SAT -10 Parent Night 1st & 2nd Grades

What is the SAT-10? The SAT-10 is a not timed It is a standardized, norm-referenced achievement test used to compare students’ performances with the performance of students in the nation. Students are tested in Reading Comprehension and Mathematics Problem Solving. All students take the test in grades K-2. Test dates are: April 9th & 10th.

Student Expectations Students are expected to Try their best Read on their own (for passages) Listen and follow appropriate instructions and oral problems as they are dictated by the teacher provided script.

Why SAT-10? • Provides achievement data that can be used to compare local students' performance with the performance of students in the nation • Reports relative areas of strengths and weaknesses • Provides data to study changes of performance over time

Percentile Rank and Stanine Curve 88-99 Well above average 61-87 Somewhat above average 41-60 Average (50 is the national average) 21-40 Somewhat below average 1-20 Well below average 7, 8, 9 Above average 4, 5, 6 Average 1, 2, 3 Below average

Reading Skills to be Tested First Grade Drawing conclusions Recognizing details Identifying compound words Recognizing suffixes Identifying words associated with a picture Understand feelings Understand the main idea Making comparisons or contrasts Understanding reasons Making inferences/predictions Understanding sentence meaning Matching phonemes Understanding sequence Recognizing contractions

Reading Skills to be Tested Second Grade Drawing conclusions Understanding sequence Making comparisons or contrasts Identifying poems and rhyming words Making inferences/predictions Discern speakers voice Recognizing details Determine implicit theme Understand feelings Discern reality from make-believe Understand the main idea Analyze Author’s purpose Understanding reasons Understanding sentence meaning

Math Skills to be Tested First Grade Adding whole numbers Comparing and ordering numbers Completing number or shape patterns Counting Identifying the best measurement unit Missing part of a shape Interpreting tables and graphs Measuring length (using standard and non-standard units Recognizing fact families, basic shapes, fractions, ordinal numbers, values of coins, skip counting, telling time, calendar, place value, symmetry, transformations and rotations.

Math Skills to be Tested Second Grade Adding whole numbers Recognizing arithmetic fact families, basic shapes, equivalent forms of a number, fractional parts, numerals, ordinal numbers, values of coins Comparing and ordering numbers Completing number or shape patterns Counting Skip counting Identifying the best measurement unit, a missing part of a shape Solving number puzzles, oral word problems Subtracting whole numbers Interpreting tables and graphs Telling time Understanding a calendar, math language, number sentence, place value, symmetry, transformations and rotations Measuring length and length using nonstandard units

How are students tested? Students take the untimed SAT test over the course of two days. They take the test with their homeroom teacher. Teachers read the directions and the students read the passage and questions and answers on their own. The teacher is only allowed to read from the test script twice before moving on for the math portion only. Each test is done in sections with a red STOP sign at the bottom of the page, indicating that it is the end. Each section begins with a sample question.

Reading/Language Arts Sample (1st grade)

Reading/Language Arts Sample (2ndgrade)

Math Samples (1st grade)

Math Samples (2nd grade)

Reducing Test Anxiety Tips Discuss the test openly and in a positive way. Have realistic expectations of your child’s performance while encouraging his/her best efforts. Emphasize that the test is only one measure of academic performance. Emphasize that test scores do not determine a person’s worth.

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