Test Talk : Integrating Test Preparation into Reading Workshop

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Glennon, 1976-

Contributor:

Greene, Amy H., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading comprehension.

Test-taking skills--Study and teaching.

Test-taking skills.

Local Subjects:

Reading comprehension.

Test-taking skills--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Portland : Stenhouse Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through their experiences teaching at a school that struggled to meet state test standards driven by NCLB, authors Amy Greene and Glennon Melton discovered a way to raise scores without compromising their strong beliefs about good teaching and learning. In Test Talk, Amy and Glennon share their story and their proven approach. The authors demonstrate how to improve performance on tests without resorting to "teaching to the test," mnemonic devices, or other gimmicks.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Beyond Hope and Honeybuns Changing Our Approach to Test Preparation; Chapter 2 More Than Meets the Eye Developing Strategies That Help Readers Become Test Takers; Chapter 3 What's It All About? Finding the Main Idea; Chapter 4 Motives in Messages Identifying Author's Intent; Chapter 5 Breaking the Code Studying Words; Chapter 6 Teaching the Art and Science of Poetry Fostering Poets; Chapter 7 Reading Between the Lines Inferring to Build Meaning; Conclusion: Embracing the Testing Challenge; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9786612424397

9781003842408

1003842402

9781003839507

1003839509

9781032682778

1032682779

9781282424395

1282424394

9781571108272

1571108270

OCLC:

781324718