by using this information to draw
conclusions or make connections to other
situations.
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ReadingExtended Response
Students ability to make analogies and
synthesize information on this portion of the
ISAT reading test makes up 10 of their final
score. Students papers are scored on a four
point scale. Children must score a three or a
four to meet the standard.
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Reading Extended Response Sample Questions

• How have pigs been useful animals throughout
  history? Explain your answer using information in
  the article and your own ideas.
• Explain how and why the peoples feelings about
  the dolphin change in the story. Use information
  from the story and your own ideas to support your
  answer.
• Extended Response questions are directly related
  to a specific text that the students have read.

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Important Aspects of a Student Response to an
Extended Response

• Dont just write a summary or a retelling of the
  passage.
• To demonstrate a thorough understanding of the
  text, a student needs to infer.
• To infer, is to build meaning.
• Build meaning by connecting what you know, with
  the text.

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Important Aspects of a Student Response to an
Extended Response

• Address the question and address the requirements
  of the rubric.
• Be sure you have written enough.
• To move beyond a summary or retelling, work with
  students on self-questioning strategies
• How can I connect to what the author is telling
  me to understand something better?
• What does this author want me to understand?
• What do I need to remember to make sense of this
  text?
• How has this author changed what I understand?

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WRITING

• Grade 3 Expository (1 session)
• Grade 5 Expository (1 session)
• Grade 6 Narrative, Persuasive
• (2 sessions)
• Grade 8 Narrative, Persuasive
• (2 sessions)

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WRITING

• Time for each Session
• 45
• Minutes
• (10 extra if needed)

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EXPOSITORY WRITING

• Presents factual information
• Explaining, defining, describing, informing
• Providing supporting reasons, examples, facts
• Maintaining a clear focus
• Ending with an effective conclusion

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NARRATIVE WRITING

• Tells a story in logical order by
• Using specific details to explain one event
• Including the authors reactions
• Moving through time
• Writing a beginning, middle, end

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PERSUASIVE WRITING

• Takes a position for or against a topic
• Maintaining the clear position throughout
• Using facts, examples to support the position
• Convincing the reader to believe or act
• Including an effective conclusion

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• How Can I Help My Child?

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Talk to your child aboutMultiple Choice
Questions.Direct them to

• Ask for help if they do not understand the
  directions.
• Read the question and all answer choices before
  marking anything.

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Multiple Choice QuestionsTell your child

• Do not change their answers unless they are very
  uncertain about their first answer choice.
• Try to answer every question. Make the most
  intelligent guess they can.

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Pace ThemselvesDirect your child to

• Not spend too much time on any one question. Do
  their best and then move on.
• Answer the easiest questions first, but be sure
  to go back to those questions they skipped.

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Talk to your child aboutThe Process of
Elimination

• After they have been through all of the questions
  once, go back and find questions they have some
  knowledge about and eliminate choices that they
  know are incorrect.

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Talk to your child aboutThe Process of
Elimination

• If they can eliminate two wrong answers, their
  chance of choosing the right answer is greater.

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Skip, Return, CheckTell your child

• If they finish early, check to make sure they
  have answered all questions.

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Communication is KEY!

• Make sure they understand what the question is
  asking.
• Be sure they are responding to the question that
  is being asked.

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Reading Passages

• If the test requires your child to read passages
  and then answer questions about what they read,

read the questions first.

• By doing this, they will know what
• they are looking for as they read.
• This also helps them go faster on
• the test.

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Math Computation

• When using scratch paper on a math test, double
  check to make sure that they have copied the
  problem correctly from the test booklet!

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Math Computation

• Line up place value correctly on their scratch
  paper (thousands, hundreds, tens, ones) or the
  answer will be incorrect.

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Math Computation

• If their answer does not match one of the
  choices, reread the problem, recopy the numbers,
  and try solving it again.

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Its About Time

• Dont spend too much time rewriting or obsessing
  about neatness.

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Final Tips

• DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK
• Fill in bubbles fully, write neatly, and erase
  stray marks.
• Double-check the test number in your test booklet
  against the answer sheet every few questions to
  be sure you havent gotten on the wrong number.

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Thank you, Mr. Know-it-all!

• Remember it's okay not to know everything
  unlike class tests, these tests will have some
  questions designed to challenge the limits of
  your knowledge at a grade level above your
  current grade.

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Literacy at Home

• Spend at least 20 minutes a day reading to or
  with your child.
• Have your child retell a story to you or a
  sibling.
• Read newspaper and magazine articles. Discuss
  the main idea, authors purpose and vocabulary.

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Math at Home

• Have your child(ren) assist you when you are
  preparing a meal that requires that you use a
  recipe.
• While shopping at the grocery store, encourage
  your child(ren) to determine the cost of the
  entire bill before you reach the cashier.

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Twas the Night Before Testing

• Go to bed on time.

• Talk to your child(ren) about any concerns that
  they might have about the test.

• Keep conflicts to a minimum

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The Morning of Testing

• Start your childs day as you always do.
• Have your child eat a good breakfast (not too
  heavy, a heavy breakfast can make you sleepy)
• Think Positive!

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READING IS THE GATEWAY TO ALL OTHER
LEARNINGBARACK OBAMA

• Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you
  will never cease to grow.
• Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

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• THANK YOU FOR COMING!