PARCC

=Need to know... = Dates @ Lathrop (TBD)

=RPS205 Resource Page =

To work on 5th grade...
Practice keyboarding to help kids have that skill set covered- http://touchfire.com/typingtutor/ (on iPads- go to Safari and type in URL- it does work on the iPads but it is not an app)

Practice Test Questions
http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/

PARCC Writing
Students will write three responses as part of the Performance Based Assessment (PBA) administered after approximately 75% of the school year. The three types are:


 * A literary analysis task - students will carefully consider two literary texts, answer questions about each one and write an analysis to compare ideas.
 * A narrative task - students will read one brief text and answer a few questions to help clarify their understanding and write either a narrative story or a narrative description.
 * A research simulation task - students will analyze an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli. Students will answer questions accompanying each text/multimedia and then synthesize their understandings into a writing.

The writing rubrics for the PARCC assessment were created to score these types of tasks. They are more general than writing rubrics that would be used to score writing in the classroom.

To find the rubrics as well as a practice test, please visit www.ilwritingmatters.org and click on the desired grade level.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5;">**Academic Language Resources** http://quizlet.com/29643239/academic-vocabulary-for-parcc-flash-cards/

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-strategies-teaching-academic-language-todd-finley

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/top-10-terms-students-need-know-be-successful-standardized-tests

http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/acvocabulary2.pdf

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher Prep for PARCC = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.95percentgroup.com/95PercentGroup-videos <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://parcc.pearson.com/sample-items/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.5;">**PARCC Manuals and Training** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Accommodations manual: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-and-accommodations-manual?utm_source=December+2014&utm_campaign=December+2014&utm_medium=email

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Online Teacher Training for PARCC
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">https://parcc.tms.pearson.com/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f