Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ISTEP

We completed the first session of ISTEP today. The test went well. After watching the students take it and looking at the skills they needed to complete the questions, I feel good that the students had all the tools to finish the math portion.

Tomorrow we will take the writing prompt portion of the test. The students will be given a writing prompt and asked to write to that prompt. We have created a chart this school year and referred back to it numerous times. The chart is called "What Makes a Good Response?". I look for big things to come.

Thursday will be a day of responding to questions asked about a reading passage. The students must support their answers with details from the passage. They will also have a shorter writing section in this session.

Also Thursday we will take the Science portion of the ISTEP in the afternoon. This is a test where the students must pull from a lot of real world knowledge.
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