4 th grade Achievement Night: Fall 2010 We cannot do this alone! We need you…

Tonight we will take a look at…  Math achievement data  Reading achievement data  Academic goals and benchmarks  Examples of student work  What you can do to help!

Math Achievement:  Standards for Benchmark 1 Solve basic multiplication and division problems to 100 in a context Solve a comparison problem in a context Identify right angles in shapes Identify parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes

Math Achievement:  Standards for Benchmark 2 Identify equivalent fractions, simplify fractions, compare fractions, order fractions Add/subtract mixed numbers with like denominators in context Add/subtract fractions with unlike denominators in context

Materials we use:  Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt – Math Expressions  DMPS Number and Operations Guide Please take some time to look through these materials!

Math Achievement  McFadden data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

Math Achievement  Monroe data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

Math Achievement  Knop data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

Math Achievement  Keyser data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

Grade-level results - 2

What do my student’s math scores look like? Let’s take a look!

What you can do to help:  Review basic facts Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division  Multi-digit multiplication and division will be tested in Benchmark 3!

Reading Achievement  Benchmark 1 Story Structure Author’s Viewpoint Text Organization Noting Details

Reading Achievement  Benchmark 2 Sequence of Events Making Inferences Making Generalizations Categorize and Classify

Materials we use:  Houghton Mifflin  Tim Rasinski fluency kits Please take some time to look through these materials!

Houghton Mifflin Reading Test 2  5.5 week unit  Pre-test administered in October  Post-test administered in November  15 questions – comprehension

HM Reading Achievement  McFadden data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

HM Reading Achievement  Monroe data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

HM Reading Achievement  Knop data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

HM Reading Achievement  Keyser data - 2 Proficient 80% - 100% Close to proficient 70% - 79% Far to go but likely to meet proficiency 60% - 69% Far to go 0% - 59%

Grade-level results - 2

What do my student’s literacy scores look like? Let’s take a look!

Analytic Reading Inventory (ARI)  Administered in September  Will be administered again in January and May  Tests students’ reading rate and comprehension abilities  Expectation: 124 words per minute by May  Let’s look and listen!

ARI Results – Words Per Minute

ARI Results - Comprehension

What is our goal?  District (by the end of this year…) 80% of 4 th graders at grade-level 15% of 4 th graders needing support 5% of 4 th graders needing substantial support  Building Percentage of 4 th graders comprehending at grade-level will improve from 16% to 30% by January.

What you can do to help:  Read to or with your student every night! Make this time enjoyable Allow the student to select the book  Let your student see you reading!  Turn on the closed-caption feature on your TV  Encourage writing Write the grocery list Type an to a family member  Let’s look at specific examples in the packet!