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Overview

My original Driving Question asked if in-class, GATE programs are effective and do they result in higher than normal levels of ELA growth for each student classified as “GATE”. The Driving Questions evolved and asked if in-class GATE programs promote beyond grade-level growth in ELA? My action research included the following:

  • Students participating in the study were taught using GATE strategies and above-grade-level curriculum at minimum one opportunity per day.
  • The researcher reviewed past and present assessment scores from Houghton Mifflin’s Reading Inventory. The Reading Inventory assessment is given several times each school year to each student in the district. The assessment measures vocabulary and comprehension proficiency with texts students will encounter both in and out of school. A score of 1011 lexile is considered above grade level.  
  • To gain knowledge of student engagement, a survey was created using Google Forms and given to all classroom students. The survey included questions related to their past and current educational experiences. Parents of students participating in the GATE study were also given the survey and asked to answer the same questions (from the perspective of their child’s educational experiences).

Lessons, How-Tos, References and Assessment

For additional information and details, please click the links on the right side of the this web page.

Lessons: Here you will find student lessons that I created and/or found valuable. 

How-Tos: These how-to instructions will give you additional ALIVE! support. 

References: I included website links that you can use in your own classroom.

Assessment: Additional student assessment information is provided.   

Best Tools

Use Khan Academy to challenge parents to supplement nightly at home with this self-paced ELA and Math curriculum.

Use Tumble Science to broadcast NGSS content during student independent work time.
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ASSESSMENT
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6
Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

​CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.