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English Language Arts/Literacyand Mathematics
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Table of Contents Introduction to the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) Practice Test Directions for Administration (DFA) 1 About This Directions for Administration ................................................................................................................ 2
Using This DFA ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Administering a California Alternate Assessments Practice Test Session ............................................................ 3
Testing Checklist ................................................................................................................................................ 3 How to Start a Practice Test Session Using the Same Procedures as the Operational Tests .......................... 3 How to Start a Practice Test Session Without Using the Test Administrator Interface or Secure Browser ....... 6
English Language Arts/Literacy.............................................................................................................................. 9 Mathematics .........................................................................................................................................................20 Graphic Attributions ..............................................................................................................................................39
List of Figures
Figure 1. [Practice/Training Test] button ............................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2. Session ID .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 3. Enter Student Information screen .......................................................................................................... 4 Figure 4. Is This the Student? screen ................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 5. Select a test ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 6. Select a practice test .............................................................................................................................. 5 Figure 7. Buttons on caaspp.org ........................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 8. [Student Interface Practice and Training Tests] button.......................................................................... 7 Figure 9. Please Sign In screen ............................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 10. Is This You? screen ............................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 11. Select a test ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 12. Select test settings ............................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 13. Is This Your Test? screen .................................................................................................................... 8
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Introduction to the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) Practice Test Directions for Administration (DFA) This manual contains directions and the specific scripts you will need to administer practice tests for the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. It is a companion document to the online practice tests. The purpose of the CAA practice tests is to allow students and test examiners to become familiar with grade-level CAA test questions. The practice tests provide a sample of the question types and grade-level content that appear on the CAA operational tests. There is a grade-specific CAA practice test available for each tested grade, three through eight and eleven. Please note that the practice tests and training tests do not produce scores. These practice tests are available all year and may be used at any time in preparation for the operational CAA tests that are administered in the spring. Practice tests can be administered in one of two ways: Using the same procedures as the operational tests, with the Test Administrator
Interface, secure browser, and individual student logon information; or Using a standard supported Web browser to access the practice tests directly,
without use of the Test Administrator Interface or secure browser. For more information on all aspects of the CAAs, including test security, item types, and guidelines, refer to the Online Test Administration Manual for California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Testing that is linked on the Manuals and Instructions Web page at http://www.caaspp.org/administration/instructions/.
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About This Directions for Administration This Directions for Administration (DFA) contains grade-specific information needed by test examiners during test sessions.
Using This DFA
There are two parts in this DFA, one for each content area. All DFAs begin with English language arts/literacy, but either content area may be administered first. The scripts are presented in table formats with four columns. Beginning on the left, the first column of the script indicates the stage of the test. The second column indicates the item number in the test. The third column contains the administration scripts to be read to the student. The text associated with the “SAY” and “READ” prompts apply to all students. The fourth column contains alternative text, which should only be read to students with visual impairments to describe images. Follow the scripts exactly as written and in the item order presented in the document.
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Administering a California Alternate Assessments Practice Test Session
Testing Checklist
If you are administering the practice test using the same procedures as the operational tests, confirm that the student has been assigned the correct test settings (designated supports and accommodations) in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS).
If you are administering the practice test using a standard supported Web browser without the use of the Test Administrator Interface or secure browser, apply the appropriate test settings (designated supports and accommodations) in the Student Testing Interface for the practice and training tests directly.
Verify you are using the correct grade-level Directions for Administration (DFA).
How to Start a Practice Test Session Using the Same Procedures as the Operational Tests
1. Launch a supported Web browser on your device to log on to the Test Administrator Interface (accessible from http://www.caaspp.org/).
2. Log on to the Test Administrator Interface using your TOMS username (your e-mail address) and password.
3. Select the [Click here to go to the Practice/Training Test] button as seen in Figure 1.
. Student Login screen
Figure 1. [Practice/Training Test] button
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4. Select the practice test(s) you want to administer from the test selection window.
