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/