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All school year, I was working like a mad woman creating files for my students to use. Some of them worked and I kept adding to them and some of them...didn't work, at all! But that's okay because now I'm revisiting them and adding finishing touches to the successful activities. All of these are definitely student-tested and approved!

One area I made a HUGE push in was NWEA MAP Testing support materials. Does your school participate? It's a computerized test (57 questions to be exact) and we have our students take it at the Beginning (September), Middle (January), and End (June).

I have some mixed feelings on how the test measures content...more on that in a moment, but one thing I REALLY appreciate, is how we can measure growth from one test period to the next.

As a special educator, I have the extreme pleasure of administering this test individually! Who needs the computer? I've seen every question combination covering every Common Core Standard at least ten times. The test continues to adapt based on how your students answers the previous question. It's really an interesting test to observe!

Content is measured in RIT bands and the national average for 1st graders is starting first grade around the 160's and ending in the late 170's. The actual test will be taking questions from RIT bands above, below, and everywhere in between.

To learn more about what skills lie in which RIT band, I highly recommend this website. Here's an example of their curriculum ladder:

Here's a closer look:

The first time I found these RIT bands listed with all the skills, I was so psyched! Here was a resource to target EXACTLY what my students needed!

Then I watched these tests. Individually.

One hundred and forty-two times.
(only a slight exaggeration)
What I noticed instead was the way the LANGUAGE tripped up my students. They may have known the content, but just didn't listen carefully. The majority of my students also receive speech and language services focused on receptive and expressive skills and this played BIG time into their testing.

Throughout the year, I created "quick questions" cards based on what I noticed my students really need. I kept adding and adding questions. Did they help my students? Here are the results:

From Fall to Spring, my students made 158% growth in Math and 246% growth in Reading!

WOOHOO!

And this week, I finally put the finishing touches on the questions... the file had grown to 400 cards!

I printed out the entire set using assorted colored cardstock (plus there's leveled divider cards, too) and then created several "portable" card sets using book rings:

NWEA is aligned with Common Core, so even if your school doesn't participate in MAP Testing, the cards still feature the exact skills your K-2nd students need!

I'm hoping to upload the Math Power Pix Freebie this week! They will also be the same size as the NWEA and Reading Power Pix cards, so they all can be used together!

UPDATE: The math set is available HERE!

Have a fabulous week!

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NWEA MAP Testing and a WBT Power Pix Freebie! - Positively Learning

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This week has been uber-productive! All school year, I was working like a mad woman creating files for my students to use. Some of them worked and I kept adding to them and some of them...didn't work, at all! But that's okay because now I'm revisiting them and adding finishing touches to the successful activities.

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Identify Skills and Vocabulary by RIT Band

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Identify Skills and Vocabulary by RIT Band

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http://www2.powayusd.com/projects/edtechcentral/lladder/Default.asp

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NWEA interactive activities arranged by RIT score to help your students prepare for the Northwest Evaluation Association MAP tests or while working on the Smartboard with STEM related ideas.

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https://padlet.com/jodammer7/informing
This is the resource that we learned about in our PD session during Ms. Williams PD (thanks Ms. Williams)

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Math Activities
http://www.mathwire.com/index.html

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Math Resources by Grade Level (not RIT) but many resources

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Math Resources by Grade Level (not RIT) but many resources

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http://jmathpage.com/

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https://www.lexile.com/findabook/

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http://www.nwea.org/sites/www.nwea.org/files/resources/FAQ_Lexile.pdf

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Information, sites, powerpoints, etc.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1145605

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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=400039

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NWEA Resources Math and Reading on LiveBinder

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NWEA Resources Math and Reading on LiveBinder

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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/630079

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Curriculum Ladders by RIT Score (Skills by RIT Score)

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Curriculum Ladders by RIT Score (Skills by RIT Score)

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http://www.fortheteachers.org/curriculum_ladders/#.U_ytx6P0-Ht

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http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/Page/14538

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http://www.lefcsd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=353326&type=d&pREC_ID=810884

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Reports and Instructional Guide for MAPS

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Reports and Instructional Guide for MAPS

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http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/resources/map_student_reports.pdf

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Interactive Reading Activities by RIT Score

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Interactive Reading Activities by RIT Score

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http://www.belleplaine.k12.mn.us/page/3028

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http://clinton.k12.wi.us/maptest_sites/map_reading_rit.html

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https://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/schools/Westfield/Westweb/NWEA_Rdg_RIT_Sites.html

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http://warmup.nwea.org/sample_tests/map_math_educator.html

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Interactive Math Activities by RIT range. Great for Smartboards and computer work stations.

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Interactive Math Activities by RIT range. Great for Smartboards and computer work stations.

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https://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/schools/Westfield/Westweb/NWEA_Math_RIT_Sites.html

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https://sites.google.com/a/wfsd.k12.ny.us/nwea/math-map-activities

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http://clinton.k12.wi.us/maptest_sites/map_math_rit.html

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http://www.hasd.org/cms_files/resources/MAPs%20Vocabulary.pdf

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http://www.crb2.k12.wy.us/saratogaes/RITBandreading.html

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http://www.crb2.k12.wy.us/saratogaes/RITBandMath.html

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Multiple links.
http://www.oes141.org/district/map

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MAPS testing resources. Check out the RIT CHARTS they have a sample question for every RIT range in every domain.

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MAPS testing resources. Check out the RIT CHARTS they have a sample question for every RIT range in every domain.

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http://www.oes141.org/district/map

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https://sso.mapnwea.org/auth/login

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Goal Setting and Action Plans for Elementary 

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Goal Setting and Action Plans for Elementary 

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http://www2.powayusd.com/projects/edtechcentral/MAPS/ES101pages/StudentGoalSetting.htm

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http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/reading.htm

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http://www.sowashco.org/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

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https://support.nwea.org/node/19753