5. Select the [Start Practice Session] button.
6. Upon selecting the [Start Practice Session] button, a Session ID will appear on the top right corner of the Test Administrator Interface, shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Session ID
7. Launch the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) secure browser on the student’s testing device.
8. Log on for the student on the Enter Student Information screen, shown in Figure 3.
In the First Name field, enter the student’s first name as it appears in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
In the SSID field, enter the student’s 10-digit Statewide Student Identifier.
In the Session ID field, enter the Session ID generated from the Test Administrator Interface.
Select the [Sign In] button (circled in Figure 3).
Figure 3. Enter Student Information
screen
9. Verify the student information is correct on the Is This the Student? screen, shown in Figure 4. Select [Yes] to continue. (Select [No] if the student information is not correct. Notify your CAASPP test site coordinator if it is not.)
Figure 4. Is This the Student? screen
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10. Select a test for the student (circled in Figure 5).
Figure 5. Select a test
11. Go back to your test examiner device and in the Test Administrator Interface, select a test for the student (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Select a practice test
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12. Verify you have selected the correct test and test settings for the student by selecting the [Approvals (#)] button.
13. Select [Approve] to begin testing. 14. Go back to the student testing device
and administer the assessment using the script that starts in the next section of this DFA.
How to Start a Practice Test Session Without Using the Test Administrator Interface or Secure Browser
1. On any supported Internet-connected device, launch a supported Web browser.
2. Go to http://www.caaspp.org/ and select the [Practice & Training Tests] button (circled in Figure 7).
Figure 7. Buttons on caaspp.org
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3. Select the [Student Interface Practice and Training Tests] button, shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8. [Student Interface Practice
and Training Tests] button
4. Make sure the checkboxes next to “Guest User” and “Guest Session” are checked on the Please Sign In screen, shown in Figure 9.
5. Select the [Sign In] button (circled in Figure 9).
Figure 9. Please Sign In screen
6. Select the student’s grade in the drop-down (circled in Figure 10), then select the [Yes] button (also circled).
Figure 10. Is This You? screen
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7. Select the appropriate California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) practice test for your student. CAA practice tests are circled in Figure 11.
Figure 11. Select a test
8. Select the appropriate test settings for your student (Figure 12) and then the [Select] button (circled).
Figure 12. Select test settings
9. Verify that the test settings are correct on the Is This Your Test? screen, shown in Figure 13. Select [Yes] to continue. (Select [No] if the test settings are not correct.)
10. Administer the assessment using the script that starts in the next section of this DFA.
Figure 13. Is This Your Test? screen
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English Language Arts/Literacy
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
PRACTICE TEST (PT)
Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1
We will read a passage titled “The Carrizo Plain
National Monument.” First let’s read vocabulary from
the passage.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The picture shows a burrowing owl. The picture shows a kit fox. The picture shows the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Two pictures are shown. The first picture shows a burrowing owl. The second picture shows a kit fox. The picture shows a field of flowers at Carrizo Plain.
PT 1 [Proceed to the Vocabulary Preview.]
PT 1 READ the vocabulary words
and POINT TO each picture as the words are read.
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1
Now we will read the passage. Follow along as I
read aloud. Then I will ask you questions.
PT 1 [Proceed to the passage.]
PT 1
READ the passage aloud and POINT TO the corresponding
pictures as the passage is read.
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PT 1 After the passage has been read,
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1 We have finished reading. Now I will ask you
questions.
PT 1 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows mountains at Carrizo Plain. The picture shows a California map with Carrizo Plain’s location. The picture shows green grasslands at Carrizo Plain.
PT 1 If the student provides only one response (correctly or
incorrectly),
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1 Which other words from
the passage describe what Carrizo Plain looks like?
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
Which two animals can be
found at Carrizo Plain? A sea turtle [POINT], a
burrowing owl [POINT], or a kit fox [POINT]?
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows a swimming turtle. The picture shows a burrowing owl. The picture shows a kit fox.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 2 If the student provides only one response (correctly or
incorrectly),
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2 Which other animal can be
found at Carrizo Plain?
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3 Now I will ask you one more question about this
passage.
DESCRIBE:
The yes picture shows a thumbs-up symbol in a green box. The no picture shows a thumbs-down symbol in a red box.
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
An inference is a conclusion that is made
using details from the passage.
