1. 4 th grade Achievement Night: Fall 2010 We cannot do this alone! We need you…

2. 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!

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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%

7. 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%

8. 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%

9. 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%

10. Grade-level results - 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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%

18. 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%

19. 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%

20. 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%

21. Grade-level results - 2

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

23. 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!

24. ARI Results – Words Per Minute

25. ARI Results - Comprehension

26. 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.

27. 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 email to a family member  Let’s look at specific examples in the packet!