2 Points

Class 702 practiced reading a passage from last year's ELA test and responding to a short answer prompt. I was impressed that many of you were annotating (or making notes, underlining, and/or highlighting) the passage as you read, and used the RAFT (restate the question, answer the question, give examples, tie it up) strategy to answer the prompt. Nearly the entire class earned 2/2 points. YAY. Tomorrow Class 702 will take the practice test from 2005. Book 1 will include multiple choice and short answer, while Book 2 will include listening and editing. Make sure you bring a pen or pencil (or two).

Class 731 took both parts of the practice test today. Mrs. Moreno and I scored Book 1 and will score Book 2 tomorrow. The results of both Books will be the basis of both class' periodic assessment, which will be available on Teacherease. The test scores WILL NOT count toward your classroom grade, but is, rather, a way for us to know what to expect on the real test. We will build our upcoming lessons on areas in which you still need help.

Homework: Read/Respond Jan. #3. Reader's Sourcebooks due Friday.