Skill practices offered in the Writing Fundamentals section of the Reading-Writing course for K-1st students are building block activities that prepare younger students for the Writing Item Type quizzes they begin to see in 2nd grade on the TELPAS exam.
As younger students are typically new to typing and recognizing their sounds and letters, these quizzes can be done as whole-class instruction versus independently. Each skill will have 4 quizzes available that teachers unlock at their discretion throughout the year and, depending on the skill, will have 2-8 questions available.
- Kindergarten: All quizzes in each Type are auto-scored.
- First Grade: Quizzes in Type 2 are auto-scored, while quizzes in Types 3-5 will need to be rated by the teacher as they are open-ended Constructed Responses.
Continue reading to learn how to unlock activities in Writing Fundamentals. Click here to learn how to view student work and rate student responses in Writing Fundamentals.
Unlock Activities in Writing Fundamentals
1. Select the Reading-Writing course.
2. Select the Writing subsection.
3. Select Writing Fundamentals.
4. Use the icons to lock or unlock
activities. Each quiz has its own corresponding lock.
Reports: Student Work and Rating Responses
1. Navigate to the appropriate class and select Reports.
2. Select ELD Writing Mastery.
3. Select the icon Writing Fundamentals.
Here you will see a class report with each student listed, the average rating they received in each category, and an overall Writing average and PLD.
4. Select a student’s name on the class report to pull up their individual report. This will allow you to see their score for a specific quiz and identify if any quizzes are ready to be rated.
- Click the hyperlinked score to view the student's responses on a quiz.
- Click the Pending hyperlink to rate the Constructed Responses.
5. Click the green Score: Pending bar to open the built-in rubrics. Use the PLDs tab to view the descriptors for each level. Select the Comments tab to provide feedback in the text box. Navigate to the ELPS or TEKS tabs for additional support. Rate and select Save when you are done.
6. After saving your rating for all responses, click Finish at the bottom of the page to apply all changes.
You will be directed back to the student's individual report. The average rating for the scored activity will now appear here and on the class report. Use the Student dropdown menu to toggle between different students.