1. Fourth Grade Math SOL: A Guide for Parents How 4th grade math is taught and tested at Timber Lane Diane Leipzig, Ph.D. Assistant Principal 2/13/2015

2.  3 rd - 12 th grades  Online  15% TEIs  Rigor The SOL Years!

3. More rigorous format More rigorous content Increased Rigor Since 2012

4. What is a TEI? Click box for video

5. How are TEIs harder than multiple choice? What do students need to know besides the math? How does online testing affect test strategies? What makes this a more rigorous test? Rigor of Format

6. Review of TEI types hot spot bar graph drag and drop fill in the blank

7. SOL Online Tools: Math

8. Ruler Tool

9.  New standards  Thinking levels  Academic language  Multiple representations  Strategic thinking  Number sense Rigor of Content

10. New Standards Adopted 2009 1 st tested 2012 Higher-order thinking skills

11.  Level I: Knowledge  Level II: Comprehension  Level III: Application  Level IV: Analysis Thinking Levels

12. 3: The student will investigate and identify examples of the identity and the commutative properties for addition and multiplication. 4: The student will investigate and describe the associative property for addition and multiplication. 5: The student will investigate and recognize the distributive property of multiplication over addition. Academic Language NAME THAT PROPERTY

13. 3: The student will represent multiplication and division, using area, set, & number line models 4: The student will, given a model, write the decimal and fraction equivalents Multiple Representations

14. Order the following from least to greatest: 131243131243 238854238854 4: The student will compare and order fractions and mixed numbers 5: The student will compare and order fractions and decimals in a given set from least to greatest and greatest to least. Strategic Thinking 210.028 1.78 2.1

15. Mr. Gary’s class has a goal of selling 500 pizzas in three months. The class sold 135 pizzas in the first month and 265 pizzas in the second month. Exactly how many more pizzas does the class need to sell to reach its goal? 4: The student will solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition and subtraction with whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Number Sense

16. TEI practice resources Website: Interactive Math http://www.allenteachers.com/interactive/mathematics/ Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/ohostetter/technology-enhanced-items/ http://www.pinterest.com/ruthmatheny/tei-resources/ VDOE Practice Items http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/practice_items/index.shtml http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/practice_items/index.shtml