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3rd Grade
Reading Assessment Unit, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Lesley Klenk, PhD Judy Norris-Handy, NBCT Erin Haerling Heidi Williams Matt Wade Traci Kessel lklenk@ospi.wednet.edu jhandy@ospi.wednet.edu ehaerling@ospi.wednet.edu hwilliams@ospi.wednet.edu mwade@ospi.wednet.edu tkessel@ospi.wednet.edu
April 2004
Introduction
The Sample 3, 5, 6 and 8 WASL Reading Packets
The No Child Left Behind Act requires that states assess students in reading and math in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and one grade of high school by 2006. To meet this federal mandate in reading, OSPI is currently developing reading assessments for grades 3, 5, 6 and 8. These reading assessments, also called WASLs, align with the current WASLs in grades 4, 7 and 10. OSPI has worked with Washington teachers since the spring of 2003 to develop the new reading assessments. In order to assist teachers and students to better understand the learning strands and targets that are assessed on the WASLs, OSPI is releasing one informational and one literary passage for grades 3, 5, 6 and 8 in the fall of 2003. The released passages and their items were developed by the OSPI Reading Assessment Unit and Washington teachers during the spring and summer of 2003. This 3rd Grade Sample WASL Reading Packet includes: One informational and one literary passage for 3rd grade Sample pre, during and post reading strategy examples for each passage Actual WASL Items for each passage, including Multiple Choice, Short Answers and Extended Responses Answer key for the multiple choice items and rubrics to assess the short answer and extended response items The 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Learning Strands and Targets The reading strategy examples are only suggestions. We encourage teachers to substitute their favorite reading strategies at any time. Also, mix and match the reading strategies. The key is to allow students opportunities to actively engage with the passages to increase their reading comprehension.