1. Welcome to the 3 rd grade EOG parent night!  Please make sure you sign in.  Get started on the activity on the table.

2. Quick Reminders AR Goal 3 rd Nine Weeks = 9 points Study Multiplication Facts DAILY Biography Project Due February 5 th 27 Week Testing March 8-12 th Charlotte’s Web Play March 16 th

3. Tonight’s Agenda 27 Week Testing March 8 th - 12 th EOG Test Vocabulary Reading Strategies QARS RUNNERS Unpacking Questions Math Strategies Resources As you have questions please write them on a note card and we will address those questions at the end each section.

4. Reading http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/eog/20071001eogreadingtestinformationsheetgrade3.pdf

6. Unpacking the Question Presented by Jacqueline Willis 6 easy steps

7. Unpacking the Question 1. Read ALL the question and ALL the answers. Put a check. 2. What is the question asking? Write a sentence in your own words explaining what is being asked. 3. Consider each answer choice. Eliminate TWO incorrect answers, if you can. Label them XX and ??. 4. Reread the two that are left, and look back in the selection to choose the correct (or best) answer. 5. List each answer choice that is incorrect (yes, all 3) and explain why each answer is WRONG. 6. List the correct answer, and explain why it is right using support from the selection.

8. Step 1 Read ALL the question and ALL the answers. Put a check.

9. Step 2 What is the question asking? Write a sentence in your own words explaining what is being asked. Example: Which of the following best describes what the Donkey and the Monkey were unhappy about? Statement – The Donkey and the Monkey are not happy about.

10. Step 3 Consider each answer choice. Eliminate TWO incorrect answers, if you can. Label them XX and ??. A. What they had to eat (XX) B. How much work they had (??) C. Where they lived D. How they looked

11. Step 4 Reread the two that are left, and look back in the selection to choose the correct (or best) answer. C. Where they lived D. How they looked

12. Step 5 List each answer choice that is incorrect (yes, all 3) and explain why each answer is WRONG. A. What they had to eat (XX) The selection does not tell about what the animals ate or were eating. B. How much work they had (??) Again, the selection does not mention what type of work the animals did or had to do. C. Where they lived In the selection, only the mole mentions where he lives. The reader does not know where the donkey or the monkey live.

13. Step 6 List the correct answer, and explain why it is right using support from the selection. D. “How they looked” is the correct answer because in the selection the donkey tells that he’d rather have horns than his long ears, the monkey would rather have a tail like a fox instead of the one he has, and finally, the mole points out that he has no horns, no tail, is nearly blind, and lives in the dark underground. These statements show how dissatisfied the animals are with their looks.

14. Math http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/eog/2003scstestgr3mathtis.pdf

15. Strategies Math Test Calculator Active Calculator Inactive SHOW YOUR WORK! DOUBLE CHECK! USE STRATEGIES!

16. Samples Which shows 2/3 of 12 correctly circled? A. X X X XB. X X X X X X X X C. X X X XD. X X X X X X X X

17. Which fraction has the same value as the shaded part of the model below? A.20/4 B.18/4 C.6/4 D.5/4 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/eog/math/20080428gr3goal1.pdf

18. Resources North Carolina Public Schools – Go to testing, state tests, North Carolina End-of- Grade Tests Grades 3-8, then choose what you are looking for. www.ncpublicschools.org Online Interactive Samples - http://cuacs8.mck.ncsu.edu/mathsampleitems/main.html

19. Questions?

20. Thank you for your time! If you have any further questions please feel free to schedule an appointment to meet with your child’s teacher.