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After my workshops, many people ask me for copies of the materials I used during their
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Four main categories of materials available. Click on any of the main below to view the available files.
Categories
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| 1. Language | 3. Poems, Stories, Miscellaneous |
| 4. Ideas from teachers regarding modeling, coached practice, and reflection | |
| 2. Mathematics | 5. Suggestions regarding standards |
Language -- Performance Assessment
| 1. | Introduce Performance Assessment (Power Point file) |
| How does performance assessment compare with other forms of assessment? [medium] | |
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| 2. | Administering Performance Assessments (Power Point file) |
| Guidelines for administering performance assessments. | |
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| 3. | What Makes a Performance Assessment (Power Point file) |
| What are the basic criteria for a performance assessment in language arts? | |
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| 4. | Rubrics (Power Point file) |
| What are rubrics? How are rubrics developed? | |
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| 5. | Scoring Performance Assessments (Power Point file) |
| Some guidelines for scoring performance assessments. | |
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| 6. | Outline For a Problem Solving Performance Assessment (Power Point file) |
| What is the basic structure for a performance assessment? | |
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| 7. | Whales (Power Point file) |
| A performance assessment for kindergarten students -- including a beginning phonics analysis. | |
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| 8. | Turtle (Power Point file) |
| A performance assessment written by a second grader. The task was to write a letter to a turtle who had complained about wanting a new house. The letter from the turtle is included with the multiple choice items in file 9. | |
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| 9. | Turtle Multiple Choice (ppt) (Power Point file) |
| A set of five typical multiple-choice test items that assess a student's reading comprehension of a letter from a turtle. [small] | |
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| 1. | Conferencing (Powerpoint file) |
| Why have conferences? How are they organized? How are they scheduled? | |
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| 2. | Conferencing and Meaning (Powerpoint file) |
| How are conferences assessed? | |
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| 3. | Getting Started With Portfolios (Powerpoint file) |
| Basic issues in getting a portfolio program stared. | |
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| 4. | How to Make a Pillowcase Portfolio (Powerpoint file) |
| How to make a portfolio out of a pillowcase. | |
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| 5. | Planning a Portfolio Program (Powerpoint file) |
| Tips for starting a portfolio program. | |
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Language -- Modeling, Coached Practice and Reflection
| 1. | Planning Think-Along Activities (Word file) |
| A basic outline for getting started with think-along strategies. | |
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| 2. | Think-Alongs Described (Word file) |
| What are think-alongs? | |
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| 3. | Think-Along Strategies (Powerpoint file) |
| Eight icons that describe the think-along strategies. | |
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| 4. | Think-Alongs (Powerpoint file) |
| How to use the modeling, coached practice, reflection approach. | |
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| 5. | Peloponesian War -- Student Responses (Powerpoint file) |
| See what four students wrote in their first think-along activity. | |
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| 6. | Six Things for Think Alongs (Powerpoint file) |
| A summary of what happens when someone thinks along. | |
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| 7. | How to Model Thinking While Reading (Powerpoint file) |
| Specific steps to use when modeling think-alongs for students. | |
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| 8. | 20 Questions regarding Modeling, Coached Practice, Reflection (Powerpoint file) |
| Answers are included at the end of the questions. Try them. | |
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| 9. | Rummage Sale and student responses (Powerpoint file) |
| See what four students said when they responded orally to Rummage Sale (think-alongs) | |
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Mathematics -- Performance Assessment
| 1. | A grade five sample assessment. (Powerpoint file) |
| This assessment follows a problem from the number of seats in a football stadium to the cost of running the stadium. This material is provided from the Harcourt Brace Math Advantage program. | |
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| 2. | Coming Soon . . . |
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Mathematics -- Modeling, Coached Practice and Reflection
| 1. | Coming Soon . . . |
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| 2. | Coming Soon . . . |
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| 1. | The Parts of Speech (If you are old enough you learned these in school.) (Word file) |
| Two versions of the Parts of Speech poem. | |
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| 2. | Mathew's Shoe by Roger Farr and Bruce Tone (Powerpoint file) |
| A poem that was used as a follow-up to a portfolio conference. | |
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| 3. | I Have a Dream About Assessment by Roger Farr (Word file) |
| Some thoughts about the uses of assessment | |
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| 4. | Back to the Basics (Powerpoint file) |
| Some thoughts about the "back to the basics" movement | |
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Ideas and Suggestions from Teachers
| 1. | Playing Catch: An Analogy for Schema (Word file) |
| This teacher's use of playing catch as an analogy for thinking and responding to ideas that are read may be something you can use. | |
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| 2. | How one reading supervisor is implementing the program. (Word file) |
| Lots of adaptations of the think-along (MCR) system that seem to make good sense. It is wise to make the ideas your own! | |
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| 3. | Building templates |
| This school is developing templates and using post-it notes. They are also finding success with students who need extra help. | |
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Developing standards (Powerpoint file) |
| This presentation suggests some of the problems in creating standards and reviews the standards for standards. | |
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Last updated
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January 23, 1999
Author: Roger Farr