NJ ASK 3 Parent Workshop Collaboration between teachers and parents

1. NJ ASK 3Parent WorkshopCollaboration between teachers and parents Presented by Ms. Lauren Straube Workshop Created by Teachers and Staff at Grandview Elementary

2. Workshop Staff: • Lauren Straube-3rd grade Teacher • Regina Vassilatos- 3rd grade Teacher • Meghan Seamster-2nd grade Teacher and NJASK tutorial staff • Leslie Daise-Support Specialist

3. Teacher + Parent + Student=SUCCESS “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” ~William James “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” ~Carl Lewis

4. What is the NJ ASK3? • Statewide assessment for students in grade 3, measures their ability to complete grade level skills in the areas of Mathematics and Language Arts according to the Common Core • Consists of multiple choice, short answer, and extended constructed response • comparisons, contrasts, causes, effects • categorize or summarize information • construct graphs or charts from data • explanation or prediction

5. What’s on it? LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENT • Writing- Expository-30 minutes and Speculative-30 minutes • 3 Reading Texts (30 minutes each) -Narrative Texts -Informational Texts open-ended and multiple choice questions

6. ELA Writing Prompts Grades 3-5 • There are two formats for assessing Informative/Explanatory writing: one format introduces a topic in a brief prompt and asks students to write a piece about that topic; the second format uses a poem to introduce a topic. That topic is elaborated further by a brief prompt that students use as a basis for writing. • Informative/Explanatory prompts are based on topics familiar to students and ask them to describe, discuss, explain, or analyze some aspect of the topic. Students are able to draw on their own experience or opinions and what they know to develop ideas for their writing. • The Narrative prompt presents a brief scenario which students use as a springboard for writing a story, drawing on stories they have read as well as on their own experiences to develop ideas.

7. Five Domains exist for Grades 3-5: • Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) • Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT) • Numbers and Operations – Fractions (NF) • Measurement and Data (MD) • Geometry (G)

8. Calculator Usage • Calculators will notbe used in the short constructed response questions. Grade 3 will be allowed usage in one of the five remaining parts.

9. Tips for Success on NJ ASK • Get a good night’s sleep before test days • Make sure your child has a nutritional breakfast • Make sure the assigned NJ ASK homework is completed • Promote the importance of learning at home • Encourage them to do their best at everything they do, the test is no different than any other test. No added pressure! • Motivate them and build their confidence

10. Positive Psychology How was school vs. What did you do well today? Want to know what the biggest factor that stops your children from doing their best on tests like the NJASK?

11. When? NJASK 3 May 12-15 , 2014 • Language Arts Literacy (2days) Day 1 (1 hour 30 minutes) Day 2 (1 hour 30 minutes) • Mathematics (2days) Day 3 (55 minutes) Day 4 (1 hour)

12. Websites Available to Enhance Educational Practices • 21st Century Problem Solving - provides a modern approach to reliable problem solving across the curriculum from Hawaii http://www.hawaii.edu/suremath/home.html • Emaginations - www.emaginations.org • AAA Math - math skills by grade level, provides explanations, interactive drill and practice activities, and diagnostic element to determine mastery http://www.aaamath.com • Cool Math - an amusement park of math and more - especially designed for fun, fun, fun! http://www.coolmath4kids.com • Fact Monster - good basic explanations for specific topics that fall in the following categories:  numbers, tables, formulas, measurement, money http://www.factmonster.com/homework/hwmath.html • Figure This! Math Challenges for Familieshttp://www.figurethis.org/challenges/challenge_index.htm • GetSmarter.org - animated and interactive testing and learning site for elementary, middle school, and high school http://getsmarter.org/index.cfm • Helping Your Child Learn Math - Department of Education archived information, includes activities http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html • MATHCOUNTS - has a weekly problem and problem solving resources. MATHCOUNTS is a coaching and competition program for middle school students nationwide.http://mathcounts.org/

13. Websites Available to Enhance Educational Practices Math Forum: Problems of the Week Administered by Others - links & descriptionshttp://mathforum.org/pow/other.html MathMagic - has posted challenges in each of four categories (K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) which are archived and available to download in MS Word file format. http://mathforum.org/mathmagic/ Mathworld Interactive - online challenges to solve, must register to participate, but it is freehttp://mathforum.org/mathworld/ Multiplication Project - Directions for creating a fun project with your child to help him learn basic arithmetic multiplication facts without flashcards http://ct.essortment.com/learnmultiplica_pfv.htm Open-ended Math problems from Franklin Institutehttp://www.fi.edu/school/math2/ Open-ended Problem Solving on the Webhttp://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/aki/open_ended/ Open Response Question Strategieshttp://www.murraystate.edu/prism/kyprism/openrp1.htm Period.com Puzzles - brain teasers or puzzles appropriate for middle school http://www.period.com/puzzles/ Sources of Math Open Response Items - from Mathematics Education @ Northern Kentucky Universityhttp://www.nku.edu/~mathed/mori.html The Math Forum@Dexel Problems of the Weekhttp://mathforum.org/pow/

14. 12 Motivational Quotes: INSPIRE BELIEVE • “Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.”- Stephen Kaggwa • “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” -Oprah Winfrey • “You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing.” -Unknown • “Little by little one walks far.” -Peruvian proverb • “Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” -Julius Charles Hare • “It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.” -Christian Bale • “Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves–to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.” -Stewart B. Johnson • “The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much in one day. We would do well to follow a common rule for our daily lives–Do Less, and Do It Better.” -Dale E. Turner • “Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.” -Unknown • “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.” -Abraham Lincoln • “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” -Duke Ellington • “Everybody’s human–everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.” -Unknown