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Test Talk
Integrating Test Preparation into Reading Workshop
Under No Child Left Behind, nearly every teacher faces a high-stakes balancing act; managing the often incompatible responsibilities of teaching students meaningfully or preparing them for standardized tests. 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.
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Under No Child Left Behind, nearly every teacher faces a high-stakes balancing act; managing the often incompatible responsibilities of teaching students meaningfully or preparing them for standardized tests. 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 Gle...read more
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Franki Sibberson
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
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