PT 3 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4
We will read a story titled “A Special Guest.” First
let’s read vocabulary from the story.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows a Labrador Retriever puppy.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 4 [Proceed to the Vocabulary Preview.]
The picture shows a service dog standing beside its owner. The picture shows a group of dogs sitting beside their owners at obedience training.
The picture shows a graduation cap and diploma. The picture shows a service dog standing beside its owner. The picture shows a group of dogs sitting beside their owners at obedience training. The picture shows a person walking a dog. The picture shows a graduation cap and diploma.
PT 4 READ the vocabulary words and POINT TO each picture
as the words are read.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4
Now we will read the story. Follow along as I read
aloud. Then I will ask you questions.
PT 4 [Proceed to the story.]
PT 4 READ the story aloud and
POINT TO the corresponding pictures as the story is read.
PT 4 After the story has been read,
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 We have finished reading. Now I will ask you
questions.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4
An inference is a
conclusion that is made using details from the
story.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 4 READ the item and POINT TO each option as it is read.
PT 4 If the student provides only one response (correctly or
incorrectly),
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Which other phrase from
the story supports this inference?
PT 5 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
PT 5 If the student responds
incorrectly,
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 Let’s try that question again.
PT 5 READ the item again and
POINT TO the remaining two options as each one is read.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6
Now I will ask you one
more question about this story.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows a dog barking. The picture shows a puppy.
The picture shows a dog shaking a young female’s hand.
PT 6 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
A theater teacher creates a
poster to persuade students to sign up for a
talent show.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows a boy singing.
PT 7 POINT TO the two blank boxes in the poster and
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
You will choose words for the poster that will help
persuade students. First, we will read the poster.
PT 7 POINT TO and READ the poster.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 7 After the poster has been read,
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7 Which words best complete the poster?
PT 7 POINT TO the first sentence
of the poster and
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
This sentence says, “Do
you [PAUSE and POINT TO the blank box] to sing,
dance, or act?” Which word would help persuade a
student to enter the talent show – “love” [POINT] or
“dislike” [POINT]?
PT 7
READ the sentence with the green option words separated
by “or.” PROMPT the student to select the word that would
help persuade a student to enter the talent show.
PT 7 READ the next few sentences of the poster.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 7 At the last sentence of the poster,
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
This sentence says, “The talent show will be [PAUSE
and POINT TO the blank box] for all.” Which word would
help persuade a student to enter the talent show –
“exciting” [POINT] or “boring” [POINT]?
PT 7
READ the sentence with the
blue option words separated by “or.” PROMPT the student
to select the word that would help persuade a student to
enter the talent show.
PT 8 SAY:
PT 8
We will read a passage
titled “Connections to the Pieces.” Follow along as I
read aloud. Then I will ask you a question.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows a jigsaw puzzle that is partially completed. The picture shows two young females working on a jigsaw puzzle.
PT 8
READ the passage aloud and
POINT TO the corresponding pictures as the passage is
read.
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PT 8 After the passage has been read,
PT 8 SAY:
PT 8 A claim is a statement that is believed to be true.
PT 8 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9
We will read a passage titled “The Brooklyn
Bridge.” Follow along as I read aloud. Then I will ask
you a question.
DESCRIBE:
The picture shows the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The picture shows cars and a bicyclist crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
PT 9
READ the passage aloud and
POINT TO the corresponding pictures as the passage is
read.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 9 After the passage has been read,
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9
A claim is a statement that is believed to be true. The
writer claims that the Brooklyn Bridge is an
important part of New York.
PT 9
READ the beginning of a list of reasons that the Brooklyn
Bridge is an important part of
New York, and POINT TO the beginning section of the list as
it is read.
PT 9 READ the item and POINT
TO each option as it is read.
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PT 9 If the student provides only one response (correctly or
incorrectly),
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9
Which other reason from the passage could be
added to the list to support the writer’s claim?
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MATHEMATICS
STAGE PT
Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 1 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The graph is titled Project Work. The x-axis is labeled Day and ranges from zero to six in increments of one. The y-axis is labeled Number of Hours and ranges from zero to six in increments of one. The points are located at one, three; two, five; three, one; four, two; and five, four.
