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Fountas & Pinnell TrainingTK-2nd GradeSeptember 18, 2015 Wendy Hernandez, Supervisor of Preschool and Early Learning Carol McEwen, ISC-McKinley WELCOME Sign-in Handouts Introductions
Table Activity-5 minutes • Introduce yourselves at your table. • Share one highlight of your school year so far.
Agenda • 8:15-8:30 Sign-in/Handouts • 8:30-8:45 Welcome/Introductions/Agenda/Objectives • 8:45-9:45 Oral Reading Assessment Level I Non-Fiction • Open the box • Running Record and Comprehension Conversation Practice(DVD) • 9:45-10:00 Break (approximate) • 10:00-11:00 Benchmark Assessment System 1 Overview • What’s in the Box? • Pages to flag • Beginning of the Year • 11:00-11:30Next Steps/Parking Lot/Evaluation • Back at your school site • Multiple Measures-Resources/Contacts for Additional Question • Parking Lot/Evaluation • 11:30 Lunch
Training Objectives • Learn the purpose and rationale for testing • Become familiar with your testing kit • Practice testing procedures
Benchmark Assessment System 1 Kit • Purpose • Open the box-5 minute exploration
What’s in the Box? • Leveled Books • Levels A-N • Fiction/Non-fiction (back of book) • Hanging Files for leveled books • Student Folders (initiated in K) • Calculator (optional) • 3 DVDs
What’s in the Box? • Assessment Guide • Continuum of Literacy Learning Grades PreK-2 • Student Forms Booklet • Assessment Forms
Oral Reading Assessment-Level I • DVD: Administering the Benchmark Assessment (4:43) • Review Scoring and Coding at-a-Glance • Assessment at-a-Glance p. 331 • Color Handout-Table • Level I Assessment Form • DVD: Tutorials-Scoring and Analyzing Oral Reading Behaviors All About Koalas-7:38 (oral reading), 3:52 (comprehension conversation)
Table Discussion • How did your assessment compare to the DVD? • What thoughts do you have about the assessment process? • Table Groups Share
Break! • 15 minutes
Assessment Guide • Pages to flag • p. 3 Text Gradient (and handout) • p. 17 Should I assess both fiction and nonfiction reading? • p. 22-23 Coding Errors and Self-Corrections in Oral Reading (also on back inside cover and tag handout) • p. 25-26 Guiding the Comprehension Conversation (See Note regarding use of book)
Assessment Guide Pages to flag (continued) • p. 32 Finding Independent, Instructional and Hard Texts • p. 39 Three Levels Defined • p. 40 Finding the Three Levels • p. 46-47 Finding an Instructional Level When the Numbers Don’t Line Up Perfectly • P. 181 Appendix B-Using the F&P Calculator/Stopwatch (optional)
Assessment Forms • Pages to flag • p. 143 Assessment Summary Form • P. 154 Where-to-Start Word Test Instructions and Recording Masters (Students read word lists from Student Forms Booklet p. 1-5) • p. 331 Assessment-at-a-Glance (inside cover)
Beginning of the Year • Students with score from Kinder or 1st grade vs. New students • AR conversion (loaded on district website) • Sight word portion of benchmark • Sight word list in F&P • Testing windows • 1st due date: October 5th (1st-2nd) • Dec. 18th (Kinder)
Multiple Measures/Resources F&P • Super Kids, AR, Benchmarks, Common assessments • Teacher Observation (anecdotal notes) • Resources/District Website (ed services-professional development-elementary • https://drive.google.com/a/centralusd.k12.ca.us/folderview?id=0B7F6F1r3QCW5fmtkR1FjVGMwSjNVZjZiVGFIcC1INEw0T1UwbG5tZ0g4N1N5cW5ocjNaLVE&usp=sharing&tid=0B7RzsXu97FXLfjJST1hWVVpySFN0S0ZwUkZTRzFsRnBHUGtxckRzWElSQnVKT2kzV0hySEU
Next Steps • Back at your school site • Get scores from 1st or 2nd grade (Illuminate report and white folders) • Scores missing? Central student or not? • New students-prepare to assess • Additional Questions? • Refer to Assessment Guide • DVD Professional Development-Overview-How to Use This DVD • Contact ISC/Grade Level Teachers at school site
Illuminate Report • For 1st and 2nd grade teachers • https://centralunified.illuminateed.com/dna/?prev_page=DashboardPage&page=SisLogin • Title: Fountas+Pinell_2014-2015