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Section 5: Guided Reading Required Reading: Chapter 5: Assessment: Valuing the Individual in a Standardized World and Chapter 6: Family Partnerships: Creating a Customized “Dream Team” for Students from *The Flexible ELA Classroom: Practical Tools for Differentiated Instruction in Grades 4-8* by Amber Chandler Watch the following videos and think about how these teachers can use the information they gather to inform their teaching. Conferring <https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/co-teaching-formative-assessment?jwsource=cl> Twitter Style Exit Tickets <https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/quick-student-assessment?jwsource=cl> Collaborative Discussion as Formative Assessment <https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/formative-assessment-example-ela-sbac?jwsource=cl> Required Reading: Section 5 from the course text: Assessment & Teaching the Test Genre Cumulative Project: State Assessment Project 1. Go to your state education agency website and find the previously released ELA standardized assessments or practice tests provided for your grade level. 2. Examine the state standards that the test focuses on the most. What state standards are the most crucial to teach and reinforce across the year in order for students to be successful on the state test? What does the test require the students to be able to do in reading? Writing? 3. What will you need to do across the school year to prepare students for this test? What areas do you foresee needing help from a more experienced colleague? What areas do you feel confident about? 4. How can you use the instructional methods explored in the course to prepare your students across the school year? 5. How can you partner with your students’ families to impact student learning?