readersresponses

=Readers Responses= //"The greatest university of all is a collection of books."// //-Thomas Carlyle// Thank you to N.Maguire at the Ferryway for these resources. || * [|Listening Center Favorite Part.pdf]
 * ==Kindergarten==
 * [|Make A Connection Journal Response.pdf]
 * [|Write About the Plot.pdf]
 * [|Making Connections Reader's Response.pdf] ||
 * ==Grades K-2== || * [|Reader's Response Primary Grades.pdf] (Not all of these are apporpriate for all K-2 grades. Choose the one most appropriate for your grade level and your students' needs. Thank you to all of the teachers of Malden whose ideas contributed to the document.)
 * [|Retelling Cards for a Center.pdf] (Use cards to have students tell or write a retelling to a book they have read independently or in partners.)
 * [|Primary Reader's Response] ||
 * ==Grades 3-5==

|| * [|I See-It Means for ELL Posters in SF.pdf] (Thank you to Grades 2-3 at the Salemwood for this idea. They used the Scott Foresman ELL poster and "I See-It Means" two column notes format to help students make inferences. They use it as a Reader's Response center on Day One.)
 * [|Grade 3-5 Bookmark for Retelling.pdf] (Includes Bookmark but also form to have students use the questions to retell and write what they have read.)
 * [|Summary Response Using 5 W's.pdf] (Use perhaps when students are struggling with summarizing.)
 * [|Reader's Response Focused on Key Skills.pdf] (Thank you to Ms. Senopoulos at the Ferryway who shared this resource focused on key comprehension skills that students work on as they partner read text.)
 * [|Literature Response Log.pdf] (Students write and then discuss in small groups.)
 * [|Strategies for Reading (Reader's Response).pdf] ||
 * ==**Resources for Open Response Questions**== || Below are a collection of open response questions for grades 3-5 from all previous MCAS. Review the language of the questions when constructing your own open response questions. * [|Grade 3 Open Response Questions fom Previous MCAS.pdf]
 * [|Grade 4 Open Response Questions from Previous MCAS.pdf]
 * [|Grade 5 Open Response Questions from Previous MCAS.pdf]
 * [|Written Response Template.pdf] (Take a stab at writing your own open response questions.)

MCAS uses the following general rubric for scoring MCAS open response questions. [|Strategies for Brief Open Response Questions.pdf] [|Student Friendly Checklist Grades 1-5 for Reader's Responses.pdf] (Scroll down to find rubrics for your grades. Grades 3-5 have the same rubric.) [|Open Response Student Friendly Rubric Version 1.pdf] [|Open Response Student Friendy Rubric Version 2.pdf] || (Note about Bookmarks: Think about having students make their own bookmarks. They will likely take more ownership of them and use them.) || * [|Fiction reader's responses.pdf]
 * [|MCAS Open Response Rubric.pdf] ||
 * ===Rubrics and Sample Responses=== || [|How am I Doing on Written Response.pdf] (A student self-reflection sheet to use with students to self-evaluate their reader's responses.)
 * ==Lessons for Unit on Open Response (Grades 3-5)== || * [|Open Response lesson 1.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 2.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 3.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 4.doc]
 * [|Open Response Lesson 5.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 6.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 7.doc]
 * [|Open Response Lesson 8.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson 9.doc]
 * [|Open Response lesson10.doc]
 * [|Open Response Scoring Checklist.doc] ||
 * ==For a Center== || * [|Literature Response Questions.pdf] (Place the cards in a can or bag. Children pull out the card and write a response or discuss the answer with a partner and then write a response.) ||
 * ==Bookmarks==
 * [|non-fiction prompts.pdf]
 * [|Reader's Response Cards.pdf]
 * [|Readers Response Bookmark.pdf] ||