Guided Test Prep - 1
Review pertinent reading skills in preparation for raising test scores.
Ms. Nori
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4.9
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What's included
24 live meetings
24 in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. Unfinished workbook pages will be compulsory in order to fare well and proceed forward with instruction. In addition, all students will need to review the reading skills and strategies given throughout the course.Assessment
Each practice reading selection will serve as an assessment or measurement for student's demonstration of understanding subject content.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Intermediate Level
Guided Test Prep is designed to assist students in reviewing pertinent reading skills that are found on state standardized yearly tests and to specifically increase their scores. During this seven-week course, students will be fully immersed and engaged in completing aligned and specific exercises that will be helpful in passing the reading portion of a standardized test.
The course is driven by REVIEWING standard reading skills and strategies found on current reading assessments for elementary and middle school students and will be delivered by using a Power Point Presentation. Additionally, students will use a Texas STAAR Practice workbook which will provide the necessary exemplars for student practice.
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SOME READING SKILLS ADDRESSED:
`GRAMMAR:
`Mechanics & Parts of Speech
`READING:
`Drawing Conclusions
`Evaluating Arguments
`Citing Evidence
`Text Organization/Structure
`Word Recognition - context clues, multiple & technical meanings
- connotative & denotation meanings
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COURSE AGENDA
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WEEK 1
FOCUS: chapter 2 - determining correct word usage
multiple meanings, figures of speech
context clues, roots, affixes, style & tone
WEEK 2
FOCUS: chapter 2 - determining correct word usage
subject & verb agreement, pronouns,
adjectives & adverbs, mechanics
WEEK 3
FOCUS: chapter 3 - comprehension skills - word knowledge
technical meanings, connotative & denotative
WEEK 4
FOCUS: chapter 3 - comprehension skills - word knowledge
development of ideas, analyze people, places, things
central ideas of text, summarize
WEEK 5
FOCUS: chapter 3 - evaluating arguments, setting, analysis of key events,
drawing conclusions
WEEK 6
FOCUS: chapter 3 - textual evidence, author's purpose, point of view,
figurative language
chapter 4 - author's purpose & craft
WEEK 7
FOCUS: chapter 5 - sentence variety, headings, descriptive details
sensory language, revising, editing
FOCUS: chapter 5 - descriptive details, sensory language, revise & edit
chapter 6 - information from multiple sourcesLearning Goals
Students will practice reading skills in order to reach their objective of increasing their reading score on the reading portion of standardized testing.
Other Details
Learning Needs
No accommodations will be given in this type of course.
Pre-Requisites
All students must have a working knowledge of basic Reading Skills such as main idea, details, cause & effect, context clues, drawing conclusions and inference. Additionally, students must be reading on or above their current grade level.
Supply List
TITLE: Texas English Language Arts Literacy
STAAR Practice - GRADE 6
BY: Lumos Learning
ISBN: 978-1-949855-35-7Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
English, Literature, Reading, Writing, and Grammar are the subject areas that my baccalaureate and master's degree training encompasses. I have more than twenty-five years of teaching Language Arts ranging from Kindergarten to College level courses. A multiple of those years were spent with successfully helping students to achieve reading test scores in the 80% percentile or more on a consistent basis. Reviews
Live Group Class
$88
weekly or $700 for 24 classes3x per week, 8 weeks
60 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
3-3 learners per class
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