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MAP Benchmark 2 Assessment in session now February 3-28, 2014

[|www.linkstolearning.com] Here are some cool resources that will assist you with MAP Practice & Common Core

[] [|www.abcmouse.com] [] - Use with your interactive board
 * Primary **

[] MAP Reading Practice online [] - Writing a Letter

K-8 [] - More online teacher resources

[] MAP Math Practice Online [] - A cool interactive online math dictionary [] [] - Interactive sites to help with math

[] - Planning tool for differentiating instruction

[] Go to this site to find 33 Formative Assessment Tools online - Try Socrative first and it's free. Use these sites as formative assessment tools/Exit Tickets. Quick, easy and fun. If you would like to explore some at a staff meeting I'll show you how to use the sites, email me if you're interested. These sites have been around for a while. Here's the link if you don't see it on the site. ([] )

Interactive Activities for MAP RIT Practice []

Tools for Planning Effective and Focused Differentiated Instructionbased on NWEA's DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning,aligned to the [|Common Core State Standards] []


 * Science **

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 * Link to activities for Life, Earth, Physical Science, The Solar System, and Home Experiments online activities **

[] (Call of the Humpback Whale) How sound travels underwater. Click the tab to the right to see access to more Other Videos

[] ( Call of the Orca Whale) Click the tab to the right to see access to more Orca Videos

Literature:

 * [|Literature: Key Ideas and Details]
 * [|Literature: Craft and Structure]
 * [|Vocabulary and Signs & Symbols]

Informational Text:

 * [|Informational Text: Key Ideas and Details]
 * [|Informational Text: Craft and Structure]
 * [|Vocabulary and Signs & Symbols]

Foundational Skills and Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:

 * [|Print Concepts, Phonics, and Word Recognition]
 * [|Context Clues and Reference]
 * [|Word Relationships and Nuance]
 * [|Vocabulary and Signs & Symbols]

Social Studies Vodcasts []

African American History [] 3rd Person Interpretations

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[|www.natgeoed.org] []

Figure 3: Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges (in Lexiles) K–1 N/A N/A 2–3 450–725 450–790 4–5 645–845 770–980 6–8 860–1010 955–1155 9–10 960–1115 1080–1305 11–CCR 1070–1220 1215–1355 4 RAND
 * Text Complexity Grade ****CCR expectations **

NOTE: We hope to see more students at our MAP Celebration Parties this year.