NOTES TO THE TEACHER Introduction Fresh Reads for Differentiated Test Practice is designed to provide differentiated practice in reading comprehension skills and to prepare students to take the Reading/Language Arts section of standardized tests, state tests, or teacher-made tests. The student book includes the weekly differentiated practice tests to strengthen comprehension skills taught in Scott Foresman Reading Street. This Teacher’s Manual includes the following: (1) notes on how to use the Fresh Read tests, (2) instructions on how to administer and score a fluency test, (3) a chart on which you may record the progress of your students, and (4) annotated copies of all of the Fresh Read tests indicating the correct answer to all questions. How to Use the Fresh Read Tests The purpose of the Fresh Read tests is to give weekly differentiated practice in target comprehension skills taught in Scott Foresman Reading Street. This book contains three Fresh Read tests for each week to be used independently from the main selection in Scott Foresman Reading Street. The tests consist of a “Fresh Read” leveled passage and related comprehension items that focus on the target and review comprehension skills of the week but are written to address varying levels of proficiency—Strategic Intervention (SI), On-Level (OL), and Advanced (A). A code at the bottom of each page tells you the level of each test. © Pearson Education 3 You can assess students’ proficiency levels using their responses to discussion questions in class and their work on the comprehension pages in the Practice Book or Teacher’s Resource Book. Fresh Read tests can be done independently, or you may choose to work through them with students in small groups, in order to give support and assess students’ progress. Fresh Reads v Other ways to use the Fresh Read test pages: use the Strategic Intervention pages for whole-class practice with the comprehension skills and/or test-taking skills use the Strategic