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Re: Kentucky Alternate Portfolio
Posted by Kathy Wallen on 4/02/08
I requested material from Jackie earlier and never received it. Please send.
On 2/08/08, Jackie wrote:
> I will be glad to send my material to anyone that is doing high school
> alternate portfolio. My students are higher functioning but the material
> could be modified using writing with symbols.
>
>
> On 1/04/07, Danielle Rice wrote:
>> Hi, Alexis
>> How are you doing. I am working on these portfolios also. I am looking
>> for ideas just like you. Have you found anything really useful yet?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/21/06, carrie wrote:
>>> On 11/21/06, Carrie Keown wrote:
>>>> On 11/19/06, Alexis Varney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you have samples of any of your work I would greatly appreciate
>>>> your sharing the
>>>>> info. Am trying to provide support to my teachers as much as
>>>> possible. Many thanks in
>>>>> advance
>>>> I have 5th grade progress. I have delved into that pretty deeply and
>>>> probably can't help much in any other area. Some of the teacher's
>>>> editions and grade level practice books have the core content listed
>>>> in the table of contents or at least the topic that your core content
>>>> statement covers. For example, the 5th grade Treasures Practice O
>>>> book by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill has "Text Features:Photgraphs and
>>>> Captions.....pg.5" in the table of Contents. Page five is a very good
>>>> page that is easily adapted to use for content standard RD-05-5.0.3.
>>>> I am modifying that particular resource for my student because he is
>>>> at the progress level so I will have to find a way for him to answer
>>>> the question using pictures. I also will cut the picture from the
>>>> worksheet out and enlarged it for my student.If I had an attainment
>>>> student I would think that I might be able to use the worksheet as
>>>> is. I am using this resource as a student work sample for my student.
>>>>
>>>> Another resource that has been very useful to me is out fifth grade
>>>> health book,Your Health, by Harcourt Brace. Even though I am
>>>> assessing reading and math core content I am often using books from
>>>> other content areas to show that I am teaching "across the curriculum"
>>>> The great thing about our health book is that it gives a main idea
>>>> for each chapter. I am using that feature to teach main idea and
>>>> supporting details (Standard RD-05-3.0.4) to my student. I am using 4
>>>> pictures that represent details that can be arranged to best support
>>>> the main idea.
>>>> For that pre-test and those assessment probes I have developed a
>>>> scoring rubric.
>>>> So, look at the standard and read the intent statement that goes with
>>>> it. Try to find that standard in a grade level text to see how it is
>>>> taught or accessed at grade level and then ask yourself, "How can I
>>>> provide conditions and modify the work to teach and assess my
>>>> student? For documentation save information on or copies of the grade
>>>> level material that you are working from. This shows that you are
>>>> providing access to the grade level curriculum for your special needs
>>>> student.
>>>> Once you have activities and a pre-test worked up for your student go
>>>> back and reread the intent and core content statement. Ask yourself
>>>> if what your student is doing truly assesses the
>>>> measurable/observable skill. If not, stop and look at other
>>>> materials. It is amazing how quickly something that started out as
>>>> one thing is simplified to the point that it no longer truly relates
>>>> back to where you started. The math especially can become a matching
>>>> or a memory skill instead of what you intended to do.
>>>> I hope this helps. This is new for all of us. I am hoping that our
>>>> county will develope a task bank with what individual teachers are
>>>> developing for this year. It won't be so time consuming once we have
>>>> the materials that relate to the assessed items together and
>>>> accessable to each other. I am saving copies of everything that I do
>>>> and I am dating everything.
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