Welcome to 3 rd Grade EOG End of

Welcome to 3 rd Grade EOG (End of Grade) Testing Parent Night March 26, 2015 Website: www. thirdgradeeogprep. weebly. com Please make sure you have a handout as you come in! When you get it… Complete the reading and math questions! These are actual passages and questions that were on a previous year’s EOG. These are the kinds of questions your child will see on their EOG at the end of May!

Tonight’s Agenda: • 3 rd Grade Curriculum – What’s left to cover? • 2014 -2015 EOG Dates • Overview of the math and reading EOG test • Sample items • 3 rd Grade EOG Prep Plan at home and school • Test Taking Strategies • How you can help at home • Q & A: https: //todaysmeet. com/3 rdgrade. EOG • Each teacher will post this power point on their website for you and other parents who were unable to attend to view.

rd 3 Grade Curriculum – What’s left to cover? Reading – • Poetry (currently studying) • Myths, Fables, Folktales Math – • Fractions/Measurement (currently studying) • Unknown Equations • Elapsed Time

2015 EOG Dates What are the EOG’s? EOG’s are end of grade tests that measure a student’s academic growth from beginning of year to the end EOG Dates: -5/26 Grades 3 -5 Reading EOG -5/27 Grades 3 -5 Math EOG -5/29 EOG Make-ups for students who were absent It is essential that your child is at school on these days and on time. We will begin promptly at 9: 30 a. m.

How long are the tests? • Estimated Administration Time • 3 hours (180 minutes) • 2 -Three minute breaks • Maximum Testing Time: 4 hours (240 minutes) • Additional 3 -minute break every 60 minutes for students working beyond estimated administration time • Does not include time for general instructions or breaks The average third grader takes an hour and a half.

Which EOG’s will my child take? • Math (Calculator Active and Inactive) – This test is 54 multiple choice questions. Your child will take the first half of their test without using a calculator. They will then come to a part in the test when they must raise their hand to get a calculator. The teacher will come over, paperclip their test so they cannot go back and give them a calculator to use for the rest of the test. It is based on 3 rd grade Common Core State Standards. • Reading Language Arts – This test is 52 multiple choice questions with several reading passages. It contains informational, fiction, poetry, fables/myths. Students will read multiple passages on different genres and answer comprehension questions about each passage. It is based on 3 rd grade Common Core State Standards.

Math Weight Distribution Domain Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Multi-step problems, problem solving, solving for the unknown) Percentage of Test 30 -35% Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (Place Value, Estimation, Rounding) 5 -10% Numbers and Operations in Fractions (Comparing/Ordering, Equivalent Fractions, Fractions on a Line Plot, Visual Representations, Number Line, Word Problems) 20 -25% Measurement and Data (Picture Graphs, Line Plots, Bar Graphs, Measuring Length, Mass, and Volume, Elapsed Time, Word Problems) 22 -27% Geometry (Area and Perimeter of Regular and Irregular Shapes, 2 D shapes, quadrilaterals) 10 -15%

Reading Weight Distribution Domain Percentage of Test Reading for Literature (Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Fables) Reading for Informational Text (Nonfiction, Expository Texts, Articles, How. To/Directions Language (Imbedded with passages, multiple meaning words, nonliteral vs. literal language) 32 -37% 41 -45% 20 -24%

Sample Items • Take a look at the problems you received when you first came in. These are actual examples of problems that would be on the EOG. • Here are websites to go to in order to get sample copies of past years EOG tests: Mathematics http: //www. ncpublicschools. org/docs/accountability/testing/releasedforms/ g 3 mathpp. pdf ELA/Reading http: //www. ncpublicschools. org/docs/accountability/testing/releasedforms/ g 3 elapp. pdf

Prep Plan at School • We will be re-teaching all 3 rd grade CCSS for reading and math. We will teach a mini-lesson on a specific skill, complete guided practice problems together, and then students will complete problems independently to show their understanding. We are keeping track of mastery for all CCSS for each student. Students who do not show mastery of 80% or higher on their independent practice will be pulled into small group to be re-taught this skill. This will continue until hopefully the child has mastered that skill.