PT 1
This graph shows the
amount of time Tristin spent working on a project
for five days.
PT 1 POINT TO the graph and each point as you describe what it
means.
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1
On the first day, he worked three hours. On the second
day, he worked five hours. On the third day, he worked
one hour. On the fourth day, he worked two hours,
and on the fifth day, he worked four hours.
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1 What kind of association is
shown by the points on the graph?
PT 1 POINT TO the options as they
are read.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1
Do the points on the graph show no association? A
positive association? Or a negative association?
PT 1 SAY:
PT 1 What kind of association is
shown by the points on the graph?
PT 2 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The first two graphs range from zero to six on the x-axis in increments of one and zero to twelve on the y-axis in increments of two. The first graph shows points at zero, zero; one, two; two, four; three, six; four, eight; five, ten; and six, twelve. The points are all highlighted in yellow and the graph is titled Positive Relationship. The second graph shows points at zero, twelve; one, ten; two, eight; three, six; four, four; five, two; and six, zero. The points are all highlighted in yellow and the graph is titled Negative Relationship.
PT 2 The two graphs each shows a different type of
relationship.
PT 2
POINT TO the first graph as
you describe it.
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PT 2 SAY: The third graph is titled Cricket Chirps versus Temperature. The x-axis ranges from zero to fifty in intervals of ten and is labeled Cricket Chirps in Fifteen Seconds. The y-axis ranges from zero to ninety with a break between zero and forty, then increases in intervals of ten. The y-axis is labeled Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. The points begin in the lower left and extend to the upper right corner. The points are highlighted in yellow.
PT 2 This graph shows a positive
relationship.
PT 2 POINT TO the second graph as you describe it.
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2 This graph shows a
negative relationship.
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
This graph shows the relationship between the
number of cricket chirps
counted in fifteen seconds and the temperature in
degrees Fahrenheit.
PT 2 POINT TO the graph.
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
Use the information from the graph to select the word
or words that make each sentence true.
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
The relationship between
cricket chirps and temperature is positive? Or
negative?
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
When the temperature goes
up, the number of cricket
chirps goes up? Or goes down?
PT 2 SAY:
PT 2
Use the information in the graph to select the word or
words that will make each
sentence true, or tell me and I will select them for
you.
PT 3 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The table is titled Work Hours versus Gym Hours. The table has two columns and five rows. The first column is labeled Hours at Work and the second column is labeled Hours at the Gym. Row one contains forty and fifteen. Row two contains forty-two and twelve. Row three contains forty-five and ten. Row four contains fifty and eight. Row five contains fifty-five and four.
PT 3
The table shows the
relationship between the number of hours Ms.
Kremshaw spends at work and the number of hours
she spends at the gym per week.
PT 3 POINT TO the table titled Work Hours versus Gym Hours.
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PT 3 SAY: The interactive portion shows two sentences and three options for each sentence. The first sentence is “As the number of hours Ms. Kremshaw works increases, the number of hours she spends at the gym blank.” The options are “increases,” “decreases,” and “remains the same.” The second sentence is “If Ms. Kremshaw works 60 hours per week, the hours she spends at the gym will most likely be blank.” The options are “greater than four,” “less than four,” and “equal to four.”
PT 3
Use the information from
the table to select the word
or words that make each sentence true.
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
As the number of hours Ms. Kremshaw works increases,
the number hours she
spends at the gym blank.
PT 3 POINT TO three options as
they are read.
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
Would the number of hours she spends at the gym
increase? Decrease? Or remain the same?
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
If Ms. Kremshaw works 60
hours per week, the hours she spends at the gym will
most likely be blank.
PT 3 POINT TO the three phrases
as they are read.
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
Will the number of hours
she spends at the gym most
likely be greater than four? Less than four? Or equal to
four?
PT 3 SAY:
PT 3
Use the information from
the table to select the word
or words that make each sentence true, or tell me
and I will select them for you.
