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

ExpectationsOutlining Activities Planned Information about FCAT

3rd Grade FrameworksImportance of AgendaOrganization/IndependenceBirthdays

•Mad Science – October•Read-A-Thon-November•Tampa Zoo - Spring

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test3rd GradeReading and MathTentative Testing Window: March 9-19

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 350 words per passage

Average of 6-8 passages Average of 50-55 questions

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 – 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 (15-

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 five strands of mathematics

*Number sense, concepts, and operations

*Measurement*Geometry & Spatial Sense*Algebraic Thinking*Data Analysis & Probability

Includes two, sixty minute math tests All items multiple choice

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

Harcourt Brace Math SeriesHarcourt Brace FCAT Practice

WorkbookMorning seatworkSupplemental 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 Harcourt’s

website – www.harcourtschool.com

• Science – www.mhln.com click on “for students”

enter class code: jansing3 click on pupil edition grade 3

• Social Studies – www.eduplace.com/epe/hmss05 username: osceolaschool3 password: learner• Math – www.eharcourtschool.com students have a unique username & password • Reading – www.mhln.com click on “for students” enter class code: jansing2008 click on student edition 2009