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Preparing For TASC

Preparing For TASC. Strategies and Tips Maxine McCormick MH/Contemporary. 5 Steps to Success. 1. Create a System for Prescribing Individual Needs. 2. Build Vocabulary 3. Analyze Class Prior Knowledge/Needs 4. Use Materials Appropriate to Assessment 5. Practice – Practice - Practice.

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Preparing For TASC

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  1. Preparing For TASC Strategies and Tips Maxine McCormick MH/Contemporary

  2. 5 Steps to Success 1. Create a System for Prescribing Individual Needs. 2. Build Vocabulary 3. Analyze Class Prior Knowledge/Needs 4. Use Materials Appropriate to Assessment 5. Practice – Practice - Practice

  3. System • Use the pre or post tests in CC Basics to help prescribe individual needs • Pre-test is 25 questions long / post-test is 50 questions. Use the one that works best for your program • Correlation becomes the student individual guide • Compare the results across the entire class and determine which areas need group lessons and which areas need small group instruction • Tip – 96% chance of completing project with a system verses 4% without – Use 20/80 Rule

  4. Build Vocabulary • Vocabulary has 3 Tiers • Tier 2 – Formal language is on most standardized assessments and used in the workplace. • App – for 99cents McGraw-Hill Words to Learn By – 300 words – 3 levels – starts 4-5 grade • Tier 3 – Academic Words – Ex. Gravitational – Important for building knowledge especially in Science and Social Studies • Tip- Brain learns in chunks of 5-7 bits of information

  5. Analyze Class Needs • Take the Correlation sheets of all students and breakdown which skills are missed by most of the students – This becomes your daily group instruction • Determine which small groups of students are missing similar skills and design small group activities • Each student has their own individual plan • Use your Instructor’s Resource Binder for planning each activity. ELL activities and Extension Activities are included

  6. Contemporary Materials • NEW – Build upon the • Common Core Standards • College and Career Readiness Standards • 21st Century Skills • Webb’s DOK • Evidence Based Reading (Alphabetics, Vocabulary, Comprehension, Fluency) • Print – Digital – Can be used as blended or individually • Full Curriculum with Teacher Resource Guide • Digital allows – student pace or full teacher led mode • Tip – Use a variety of resources to match student learning styles

  7. Common Core Aligned Materials • Reading Basics • Words To Learn By • Number Power Series • Empower Math • Reading For Information • Locating Information • Applied Mathematics • Achieving TABE Success • TABE Skill Books • Tools for Workplace Success • Instruction Targeted For TABE Success (ITTS) 980 hours of instruction – Online

  8. Practice - Practice • Before anyone can practice – there needs to be instruction and the building of student knowledge • Begins with Teacher Resources – Large Group – Small Group – Individual • Lesson Review • Chapter Review • Post Test • Blend your Learning – Print and Digital • LearnSmart Test Prep – Mini Lesson – Adaptive Format • Count 5 Resources for Practice before taking the TASC Readiness Assessment – Basics – Achieve Print – TASC Ex Books- Achieve Online – Achieve LearnSmart

  9. Contact Information • Website - maxinemccormick.com • Email – maxine.mccormick@mheducation.com • Phone – 609-234-9603

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