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Measuring Up to the Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts
Grades 3–8
Measuring Up to the Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts prepares students for the rigors of the assessment with lessons designed to improve academic growth and assessment results.
Standards-based instruction to meet the needs of Illinois students
- Supplement your curriculum.
- Intervention, before- or after-school programs, and summer school.
- Progress monitoring or benchmarking.
Illinois Learning Standards-driven achievement
- Introduce concepts by connecting what students will learn to what they may already know.
- Use real-world examples.
- Provide key academic vocabulary in context.
- Scaffold learning with guided instruction, questions, hints, and checklists at point of learning.
- Apply learning independently with questions that emulate the IAR exam.
- Measure mastery with Exit Tickets.
- Motivate students to master the Illinois Learning Standards with checkpoints, hints, Turn and Talk, Think About It and other prompts.
Each lesson connects new learning to prior knowledge through real-world examples and the use of key vocabulary. Key terms are listed along with examples demonstrating their usage within the lesson.
Tips, hints, and checkpoints are provided to build understanding and support mastery. How Am I Doing? prompts serve as checkpoints and writing opportunities to reinforce understanding of key skills and standards.
Items are designed to reflect the structure of high-stakes assessments, with starred questions identifying those that target critical-thinking skills.
Questions provide an opportunity for students to verify their understanding of the skills and standards before progressing to the next lesson. A Practice Test at the end of each unit offers additional practice opportunities.
