Kimbrell's Korner
February 19, 2019
District Snapshot Simulations:
District Snapshot Simulations:
Please use best practices when administering simulations. We would encourage teachers to provide no more than 2 hours for a simulation assessment. Teachers should still provide accommodations per students’ IEP/504 plans, including STAAR allowable accommodations and supplemental aids.
ELAR Testing Genres:
4th Grade Writing Testing Genre
We strongly encourage teachers to use Unit 2, Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays for the first few weeks of the writing testing genre. Please let me know if you need support accessing the STAAR Aligned resources for this unit on the Heinemann website. An extremely useful document would be the Plan for Teaching Boxes & Bullets With Alternate Content.
Click on the following links to see what is recommended for the 3-4 weeks leading up to STAAR: 4th STAAR Writing Test Preparation and 3rd-5th STAAR Reading Test Preparation.