Below are some general resources and ideas that will give students practice in reading and answering questions online.
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| From Newsela.com |
Answering Questions Online:
Take quiz after reading a Tumblebooks story (K-2)
Take Newsela quizzes. The format of quiz questions mirrors some PARCC question types such as highlighting text to prove your answer. As a teacher, you can assign articles of different Lexile levels to your students. Try searching for articles that do have quizzes (3-5)
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Using BrainPop, students can watch videos and fill out graphic organizers under the activities tab. They can open two different windows to watch a video and fill out the graphic organizer/worksheet at the same time, pausing and restarting the video as needed. (3-5)
Highlighting
Have students highlight text they’ve written in Pages (or Google Docs) to find different kinds of words (adjectives, long o words, etc.) (1-5)
Type a response to a text they’ve read in Pages or Google Docs and highlight the sentences that show support from the text (3-5)
Share with students a PDF text to open in Preview. Highlight texts in different colors for different purposes (3-5)
Read articles from “Constructed Response Items and Student Responses.” The articles open up in a smaller window. Students can read the article and recognize that they need to scroll down to see the whole article. Teacher could assign them to write a response in another window (in Google Docs, Google Classroom, or Pages) http://mdk12.org/assessments/k_8/index_d.html (3-5)
Use Sample Assessments from the "Next Generation Assessments" to practice reading a longer passage online (including scrolling down to read the whole passage) and answering a question in the other column. http://nextgen.apps.sparcc.org/la/3-5.
Read articles from “Constructed Response Items and Student Responses” on this School Improvement in MD site. The articles open up in a smaller window. Students can read the article and recognize that they need to scroll down to see the whole article. Teacher could assign them to write a response in another window (in Google Docs, Google Classroom, or Pages) http://mdk12.org/assessments/k_8/index_d.html (3-5)
Use Sample Assessments from the "Next Generation Assessments" to practice reading a longer passage online (including scrolling down to read the whole passage) and answering a question in the other column. http://nextgen.apps.sparcc.org/la/3-5.
Toggling Between Different Tabs
Students will need to be able toggle between tabs on the test. Make sure they understand how multiple tabs work using Safari (1-5)
