F.S.A. Night 5th Grade Team

FSA & FCAT Testing DATES March 1: ELA Writing- All Classes April 12-13: FSA ELA- Eicher, Hofmann, Mercier, Scarpinato & Karasick April 14-15: FSA ELA- Achille & Rosenberger April 25-26: FSA Math- Eicher, Hofmann, Mercier, Scarpinato & Karasick April 27-28: FSA Math- Achille & Rosenberger May 2-3: FCAT Science- All Classes

Reminders for testing days Good night sleep Eat breakfast Positive encouragement in the morning BE ON TIME!

FSA Math Timed Test Practice Workbook FSA Test (Mock) IXL Skills

What to do when you child asks for help with a problem: FSA Practice Workbook What to do when you child asks for help with a problem: Encourage them to: 1) Underline key words. 2) Read problems 3 to 4 times if you have to. 3) What are the expectations of the answer? Greater than? Less Than? Estimation? 4) DRAW PICTURES. Visualize! 5) Guess and check. 6) Chunk the problem. 7) Organize and label ALL calculations. 8) Ask themselves. IS this right beyond any doubt. Inverse operations. Completely reworking the problem. 9) Celebrate effort! Celebrate perseverance! 10) Model PATIENCE and a POSITIVE attitude. 

Fcat Science May 2nd & 3rd Paper Based Test Nature of Science 3 - 5th grade Benchmarks Physical Science 8 – 5th grade Benchmarks Earth and Space Science 4 – 5th grade Benchmarks 4 – 4th grade Benchmarks Life Science 2 – 5th grade Benchmarks 3 – 4th grade Benchmarks 1 – 3rd grade Benchmarks

FSA Writing 120 minutes Opinion or informative prompt At least two sources Planning sheets Must have introduction, two main idea paragraphs and a conclusion Scored out of 10

FSA Writing Rubric Broken into 3 parts: Conventions of English Purpose, Focus & Organization Evidence & Elaboration

Student Example:

FSA Reading 5th Grade standards tested only Computer-based 2 sessions- 90 minutes each Questions are based on levels Short answer responses, multiple choice & drag-and-drop Test taking strategies and tools (highlighter & pen) available during test

FSA ResourceS http://www.fsassessments.org/ http://floridastudents.org/