PDSA Spring 2024
Plan
Identify Need
Examine iReady Data
Informational Text Domains
1: Citing Evidence
2: Objective Summary
3: Sequence & Connections
4: Word Meaning
5: Structure
6: Point of View
7: Analyzing Accounts
8: Evaluate Reasoning
9: Seminal Documents
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Identify valid relevant evidence
Distinguish between
explicit and inferred
Structure of Argument
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Specify Desired Outcome
The number of students who meet standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 will significantly increase on the EOY iReady Exam.
Do
Strategies to Address Need
Prompt Stems
Which detail from the article best supports...
Use details from the passage to support your answer...
Select three pieces of evidence that best support this statement.
Which of the following best explains why...
Find and write down a sentence from the passage that supports this statement...
What does ___ mean as it is used in this paragraph?
iReady Strategies
Combining Text Evidence
Read Aloud
Underline Key Ideas
Label Paragraphs
Graphic Organizer
Evaluate Text Evidence
Model Making Inferences
Given paired evidence and conclusions, identify strong and weak support.
Graphic Organizer
"The text says ___ to I know ____."
"The text says ___ and ____, so I can conclude ___."
Inferences
Text Evidence + Background Knowledge = Inference
Department Brainstorm
Graphic Organizer
CER
Given evidence, identify supporting, refuting, etc.
Accuracy and Precision
Two Competing Hypotheses
Identifying Evidence Strength Out of Scientific Context (Practice, Review)
Rubric for Evaluating Evidence
Explanation "Construction"
Final Decision
Science teachers will adapt explanation assessments to allow students to select the "best" evidence from a range of options rather than writing evidence from scratch. This will remove barriers relating to low writing skills, allowing students to demonstrate their ability to identify supporting evidence. Each science teacher will administer an adapted assessment and bring student work samples to the next PDSA meeting.
Subtopic
Study
Observations
Surprising
Went Well
Revisions to be Made
Was the goal met?