Our State Assessments are coming up this week for 5th grade, and what better way to help teachers on your campus then to help with a STAAR review. I met with the 5th grade teachers to see which skills needed to be reviewed before the test. While meeting and looking over the data, it seemed as though the students needed making inferences, theme, main idea, summary, and genre. We had noticed that one of the classes also needed a reminder to look at charts, tables, captions, etc... in order to find answers as well.
Stations
I had these super cute green baskets, and I've been waiting to use them! After finding the materials for the different stations, I put everything needed inside the baskets. Each table was labeled with a number, and students had a recording sheet. Everything was set up when the class came in.
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| At this station, students sorted stories by genre. |
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This was my favorite station. Students had to tell the difference
between main idea and the theme of a story. |
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At this station, students had to first sort nonfiction text features
by their name and definition. Then they had to use the pictures to
answer the questions. This will hopefully remind them to look at charts,
tables, and captions to find answers as well as the text.
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Students moved through the stations while the teacher and I helped out and monitored. They really needed a second day to finish up, but I was leaving for TLA conference the next day. Next year, we plan on having this two days in a row so students can stay at each station longer.
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