Prep Plan at Home Math Reading • Students will complete their math EOG • Students will complete one passage from their EOG book per week at home. book at school. For homework students may either have to correct The last two weeks students will have the problems they got wrong that day two passages. We will go over in class. A schedule was sent out already to you. in class or they will have a worksheet with review problems from the skill we Please do not complete any other went over that day. passages other than these, as we will need those for class use.

What happens after the test? • Test Results - You will be notified through mail shortly after the test how your child has done on the EOG exam as soon as the scores can be released. • EOG Party - To celebrate all of students’ hard work to prepare for EOG’s, we will be having a third grade EOG party after EOG’s. The party will consist of a movie with special food/treats. In order for students to participate, students must have completed all of their EOG prep class work and homework. We will be keeping track of this each week. The date of this party will be the week of/after EOG’s. We will let you know the date once we have the date set.

Math & Reading EOG Achievement Levels Achievement Level Meets on Grade Level Meets College and Career Proficiency Standard Readiness Standard Level 5 – Superior understanding of knowledge and skills Yes Level 4 – Solid understanding of knowledge and s kills Yes Level 3 – Sufficient understanding of knowledge and skills Yes No Level 2 – Partial understanding of knowledge and skills No No Level 1 – limited understanding of knowledge and skills No No

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Math Achievement Scores 439 and below 440 - 447 448 -450 451 -459 460 and above Reading Achievement Scores Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 431 and below 432 -438 439 -441 442 -451 452 and above

Test Taking Strategy Reading - RUNNERS • Read the title, (and any introduction at the top) look at any graphics or pictures; scan and predict the text type; ask yourself: What is this selection going to be about? U • nderline the important key words in the QUESTIONS as you read them. (ie. not, best, mostly, mainly) Number the paragraphs in the selection • Now read the entire selection and monitor as you read… If something doesn’t make • sense go back and re-read. Use clues in the text to determine tricky words! E • liminate wrong answers as you read each question (There are usually 2 that are definitely incorrect and 2 that seem correct). R • e-read part of the passage to find the answer. Underline or highlight in the text where you found the answer. Write down what paragraph you found the answer in next to the question. S • elect your answer!

Test Taking Strategy Math – UPS Check Understand the problem. Circle key words Underline the question Cross out any information not needed Plan what to do (Daw a picture, Add, subtract, multiply, divide, Make a chart or table, Draw a number line Solve (Show your work, Ask yourself if your answer makes sense, Write your final answer and circle it) . CHECK - Go back and check to see if your answer is correct. Solve the problem using a different strategy

Parent EOG Letter Request • We will be sending home a letter a week or two before the EOG requesting that parents, guardians, siblings, grandparents, or other family members write their child a motivational letter to read the day of the EOG. Parents should… • Write 2 letters • Place each inside a sealed envelope and send to school with your child (if you have more than 2 letter place multiple in one envelope) • Don’t let your child read it before they receive it at school • Label the outside of the envelopes with Day 1 and Day 2. • Do not include any information that will help them on the test in your letter. You may write things such as, “You’re so smart, you can do this!” or “Good Luck today!”

How can you help at home? • Make sure your child is prepared each day and brings their EOG books to and from school. • Make sure your child is completing their nightly homework from their EOG books. • Check their homework for accuracy and help them go back and correct anything that is not correct. • Correct items in their Thursday folders that come home not correct. • Go to the EOG website for additional resources to practice at home. • Encourage your child to be present in class. Be prepared each day, participate in class, ask questions, and let the teacher know when they don’t understand something. • Nightly reading using question stems • Practice multiplication/division facts • Attend school regularly • Good night’s sleep before test • Eat a nutritious breakfast the day of the test

Thank You for all that you do!