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 * December 5: Formal Assessments of Reading Proficiency **


 * QUIZ #2**

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 * Homework**:
 * **Complete the computer version of the Grade 4 PARCC Assessment** titled **[|Computer Based Practice Unit 1 Grade 4]** (includes story, "Just Like Home"; poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" and "Elephant and the Crocodile" - use the printed copy of the answer sheet (handed out in class) to also mark your answers and jot down questions/concerns you might have. What connections to **[|CCSS for Grade 4]** do you see? We will discuss in class on Thursday.
 * **Complete Informational Text Plan** (due Dec. 7) if you haven't already and email to Dr. Coiro with the correct subject line and file name.


 * OPTIONAL RESOURCES**
 * **RI Resources for PARCC**
 * [|What's the difference between PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments?]
 * [|Which states are left in PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments?] (as of July 2015)
 * [|One Stop Guide to Rhode Island's 2016 PARCC scores] (Sept. 5, 2016)
 * [|Rhode Island Eliminates High Stakes Testing as a Statewide Graduation Requirement] (Oct. 2016) and [|testimony to RIDE] on regulations
 * If you are interested in seeing multiple examples of Grade 4 sample texts with informational texts, download and scan Units 2 and 3 of this document [[file:PARRC Grade 4 All Units Test.pdf]]

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 * December 7: Linking PARCC Grade 4 Sample Items to Common Core State Standards **
 * **Complete IDEA Student Evaluations**
 * Review Quiz #2
 * Review Connections between PARCC Items and CCSS
 * PDF Version of Sample Grade 4 Unit 1 Test
 * [|PARCC Practice Tests]
 * [|Smarter Balanced Practice Tests]
 * Download Grade Tracker to chart your grades this semester