State Assessment Resources

This is a great video for state assessment prep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY04CTYuVao&feature=related 

Some tips for getting students prepared for the Kansas State Assessment:

·         Recommend starting by reviewing the KCA tutorial with students

·         Use the test builders to create tests covering the content being studied in class

·         Test prep strategies:

o   Scanning Practice  http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=9&act=2&que=1

o   Critical Reader
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=2&que=1

·         Reading Activities:

o   http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/magazine/wr/0,28413,091009,00.html and highlighter tool in Word

o   Review questions from stories in TFK http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2009f/091009_wr_quiz.pdf

o   Labette County Resources by Grade level  then subject http://www.506.k12.ks.us/vnews/display.v/ART/47221964e16c2

o   Reading Comprehension activities http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/lesson.php

o   http://www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/Reading_Comprehension_Beginner/

o   http://www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/Reading_Comprehension_Intermediate/

o   http://www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/Reading_Comprehension_Advanced/

o   Reading online text

§   Story with Questions
http://www.english-zone.com/reading/dolphins1.html

§  Reading text online http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/story_telling/index.htm

§  http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade5/read.htm

o   Reading Lessons
http://www.tv411.org/reading 

o   Fact/Opinion
http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml

o   Drawing Conclusions
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm

o   Main Idea http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm

o   Author’s Purpose

§  matching game  http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=kderitteauth

§  http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html

o   Practice Assessment
4^th grade http://www.bpl.org/teens/mcas/R04Menu.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/test/coyote/test_coyote.html

·         Math Activities:

o   Great Site to practice reading math problems online http://www.mathplayground.com/wpdatabase/wpindex.html 

o   Basic Calculator practice site http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/basic.htm

o   Labette County Resources by Grade level then subject http://www.506.k12.ks.us/vnews/display.v/ART/47221964e16c2

o   Math Operations

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/operation_snowman/?password=luckie&school=Royal+Oaks+Elementary&state=Minnesota&where=both&cookie=1&from=loginForm&back=/menus/harcourt_math/harcourt_math.html&vi

o   Practice Assessment
   4^th grade http://www.bpl.org/teens/mcas/M04Menu.htm http://www.mathslice.com/mathmocktest.php

o   Brain Teasers
    3^rd grade http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/brain/gr3/index.html

     4th grade http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/brain/gr4/index.html
    5^th grade http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/brain/gr5/index.html

o   Online tools

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=2

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/

3^rd grade http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/Math/MathIndex.htm

4th grade http://www.kidport.com/Grade4/Math/MathIndex.htm

5^th grade http://www.kidport.com/Grade5/Math/MathIndex.htm

o   Math games based on Kansas standards
      http://www.ixl.com/math/standards/kansas
Math Lessons

http://www.tv411.org/math/

Christmas Wiki-Countdown to Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of year, I love it...I mean it I absolutely LOVE IT!!! This year I wanted to share a wiki created by a friend of mine. Mary Frazier is a Technology Specialist from Buhler, KS and she is awesome! This season she has created a wiki that is basically an electronic advent calendar (to bad you can't email a piece of chocolate, lol but the tools she shares are almost as yummy).

Her Count Down to Christmas wiki provides you with wonderful Web 2.0 tools that you can apply to your classroom daily from now until Christmas, how cool is that? You can also join the wiki and add to the discussion as well as adding content  to the wiki if you want. On the left is the navigation for the site, these pages have links to Web 2.0 tools and great ideas to use them in your classroom.

So, what are you waiting for...go check it out and enjoy!