1. 2017-2018 Third Grade Back to School Night
WELCOME!!!!!

2. By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding about :
Testing Benchmarks
Read to Achieve
The EOG
Strategies used in the clasroom

3. If at any time during the presentation you have a question, please write down your question on a notecard to be addressed at the end of the session

4. This year, your child will be given three major assessments which will help us, the classroom teachers, personalize your child’s classroom instruction.

5. The first is MAP( Measure of Academic Progress)
The first is MAP( Measure of Academic Progress). This is a test taken on a computer and will cover both READING and MATH. These tests offer an indicator as to where your child is at the current time. They will be taken 3 times this year; in the FALL, WINTER and Spring.
The hope is that your child’s score increases on each assessment.

6. MAP READING NORMS FOR THIRD GRADE:
FALL: 188
WINTER: 196
SPRING: 199

7. MAP MATH NORMS FOR THIRD GRADE:
FALL: 190
WINTER: 199
SPRING: 203

8. What we like to see is GROWTH!!!!

9. The next assessment we use is READING 3D.
This assessment is administered 3 times a year; FALL,WINTER AND SPRING.
This assessment helps us to see what reading level your child is on and what work needs to be done with them to increase their reading level.

10. These are the goals :
Beginning of the year: M
Middle of the year: O
End of the year: P
(level P indicates on grade level)

11. Your child received their level by reading a story out loud, answering verbal questions and the completing written responses .
They also were given 2 timed assessments. One is a 3-minute one where they read some sentences and had to choose the correct word from a box to complete that sentence.
The other tested how fluent your child reads by letting them read aloud a passage for one minute. This test was conducted three times and fluency was the calculated average.
All of these things helps us to arrive at a reading level and indicators on things we can do to increase your child’s level through progress monitoring activities.

12. Every third grader will be taking test in READING and MATH at the end of the year that was made North Carolina. These are called the EOGs.
These are multiple choice tests and assess what was learned throughout the year.
A student is proficient if they score a level 3,4 0r 5 on each test.
Our goal is to have students score 4 or 5, which means they are college and career ready.

13. Let’s look at a Math EOG example…

15. Let’s look at a Reading EOG example…

17. The Reading EOG in third grade is part of the READ TO ACHIEVE law.
HOUSE BILL 230

18. http://www. dpi. state. nc. us/docs/k-3literacy/resources/guidebook

19. What are the teachers doing to prepare my child for the EOG?

20. Interacting with the Text Interactive Read-Aloud
We are using various strategies and personalizing the learning as much as possible.
Reading strategies we use are:
Guided Reading
CLOSE Reading
Interacting with the Text
Interactive Read-Aloud

21. If you have additional questions that were not answered, please your child’s teacher for further clarification

22. Thank-you for attending and PLEASE don’t forget to sign up for the PTSA!
Good-Night!