Okay, the TRAIL’s assessment took me back in time when I remember the nerves high stakes brought to my heart. My palms were sweating, my heart started to beat faster and I started to recall all I knew about test taking. As I took the test my mind went to my students and what they must feel like taking tests. Some of the words in the questions tripped me up and it made me think about how the reading teachers in my building are looking at how students approach questions.
I also found resources that I had no idea were available to me as a teacher. Barb was so knowledgeable and able to show us some great sites that I have already accessed to help improve my instruction. I also believe that core teachers, myself included, need to have more staff development on teaching kids how to research. We all need to be a part of this and with the level of thinking that we must push kids to we must all work we need to push information fluency.
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