It's that wonderful time of year! Crunch time. The state tests are just around the corner. In Ohio, our state tests are the last week of April and the first week of May. Last year, our school analyzed our results and realized that written response was one of our major weaknesses. As a result, I developed the following lesson. I chose five particular elements for students to focus on and then created the anchor chart above. Students also glued a copy of the anchor chart in their reader's…
