The Ojibwe People's Dictionary

This is a resource that has been available to you on the Indian Education Resources page of the website.  It has very useful information and wanted to make sure teachers have access.

The Ojibwa People's Dictionary

Individual Reports for OLPAs

If you would like to print the individual reports for your students with the strand scores, please look at the diagram below.

Reading A-Z Free Trials

You should be able to click on the link below and register to use the Reading A-Z, Writing A-Z, Vocabulary A-Z and Science A-Z.  They are good until June 4th.

Learning A-Z Trial Account Links

Resources for Using OLPA Results

Some resources as we begin looking at OLPA data.

Pearson has Sample Questions, formula sheets, and Pearson Perspective Information for Parents (great resource to hand out at conferences).  Pearson Resources

The link for Pearson Perspective is Perspective.

Minnesota Council for Teacher of Mathematics has a number of resources including, sample questions, checklists, and descriptors for all grade levels.  MCTM Resources

How do our attitudes affect our students attitudes during tests?  I know I would not pass the twitch test right now, but I am working on it.  Scholastic - Test Your Attitude

Student's Growth Mindset - How do we improve students attitudes of achievement.  Increasing Student Motivation

MDE TEST SPECS

Mathematics

GRAD Test Specifications: Mathematics  - 3/6/12 

MCA-III and MCA-Modified DRAFT Test Specifications: Mathematics, Grade 11 (2007 standards)  - 1/23/14 Based on the Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics revised in 2007. 

MCA-III Grades 3–8 and MCA-Modified Grades 5–8 Test Specifications: Mathematics (2007 standards)  - 2/13/14  Based on the Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics revised in 2007

Reading 

GRAD Test Specifications: Reading  - 3/6/12  

MCA-III Grades 3–8, 10 and MCA-Modified Grades 5–8, 10 DRAFT Test Specifications: Reading (2010 standards)  - 2/13/14 Based on the Minnesota Academic Standards in Language Arts revised in 2010.

Science

Based on the Minnesota Academic Standards in Science, 2009 version effective May 24, 2010.

MCA-III Test Specifications: Science  - 10/18/12  

MCA-III Test Specifications: Science (Excel version)  - 10/26/12  

MCA-III Test Specifications: Science (Outline of Changes)  - 10/18/12 

Achievement Level Descriptors

• MCA Achievement Level Descriptors (Math, Science and Reading all grades)- 8/13/14

Item Samplers

Math	Reading
G3 Math MCA Item Sampler G4 Math MCA Item Sampler G5 Math MCA Item Sampler G6 Math MCA Item Sampler G7 Math MCA Item Sampler G8 Math MCA Item Sampler G11 Math MCA Item Sampler Mathematics GRAD Item Sampler	G3 Reading MCA Item Sampler G4 Reading MCA Item Sampler G5 Reading MCA Item Sampler G6 Reading MCA Item Sampler G7 Reading MCA Item Sampler G8 Reading MCA Item Sampler G10 Reading MCA Item Sampler Reading GRAD Item Sampler

OLPA Report Access

The access to your OLPA reports has been changed.  You will now be able to bring up your results by class.  Follow these steps.  Please contact me if you have problems accessing your reports.  I am working on changing the access so you can have access to your classes only.

Log in to your Pearson Account and follow these steps:

NWEA - Web-Based Math Reports

This link provides information about the type of information each NWEA report will provide.

Web-Based MAP Reports Portfolio

The Teaching Channel

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Articles about 7 Tips for Collaboration to Classroom Management and VIDOES on many topics by subject, grade, and topic.  Follow the links and check it out.

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February 21, 2015

This Week: Collaboration and Socratic Seminars

7 Tips for Collaboration Erin Gilrein and Jennifer Wolfe have been collaborative partners for almost a decade. Learn what makes their partnership successful. Applying Cross-Disciplinary Learning in a Socratic Seminar In this co-taught Socratic seminar, students use their essays from English class and their document-based questions from Global Studies to engage in a rich discussion. How to Hold a Socratic Seminar Paige Price shows us how she runs a successful Socratic seminar. Notice how she handles one of the most frightening aspects of a seminar: dead silence!

Sarah's Notes

REBOOT Reflections: 5 Lessons for Staying Sound I’m good at projects, at taking on the next new challenge. I’m energized when I start something new and tend to give myself entirely to whatever venture is in front of me. In short, I’m either “all in” or “not at all.” Teaching, great teaching, is an act of complete presence. An act of sustaining that complete presence. An act that accrues a special kind of exhaustion. My 5-Day Rebootreminded me that falling into funks may be a normal passage for hectic lives, but a concentrated restart leads to more conscientious living. Reflecting on my own Reboot has given me five lessons for staying sound.

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