1. WELCOME TO 5 TH GRADE ACADEMIC NIGHT! Tonight you will learn about various online resources to help your child succeed in school

2. A Multidimensional Look at Choosing the Right Text for Your Child

3. HOW DO WE DETERMINE A “JUST RIGHT” TEXT FOR OUR CHILDREN? Qualitative 1.Quantitative measures – can be the lexile level 2.Qualitative measures – levels of meaning, structure, and clarity Quantitative Reader and Task 3.Reader and Task – background knowledge of reader, motivation, interests

4. Quantitative Dimensions of Text Complexity These are typically measured by computer software – MAP-R gives us a lexile range for each child. THREE PART MODEL FOR TEXT COMPLEXITY

5. Quantitative Measures of Text Complexity

6. ALL LEXILE SCORES ARE NOT CREATED EQUALLY! Compare these lexile scores... Lexile 770 Lexile 710

7. ALL LEXILE SCORES ARE NOT CREATED EQUALLY!... to these! Lexile 810 Lexile 850 Recommended for ages 4-8 Recommended for ages 5-9

8. Determining Text Complexity A Lexile text measure is determined by word frequency sentence length. Many other factors affect text complexity, the structure of the text language usage the levels of meaning the appropriateness of the content the age and interests of the reader When choosing appropriate texts, the Lexile score is a good starting point, but other factors must be considered.

9. WWW.LEXILE.COM Your child’s Lexile level is a good starting point because… www.lexile.com makes it easy! www.lexile.com Take a look!

10. M.C.P.S. RIT BENCHMARKS! Fall Proficient Range: 197 – 215 LOOKING AHEAD … Winter Proficient Range: 203-219 End of Year Range: 203-222 Now look at your paper to find your child’s Fall RIT Score

11. Students need the opportunity and time to stretch their reading abilities but also to experience the satisfaction and pleasure of easy fluent reading. And, don’t forget, your child is never too old for a read aloud. Leading your child to a “Just Right” book… A final thought…

12. MATH HOMEWORK HELP!

13. DOES YOUR CHILD NEED HELP WITH MATH HOMEWORK? Take a look at Web Math Allows students to specify an area of need and provides support and sample problems http://www.webmath.com/

14. GLENCOE OFFERS MATH HELP TOO! Glencoe offers online study tools to support the 6 th grade math curriculum www.glencoe.com offers www.glencoe.com Self Check Quizzes Chapter Review Practice Tests Math Vocabulary Support Online Tutors

15. DIRECTIONS TO NAVIGATE WWW.GLENCOE.COM Go to www.glencoe.comwww.glencoe.com Select math as a subject Select the textbook as Applications and Connections, Course 1, 2001 Edition Go to “Online Study Tools”

16. MULTIPLICATION FACT PRACTICE!!! In 5 th grade it is our GOAL to have ALL STUDENTS be able to correctly identify 50 multiplication facts in two minutes by February 2013. Therefore… your child needs DAILY PRACTICE! Practice suggestions: Flash cards Online games, visit our 5 th grade website… Multiplication Practice http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mult/mult.html http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/fly_a_kite/ http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ http://www.aaastudy.com/mul.htm#topic2 http://www.multiplication.com/