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Welcome!. Charting Your Child’s Course to Success. Here’s tonight’s line-up: Introduction to Grade Level Expectations Outlining Activities Planned Information about FCAT 2.0. Grade Level Expectations:. 3 rd Grade Frameworks Importance of Agenda Organization/Independence Birthdays.

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  1. Welcome! Charting Your Child’s Course to Success Here’s tonight’s line-up: • Introduction to Grade Level Expectations • Outlining Activities Planned • Information about FCAT 2.0

  2. Grade Level Expectations: • 3rd Grade Frameworks • Importance of Agenda • Organization/Independence • Birthdays

  3. Grade Level Activities: • Spooky Science – October • Read-A-Thon-November • LEGOLAND - December • Tampa Zoo - Spring

  4. Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 3rd Grade Reading and Math Tentative Testing Window: April 16-27 FCAT 2.0

  5. FCAT 2.0 Reading Test • Purpose – to measure students’ achievement in constructing meaning from a wide variety of texts • 60% of the test will contain literary text • 40% of the test will contain informational text • Includes two, sixty minute reading tests • All items multiple choice

  6. Reading Levels and Passages • Reading selections will represent a range of reading ability within the grade • Will include reading levels appropriate for both the beginning and end of the grade • Each passage will range between 100-700 words, with an average of 500 words per passage • Average of 6-8 passages • Average of 50-55 questions

  7. Reading Categories and Complexity Levels • Tested Categories • Vocabulary 15 – 25% • Reading Application 25 – 35% • Literary Analysis Fiction/Nonfiction 25 – 35% • Informational Text/Research Process 15 – 25% • Cognitive Complexity Levels of Questions • Low level: Basic Recall & Recognition, “Right There” questions 25-35% • Moderate level: Informal Reasoning or Problem Solving , “Playing the Detective, Looking for Clues” 50 -70% • High level : Elicit Analysis & Abstract Reasoning 5 – 15%

  8. Fluency:Do You Hear What I Hear? Leah cried as she pointed to the creature on the shore she and Matt paddled toward the riverbank Leah cried as she pointed to the creature on the shore. She and Matt paddled toward the riverbank.

  9. Construct Meaning: Do You See What I See? SAMPLE ONE - Adult The complex boundaries between orderly and chaotic behavior had unsuspected regularities that could only be described in terms of the relation of large scales to small. The structures that provided the key to nonlinear dynamics proved to be fractals. SAMPLE TWO - Child Leah cried as she pointed to the creature on the shore. She and Matt paddled toward the riverbank. Matt and Leah are in a • sailboat • car • canoe • train

  10. Reading - At School Preparation • Macmillan-McGraw Hill Reading Series – weekly selections build phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency • Explicit instruction of reading strategies • Independent Reading/Accelerated Reader – practice phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency • Science & Social Studies reading material – further enhance reading instruction and develop strategies for informational texts • FAIR Testing – to assess all areas of reading • Unit Benchmark Tests – to monitor phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension skills

  11. Reading – At Home Preparation • Monitor your child’s agenda for assignments • Provide time for you child to read at home (at least 30 minutes daily) • Listen to your child read and read with your child • Discuss the stories that are read with your child • Visit the public library to check out books • Have your child become an active participant in the Accelerated Reader program • Have your child go online to www.fcatexplorer.com

  12. FCAT 2.0 Math Test • Purpose – to measure students’ achievement in the all areas of mathematics *Number: Operations, Problems, and Statistics 50% *Geometry and Measurement 30% *Number: Fractions 20% • Includes two, seventy minute math tests • All items multiple choice

  13. Math Complexity Levels • Low level: Recall & Recognition 25 – 35% • Moderate level: Informal Reasoning & Problem Solving 50 – 70 % • High level: Analysis & Abstract Reasoning 5-15%

  14. How are math skills assessed? • Most are assessed in a problem solving context • Example: Fiona measured four items. The pencil was 6 inches long, the paper was 12 inches long, the length of the book was 1 foot, and the length of the scissors was 8 inches. Which item had the shortest length? A. The pencil B. The paper C. The book D. The scissors

  15. Math – At School Preparation • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Go Math! Florida Edition • Supplemental materials • Explicit instruction of problem solving strategies

  16. Math – At Home Preparation • Monitor your child’s agenda and daily assignments • Use flashcards to study math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication) • Let your child help with chores at home (for example: cooking-measurement) • Have your child go online to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s website – https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com

  17. Textbooks Online • Social Studies – www.eduplace.com/epe/hmss05 • username: osceolaschool3 • password: learner • Math/Science –https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com • students have one username/password • 49 + student ID number • Reading – www.mhln.com • click on “for students” • enter class code: guenther2011 • click on student edition 2009

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