PT 4 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The first pair of figures are circles, which are the same size. They are labeled Congruent. The second pair of figures are circles, which are not the same size. They are labeled Similar. The third pair of figures are triangles. The fourth pair of figures are stars. The fifth pair of figures are pentagons.
PT 4
Congruent figures are the same shape and same size.
These two circles are congruent.
PT 4 POINT TO the red circle and
the orange circle.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4
Similar figures are the same
shape, but different sizes.
These two circles are similar.
PT 4 POINT TO the second green circle and the yellow circle.
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PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Which pair of figures is
congruent?
PT 4 POINT TO the first option.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Are these two triangles
congruent?
PT 4 POINT TO the second option.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Are these two stars congruent?
PT 4 POINT TO the third option.
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Are these two pentagons
congruent?
PT 4 SAY:
PT 4 Which pair of figures is congruent?
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Stage No. Administration Script Alternative Text for Students with Visual Impairments
PT 5 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The first figure is a rectangle titled Planned patio. The length is labeled ten feet and the width is labeled eight feet. The second figure is a rectangle titled New planned patio. The width is labeled eight feet and the length shows the original ten feet and two more feet in red. The new part of the patio has a dashed vertical red line and a solid horizontal red line for the extended length of the patio.
PT 5 Luis is building a patio. He planned to make it eight
feet wide and ten feet long.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 The drawing shows his original plans for the patio.
PT 5 POINT TO the drawing of the
planned patio.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 The planned patio shows
the length is ten feet and
the width is eight feet.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 Luis decided to make the
patio two feet longer.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 The drawing shows his new plans for the patio.
PT 5
POINT TO the drawing of the
new planned patio and point to the place where it shows two
more feet for the length.
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PT 5 SAY:
PT 5
The new planned patio
shows the length is ten feet
plus two feet and the width is eight feet.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 Select the correct number or word that makes each
sentence true.
PT 5 POINT TO the first sentence as it is read.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 The length of the new
planned patio will now be eight feet? Or twelve feet?
PT 5 POINT TO the second sentence as it is read.
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5 The area of the new
planned patio will now be smaller? Or larger?
PT 5 SAY:
PT 5
Select the correct number
or word that makes each sentence true, or tell me
and I will select it for you.
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PT 6 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The first figure shows a rectangular pyramid. The second figure shows the same rectangular pyramid with red lines or red dashed lines for all of the edges.
PT 6 Here is a pyramid.
PT 6 POINT TO the pyramid.
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6 The places where the faces
of the pyramid meet are called the edges.
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6 The edges of this pyramid
are shown in red.
PT 6 POINT TO the pyramid and the red lines and dashed lines
at the edges.
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6 How many edges does this
pyramid have?
PT 6 POINT TO the options as they are read.
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6 Does this pyramid have four
edges? Or eight edges?
PT 6 SAY:
PT 6 How many edges does this pyramid have?
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PT 7 POINT TO the prism and each
dimension of the prism, as you . . .
DESCRIBE:
The figure is a rectangular prism. The length of the prism is labeled seven centimeters, the width is labeled five centimeters, and the height is labeled two centimeters.
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
This rectangular prism is
seven centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and two
centimeters high.
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
The volume (V) of the prism
can be found by multiplying the length times the width
times the height.
PT 7 POINT TO the formula as you
read it.
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7 The volume is seven times
five times two.
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7 What is the volume of this
rectangular prism?
PT 7 POINT TO the options as they
are read.
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PT 7 SAY:
PT 7
Is the volume fourteen cubic centimeters? Thirty-
five cubic centimeters? Or seventy cubic centimeters?
PT 7 SAY:
PT 7 What is the volume of this rectangular prism?
PT 8 SAY: DESCRIBE:
There is an interactive number line that ranges from zero to five in increments of one. There are selectable targets between zero and one, between two and three, and between four and five. There is an interactive source that looks like a flower sticker.
PT 8
Ms. Rainey asks her students to put a flower
sticker on a number line where the number four
point three is located.
PT 8 SAY:
PT 8 Here is a number line.
PT 8 POINT TO the number line
and the flower.
PT 8 SAY:
PT 8 Place the flower on the
number line where four
point three is located.
