R.A.C.E.+for+Open-Ended+Questions



**Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** **October 11, 2010 ** To improve proficiency answering open ended questions for the NJ Ask Language Arts for resource center students. Resource center students experience difficulty answering open ended questions even when they understand the text. Teacher observation and NJ Ask test scores corroborate this belief. Colleen Monica || October-March || Determining base level || Colleen Monica || October-March || Students internalize the steps to answering open-ended questions || Colleen Monica || October-March || Students increase sense of efficacy with open-ended questions and move up on the rubric scale || Colleen Monica Amy Del Coro || October-March || Develop final strategies to address weak areas || Colleen Monica || October-March || Formative assessment || Goal #3
 * 1) ** SMART Goal ** ( **S **pecific, **M **easurable, **A **ttainable, **R **ealistic, and **T **imely):
 * 1) ** Rationale: **
 * 1) ** Action Plan **
 * **Activity** ||  **Person Responsible**  ||  **Timeline**  ||  **Outcome**  ||
 * Pre-test based upon NJ Ask open-ended examples || Diane
 * Create student friendly rubric for open-ended questions || Diane
 * Create and embed activities and strategies into lesson plans both specific and experiential || Diane
 * Conference with general education teacher for kinesthetic input || Diane
 * Teach or Re-teach answering open-ended questions based upon the rubric. Give individual instruction to individual students || Diane
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Group Member Names: **
 * Diane Leiher
 * Colleen Maiuri
 * Monica Heinze
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Which Middle School goal does this impact? **