FORT Objective 10 & 11 (MASTERED)

Address ALL Tasks

primary goal is to accurately answer all of the questions asked of you in the prompt. this means you must read everything carefully!!

Identify the Skills Required

identify the specific skills and concepts you will need to complete it.

look for keywords in each part of the prompt to help you quickly figure out the methods required

content specific academic language

Demonstrate your Understanding

explain the reasoning behind your approach to each part of the question

Write your Answer Cleary

clear and easy to read!! use scratch paper to make notes and structure your response - match the order of the tasks listed in the prompt

Criteria for the Written Responses

• 150-300 words in length

• grading 1 (lowest) - 4 (highest)

• four characteristics

  • purpose

  • subject knowledge

  • support

  • rationale

Example Qs

• identify one significant strength that Olivia demonstrates related to foundational reading skills;

• identify one significant need that Olivia demonstrates related to foundational reading skills;

• based on the need you identified, describe an appropriate instructional strategy, activity, or intervention to use with Olivia; and

• explain why the instructional strategy, activity, or intervention you described would be effective for Olivia.

Steps in Answering

1. read the background information

2. be sure you understand the question

3. identifying strengths and weaknesses

4. selecting an instructional strategy, activity, or intervention

5. constructing your response

First & Second Paragraph

• First, begin each paragraph by stating the strength or weakness.  Be as specific as possible! 

  • For example:  Joe appears to have a weakness in the area of phonics. Specifically he has difficulty decoding words with vowel digraphs.

• Next, define the strength or weakness in your own words.  Be very clear!

  • For example: Phonics means that ....

• Then, provide specific evidence from the text.  Use at least 3 examples (possibly more!) and feel free to directly quote from the text.

  • For example: One instance that shows Joe's use of phonics is......When Joe said.....instead of ......

• Last, briefly wrap-up by explaining how a strength/weakness in the area you’ve identified contributes to overall reading performance.

  • For example: Phonics is important to overall reading because....

Third Paragraph

• First, state an activity or instructional strategy the student would benefit from to improve the identified weakness.

  • For example: Joe would benefit from explicit instruction in vowel digraphs and identifying them in words...

• Next, explain what the activity/strategy is.

  • For example: Explicit instruction with vowel digraphs means that Joe would learn that when two vowels are next to one another in a word (such as "ai") the first letter is pronounced (it makes the long-A sound).

• Then, describe how the teacher would facilitate this activity/strategy with the student.

  • For example: The teacher would use scaffolded instruction, beginning with modeling....

Fourth Paragraph

• First, explain why the strategy/activity would be effective

  • For example: This approach would be effective for Joe because it builds on his understanding of basic long vowels and....

• Then, describe how it would improve the area of weakness and ultimately improve reading performance

  • For example: This will improve Joe's oral reading fluency by increasing his decoding accuracy...

Foundational Reading Skills

• phonemic awareness

• phonics

• recognition of high frequency words

• syllabication

• morphemic analysis

• automaticity

• reading fluency

• self correcting