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REFERENCE and RESEARCH

REFERENCE and RESEARCH. By: Molly Chandiramani Lisa Coto Amy Harfenist. 2nd Grade Focus Calendar: Weeks: 2-4 31-33 FCAT Testing Cluster 4 Strand A LA.A.2.1.5 LA.A.2.1.3 Reads informational text for specific purposes. LA.A.2.1.5 Teaching Targets

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REFERENCE and RESEARCH

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  1. REFERENCE and RESEARCH By: Molly Chandiramani Lisa Coto Amy Harfenist

  2. 2nd Grade Focus Calendar:Weeks: 2-4 31-33 FCAT Testing Cluster 4 Strand A LA.A.2.1.5 LA.A.2.1.3 Reads informational text for specific purposes

  3. LA.A.2.1.5 Teaching Targets Table of contents Captions Chapter Heading Graphs

  4. LA.A.2.1.3 Teaching Target Identifies steps in instructional texts

  5. 3rd -5th Grade Focus Calendar:Weeks: 1-4 FCAT Testing Cluster 4 Strand A LA.A.2.2.8 Reads informational text for specific purposes

  6. LA.A.2.2. 8 Teaching Targets Demonstrates use of text features: Table of contents Index Captions Illustrations Glossary Dictionary Charts Graphs Page Numbers Chapter headings/Subheadings

  7. Clarifying the FCAT Benchmarks • Grade 3, 4, and 5 • Benchmark-LA.A.2.2.8 • The student identifies meanings through the process of selecting and/or organizing information from text that contains multiple representations of information. Representations may include maps, charts, and photos. The complexity of the presentation will be appropriate to each grade level.

  8. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 3rd Grade Item Type – Multiple Choice Passage Attributes • Passages must focus on one or more topics and include a variety of grade-appropriate information sources. The stimulus may be text, maps, charts, photos, or excerpts from one or more reference materials, such as dictionary or encyclopedia. • Reference materials on which items are based must look like those found in textbooks or library reference materials at the appropriate grade.

  9. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 3rd Grade Item Type – Multiple Choice Response Attributes • Distractors may include, but are not limited to, the following: • incorrect use of reference materials, • incorrect or irrelevant information from the resource material, • incorrect conclusions or generalizations based on the stimulus.

  10. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 4th Grade Item Type – Multiple Choice Passage Attributes: • Passages must focus on one or more topics and include a variety of grade-appropriate information sources. The stimulus may be text, maps, charts, photos, or excerpts from one or more reference materials, such as dictionary or encyclopedia. • Reference materials on which items are based must look like those found in textbooks or library reference materials at the appropriate grade. 

  11. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 4th Grade Item Type – Multiple Choice, SR, and ER Response Attributes Multiple Choice • Distractors may include, but are not limited to, the following: • incorrect use of reference materials, • Incorrect or irrelevant information from the resource material, • incorrect conclusions or generalizations based on the stimulus. Short Response/Extended Response: These items will be scored with a holistic rubric that defines the performance criteria for each score point.

  12. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 5th Grade Passage Attributes Item Type – Multiple Choice • Passages must focus on one or more topics and include a variety of grade-appropriate information sources. The stimulus may be text, maps, charts, photos, or excerpts from one or more reference materials, such as dictionary or encyclopedia. • Reference materials on which items are based must look like those found in textbooks or library reference materials at the appropriate grade. 

  13. What Does It Look Like on FCAT? 5th Grade Item Type – Multiple Choice • Distractors may include, but are not limited to, the following: • incorrect use of reference materials, • Incorrect or irrelevant information from the resource material, • incorrect conclusions or generalizations based on the stimulus.

  14. Key Question Phrases • Which meaning of the word ________ is used in this sentence? • Look at this table of contents. In what kind of book would these topics appear? • The map shows an area in ________. The map key explains what the map’s symbols mean. Where in _________ are cattle raised? • Read this _________ train schedule carefully. Suppose your class was traveling from _______ to _______, which train would get you to _______in early afternoon? • According to the pie chart, which _______ is the LEAST popular? • Which two topics can you learn about by reading page _____ of this _____book? • What kind of ________ would you be likely to read about on page ______?

  15. Sample Question Using the graph from the following page locate the city that had the most growth in population? A. Hartford B. New York City C. Orlando D. Boston

  16. Strategies and Resources

  17. Circle Plot Map Start

  18. Student Objectives for Circle Plot Map • Students will : • identify the characteristics of circular plot structures. • use graphic organizers of the circle plot diagram to preplan a story. • draw or write and illustrate an original circular story. • work together with peers during the writing workshop. • participate in a self-evaluation of their own writing. • share the story with an audience.

  19. Student Directions for Circle Plot Map • Enter title • Enter a description • Place your title in the appropriate place into the circle by dragging it there • Enter more events • Enter plot events and descriptions • Hand out click on web-site below http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson827/Circle-blank.pdf • Interactive Circle Plot Map on the computer • http://readwritethink.org/materials/circle-plot/

  20. KWL ___________________________ (Title of Research)

  21. Research Outline Title of Article or Book: ________________________ Topic I would like to research: ___________________ Why I choose this topic: ________________________ Subtopic 1: __________________________________ Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________ Subtopic 2: _____________________________________ Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________ Subtopic 3: _____________________________________ Why I choose this subtopic: ________________________

  22. Teacher prompts to promote research • Analysis “Use the chart to determine….” “Give examples of how….” • Synthesis “What can you conclude about…?” “What was the author’s point of view about…?” • Evaluation “What evidence did the author use to support the opinion that….” “Justify how the author’s background influenced his point of view.”

  23. Finding Expository Text Using the Web Use the Reference and Research Web slides to locate high interest articles for your grade level in all of the text formats used in FCAT..........

  24. Reference and Research Web Sites http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html From Astronomy to Weather, and all subjects in between, Discovery School offers a wide variety of comprehensive lesson plans that feature printable and online articles and discussion questions that stress application, evaluation, and synthesis. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm A site able to be searched for lesson plans to teach higher order thinking skills by grade level and subject including the arts, literature, health + fitness, math, science and social studies. http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/ A digital library of collections that include articles and web resources of interest to students by topic. Once you get to the topic page, look in the upper right-hand corner to link to electronic versions of popular magazines, journals, text, and web-sites related to your subject.

  25. Reference and Research Web Sites http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/ref0000 Here’s the place to go for all your general reference needs as well as sources of subject area informational articles from magazines and newspapers. Subject areas include reading (literary text), Health + Nutrition, Math + Science, Art + Music, Sports + Recreation, and The World. It has a great biography section for all subject teachers to enjoy as well. http://www.infoplease.com/ If you want a quick and easy place to practice reading tables and graphs for information go to this Almanac site and see interesting statistics in The World News, History + Government, Biography, Sports, and Health and Science. It also has an atlas and thesaurus and wonderful instruction on research writing. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ Current and archived Time for Kids articles are right at your fingertips for free! Click on the grade that you are working with and the most current issue of Time for Kids can be downloaded. Teacher lessons and resources are also available.

  26. “What we know, what we will learn, will bring us to new horizons.” Author Unknown

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