Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–10 Professional Commentary: An entry on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, Anno's Math Games III is the last in a 3-volume series of delightful books that are full of ideas to stimulate student thinking and problem solving. Much of this text is accessible to students as young as 3rd grade but can challenge students as old as 10th grade. Topics include stretching, shrinking, tessellating, origami, circuits, symmetry, and orientation.... 672 Mathematicians Are People, Too, Volume Two: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: An entry on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, this book is the second volume in a 2-volume series of biographies of famous mathematicians. Each chapter tells the personal story of the mathematician and then describes how discoveries of mathematical ideas relevant to middle grades and high school students were made.... Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: An entry on the Ohio Resource Center Mathematics Bookshelf, this book is a sequel to Math Fables and, like the earlier book, focuses on numbers up to 10 and their decomposition into simple sums. A nice feature of Math Fables Too is that every number rhyme introduces students to an interesting scientific fact, making this book... 674 Building a Test Bank of OGT-Like Items to Help Prepare Students for the Science OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–12 Professional Commentary: This article written by Amanda Looney, Columbus City Schools, discusses ways to incorporate OGT-like items into learning cycle lessons, offers sources for finding OGT-like items, describes cognitive demand, and provides an Alignment Guide for determining the standards alignment and cognitive demand of items. It is the feature article for a set of related materials that provides a process and rationale for building a bank of OGT-like items.... 675 Reading Science-Reading the OGT Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article written by Carol Damian, Worthington Schools, discusses the importance of nonfiction reading in the science classroom, shares ways to support readers as they grapple with science vocabulary and expository text, and presents two graphic organizers that students can use to analyze questions and develop responses to OGT-like items. It is the feature article for a set of related materials that concentrate on science vocabulary acquisition, graphic organizers, differences between reading fiction and science content, teacher feedback on students' formative assessment, and a look at implications for the OGT.... 676 So your students are not where they are supposed to be... Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–12 Professional Commentary: This article written by Cynthia Roepcke, Pickerington Local Schools, discusses the verbs in the science benchmarks and grade level indicators and illustrates the relationship between the standards language and released OGT items, the importance of incorporating the process standards, writing to communicate an understanding of science, and strategies for helping students who are under prepared get ready for the OGT. It is the feature article for a set of interrelated materials focusing on these topics.... 677 Standards-Based Science Instruction and Classroom Inquiry Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article from the Ohio Department of Education discusses standards-based science instruction and inquiry. From the standards-based science curriculum perspective, it is essential to differentiate processes, products and expectations to address learning needs throughout the learning cycle.... 678 Using OGT Items in Learning Cycle Lessons Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article written by Dr. Danielle Dani, Ohio University, provides specific examples of how OGT items can be used effectively in learning cycle lessons.... 679 What do wrong answers tell us? Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This article written by Terry Shiverdecker, Ohio Resource Center, analyzes several released OGT items and offers some instructional strategies for using these items to enhance student learning in the classroom. It is the feature article for a set of interrelated materials focusing on how item analysis of released Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) questions can shed light on student misconceptions and how these questions can be used in instruction.... 680 Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, February 2008, Linking Language Arts and Social Studies Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: The February 2008 issue of AdLIT's In Perspective focuses on linking language arts and social studies. The entire issue can be downloaded, and regular columns include the following: (1) featured article; (2) classroom vignettes; (3) student voices; (4) a look at the Ohio Graduation Test; (5) for your bookshelf; and (6) resources from the ORC collection.... Projects: Writing 6-12 |