Helping Students Succeed On Timed Life Skills Reading Tests
Helping Students Succeedon Timed Life SkillsReading TestsPresented by:Donna PriceSan Diego Community CollegeContinuing Educationdprice@sdccd.edu
AgendaPart I: Life Skills Reading Why is life skills reading important? Why is life skills reading and test taking difficult? Teaching strategies: 3 skills to teach before the test Test-taking strategies: 4 skills for students to practicePart II: Narrative Reading Reading for fluency (speed) and accuracy Monitoring and consistency
ObjectivesParticipants will be able to: Identify three teaching strategies to preparestudents for life skills reading tests Identify four tips for improving learners’ testtaking skills Describe strategies for improving fluency andaccuracy in narrative reading
What is life skills reading? Reading for information that helps the readerperform a task in real life 5 Types of life skill displays (CASAS): FormsTables, charts, graphs and mapsText, proseSigns, price tags, ads, and product labelsDiagrams
Why is life skills reading difficult? Displays are particular to American culture Documents contain specialized vocabulary orabbreviations Reading involves looking at a question andthen scanning or skimming for answers – noreading word by word
Life Skills Reading:Skill sets students needGet information from documents Prior knowledge or schemaRecognize the formatKnow the vocabularyUse appropriate readingcomprehension skillsBe a successful test-taker Look at the question first Practice different types ofquestions Eliminate answers that areclearly wrongBitterlin, Teaching and TestingDocument racy/
5 Task Types (display formats) Forms Tables, Charts, Graphs and Maps Text Signs, price tags, ads and product labels Diagrams
Life Skills Reading:Teaching Strategies(before the test!) Prior knowledge or schema Understand the format Know the vocabulary Use appropriate reading comprehension skills(scanning, skimming, inferring)
Forms
Tables, Charts, Graphs and Maps
Tables, Charts, Graphs and Maps
Tables and Charts: CASAS Sample Item
Text
Signs, price tags, ads and product labels
Diagrams
Life Skills Reading:Test-Taking Skills Look at the question first Identify key words in question and text Practice different types of questions Eliminate answers that are clearly wrong Guess
Tips for test taking Look first at the question to identify key words Look at the display to find the key word
Ventures B3, p.132p. 9 in handout
Tips for test taking Eliminate answers that are wrong Guess the correct answer
Text: CASAS Sample Item, p. 10 in handoutQuestion #1: Based on thequestion, which choices inthe answer can youeliminate?Question #2: Fromremaining questions,which key words do youscan for?
Text: CASAS Text SampleAnswersQuestion #1: Based on the question, which choices in theanswer can you eliminate?Answer: Choices B and CQuestion #2: From remaining questions, which key wordsdo you scan for?Answer: Drive, ride, bus
Tips for test takingProvide practice with different types ofmultiple choice questions: Compare several pieces of information in adisplay to find answer Scan for one piece of information Skim for the main idea Infer answer from evidence in display Choose an answer that could be “all of theabove” or “none of the above” – requiressummarizing
Compare several pieces of information in a display to find answerB3, p. 68
Scanning: CASAS Item, p. 11 in rk-reading
Skimming: CASAS Item, p. 11 in rk-reading
Inferring: CASAS reading
Types of AnswersB3, p. 68
Practice B2, p. 28, p. 12 in handout
Practice: Book 2, p. 28 (p. 12 in handout) What is the task type? What are the key words in the question? Are the key words in the question also in the display? What skill is required to answer each question?
Practice: Answers Book 2, p. 28What is the task type? TextWhat are the key words in the question?How much, GED 2) When, computer classWho, Media Repair 4) English SpanishAre the key words in the question also in thedisplay? Yes. What skill is required to answer each question?scanning 1)3)
Practice B4, p. 94, p. 13 in handout
Practice: Answers Book 4, p. 94What is the task type? formWhat are the key words in the question?why using 2) what include 3) not trueRMAAre the key words in the question also in thedisplay?1) Why yes 2) not exactly—send it with in display3) no4) yes What skill is required to answer each question?Scanning and inferring 1)4)
Part II: Narrative ReadingReading for Fluency and AccuracyReading is one of the biggest obstacles for ourstudents to transition to: CTE (Career Technical Education) programs GED (General Educational Development/ GeneralEducation Diploma) programs College
Tests to Transition to CTE, GED, CollegeTABE: Test for Adult Basic EducationAccuplacer: Test to enter collegeBarriers for students: Tests are timed Comprehension problems due to:1) higher level order questions (prediction,inference)2) diverse texts3) lack of background knowledge
Timed Reading: from Marshall Adult School: ReadingSkills for Today’s -skillsfor-todays-adultSTEPS (p. 14 handout) Students read an article for one minute. Students record number of words per minute onreading graph. Students read again more slowly for accuracy andanswer multiple choice questions, which is alsotimed.
Classroom Management for Timed Readings Every student has a checklist with a list of the readings.(p. 15) Every student has a reading and multiple choicequestions. (pgs. 16, 17) Every student has a reading graph. (p. 18) Teacher does timed reading consistently every week.Teacher uses a ticking clock to time readings. Students can do other levels at home since everything isonline.from Marshall Adult School: Reading Skills for Today’s -skills-for-todaysadult
Timed Timed Reading: (continuing with steps-p. 3in handout)To teach ‘speed reading’, students sit in pairs. Student A reads article as fast as she can for 15seconds (teacher keeps time) and puts a mark on thepaper where she has finished. Student B starts from where Student A began andtries to beat Student A’s speed. Do that 3-5 times through. Teach students phrase reading by circling phrases(circle who, what, where, when, how, why).Compare if phrase reading is better than word forword reading.from Marshall Adult School: Reading Skills forToday’s skills-for-todays-adult
Example of Questions (p. 17 In handout)Comprehension Questions: A Healthy Pregnancy1. At the prenatal checkup, what does the nurse do first?a. She gets a blood sample.b. She listens to the baby's heart.c. She weighs Kim.d. She takes Kim's blood pressure.2.a.b.c.d.How often does Kim go to the doctor for t is something Kim and Ben won't do when they visit the hospital?See the birthing rooms.Visit the nursery.Meet with the doctor.Learn about prenatal classes.4.a.b.c.d.All of these will help the baby and mother healthy except Vitamins.Water.Alcohol.Foods with nutrients.5.a.b.c.d.A synonym for harm on line 142 is:injurehelpdangerousassistfrom Marshall Adult School: Reading Skills for Today’sAdult lsfor-todays-adult
Example of Reading (p. 16 In handout)A Healthy Pregnancyfrom Marshall Adult School: Reading Skills for Today’sAdult lsfor-todays-adult
Reading Graph to Record Time (p.18 In ing-skills-for-todays-adult
Reading Checklist (p. 15 In handout)
Timed Reading, Reading Graph, Checklist, QuestionsComprehensionQuestions: A HealthyPregnancy1. At the prenatalcheckup, whatdoes the nurse dofirst?a. She gets a bloodsample.b. She listens to thebaby's heart.c. She weighs Kim.
Action PlanOne thing I learned from this session that I plan touse in my teaching is
Part I: Life Skills Reading Why is life skills reading important? Why is life skills reading and test taking difficult? Teaching strategies: 3 skills to teach before the test Test-taking strategies:4 skills for students to practice Part II: Narrative Reading Reading
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