PT 8 SAY:
PT 8 Is it located between zero
and one? Two and three? Or four and five?
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PT 8 SAY:
PT 8
Place the flower on the
number line where four
point three is located, or show me and I will place it
for you.
PT 9 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The three options are graphs titled Rachel’s Earnings. They all have the same x-axis and y-axis. The x-axis is labeled Hours Worked and ranges from zero to five in increments of one. The y-axis is labeled Amount Earned in Dollars and ranges from zero to fifty in increments of five. There is a line segment on the first graph that begins at zero, zero and ends at five, twenty-five. The line segment on the second graph begins at zero, zero and ends at five, fifty. The line segment on the third graph begins at zero, zero and ends at three, forty-five.
PT 9 Rachel earns ten dollars an
hour at her job.
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9 Which graph best shows
this relationship?
PT 9 POINT TO the first graph.
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9 Does this graph show that
Rachel earns ten dollars an hour?
PT 9 POINT TO the second graph.
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PT 9 SAY:
PT 9 Does this graph show that Rachel earns ten dollars an
hour?
PT 9 POINT TO the third graph.
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9 Does this graph show that Rachel earns ten dollars an
hour?
PT 9 SAY:
PT 9 Which graph best shows
this relationship?
PT 10 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The graph is titled Points Scored. The horizontal axis ranges from zero to six in increments of one. The top bar is labeled Japan and the bottom bar is labeled Nigeria. The bars are different lengths.
PT 10
The graph shows the number of points scored by
two soccer teams at the Olympics.
PT 10 POINT TO the graph and each bar as it is described.
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PT 10 SAY:
PT 10
This bar shows the points scored by Japan. This bar
shows the points scored by Nigeria.
PT 10 SAY:
PT 10 Select the number or word that makes each sentence
true.
PT 10 POINT TO the first sentence.
PT 10 SAY:
PT 10 Japan scored four or five points?
PT 10 POINT TO the second
sentence.
PT 10 SAY:
PT 10 More points were scored by Japan or Nigeria?
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PT 10 SAY:
PT 10
Select the number or word that makes each sentence
true, or tell me and I will select it for you.
PT 11 SAY: N/A
PT 11 The cost for riding in a taxi
cab is four dollars plus two dollars per mile.
PT 11 SAY:
PT 11 The total cost is
represented by the variable
c.
PT 11 SAY:
PT 11
This equation can be used to find the total cost (c) of
riding three miles in a taxi cab.
PT 11 POINT TO the equation.
PT 11 SAY:
PT 11 c equals two times three
plus four.
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PT 11 SAY:
PT 11 What is the total cost of riding three miles in a taxi
cab?
PT 11 POINT TO the options as they are read.
PT 11 SAY:
PT 11
Is the total cost of riding three miles equal to ten
dollars? Fourteen dollars? Or eighteen dollars?
PT 11 SAY:
PT 11 What is the total cost of riding three miles in a taxi
cab?
PT 12 SAY: DESCRIBE:
The graph shows a red line through the points located at zero, six and four, zero. The yellow triangle is formed by part of the red line through two, three and four, zero, the vertical line segment that starts at two, three and ends at two, zero, and the horizontal line segment that starts at two, zero and ends at four, zero.
PT 12 Here is a graph of a line.
PT 12
POINT TO the red line.
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PT 12 SAY:
PT 12 The line is red and goes through the points located
at zero, six and four, zero.
PT 12 SAY:
PT 12 POINT TO the yellow triangle.
PT 12
The yellow right triangle can be used to find the
slope of the line. The slope is the rise over run, or
vertical distance divided by
the horizontal distance.
PT 12 SAY:
PT 12 What is the slope of the red line?
PT 12
POINT TO the vertical line
from two, three to two, zero
and the horizontal line from two, zero to four, zero.
PT 12 SAY:
PT 12
Remember, the slope is rise
over run or vertical distance divided by horizontal
distance.
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PT 12 POINT TO the options as they
are read.
PT 12 SAY:
PT 12
Is the slope negative three over four? Negative two
over three? Or negative three over two?
PT 12 SAY:
PT 12 What is the slope of the red line?
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