This course is designed to equip you with essential strategies for guiding your students towards excellence in crafting extended and short constructed responses specifically tailored for the STAAR assessment in grades 3-5. You will delve into a comprehensive range of topics crucial to STAAR success including a scope and sequence that transitions your students from low-stakes writing to honing the art of formulating well-structured responses. Through collaboration with fellow educators, you will acquire practical insights that translate into enhanced student performance.
Whether you're an experienced educator aiming to enhance your methods or a new teacher in search of direction, this course will equip you with the skills to confidently lead your students to success on the STAAR assessment.
By participating, you will gain:
- Engaging Lesson Frameworks: Instructional strategies for low-stakes writing that foster critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity among students.
- Effective Test Preparation Tools: Easy-to-transfer graphic organizers for Short Constructed Responses (SCR) and Extended Constructed Responses (ECR) to ensure readiness on test day.
- Comprehensive Scope and Sequence: A detailed plan incorporating the gradual release of responsibility, guiding students smoothly from SCRs to ECRs.
- Enhanced Thinking Skills: Innovative ideas and activities to deepen students' thinking, paired with visual strategies that boost their chances of success.