Here’s tonight’s line-up: Introduction to Grade Level

ExpectationsOutlining Activities Planned Information about FCAT 2.0

3rd Grade FrameworksImportance of AgendaOrganization/IndependenceBirthdays

•Spooky Science – October•Read-A-Thon-November•LEGOLAND - December•Tampa Zoo - Spring

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 3rd GradeReading and MathTentative Testing Window: April 16-27

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

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

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%

Leah cried

as she

pointed to

the creature

on the

shoreshe and

Matt paddled toward

the riverbank

Leah cried as she pointed to the creature on the shore. She andMatt paddled toward the riverbank.

SAMPLE ONE - AdultThe complex boundaries between orderly and chaoticbehavior 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 - ChildLeah cried as she pointed to

the creature on the shore. She

andMatt paddled toward the

riverbank.

Matt and Leah are in aa. sailboatb. carc. canoed. train

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

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

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

Low level: Recall & Recognition 25 – 35%

Moderate level: Informal Reasoning & Problem Solving 50 – 70 %

High level: Analysis & Abstract Reasoning 5-15%

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 pencilB. The paperC. The bookD. The scissors

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Go Math! Florida Edition

Supplemental materialsExplicit instruction of problem

solving strategies

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

•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