MARCH 15, 2014
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FCAT Reading
April 14th & 15th (Grades 3, 4, 5)
FCAT Math
April 21st & 22nd (Grade 3, 4)
April 28th – May 1st (Grade 5)
FCAT Science
April 21st & 22nd (Grade 5)
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Reading
Multiple choice
Math
Multiple choice grade 3
Multiple choice and gridded response grades 4
&5
Online testing for grade 5
Science
Multiple Choice
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The FCAT 2.0 Reading assessments in grades 3-10
include reading passages from the public domain,
such as historical documents and works by
classical authors.(e.g. Bill of Rights, Twain, etc.)
FCAT 2.0 Reading tests will ONLY have
multiple-choice items.
The FCAT 2.0 Reading assessments in grades 3-10
will include a great number of test items that
require reasonable inferences and reasonable prior
knowledge.
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Reading aloud with your child and asking
questions along the way.
Share interesting articles, recipes, brochures,
graphic novels, etc.
Use reading website links from school website.
Review weekly reading tests at home with
your child.
Allow time for FCAT Explorer (3rd and 4th
grade)
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Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
Multiple Choice (MC) Items
Gridded responses in 4th and 5th grades
3rd and 4th grade students answer in test book
5th grade students will test online
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FCAT Explorer (5th Grade)
Think Central Resources (Online Intervention,
Destination Math, Mega Math)
I-Ready
Reflex
Check your child’s homework
Communicate with your child’s teacher
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Have children work with money,
tell time, and practice measuring
objects for length, capacity.
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Read and interpret graphs in newspapers,
and magazines
Discuss sports statistics
Read math-related children’s literature
Read and interpret maps
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Review the work of your child.
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Talk to your child’s teacher on a regularly
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Help your child skip count by 2’s,
5’s, 10’s from a given number
forward and backwards.
Practice addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division facts
with your child.
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Identify geometric figures together.
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Have your child explain how they solved
their homework problems
Keep a math journal with your child
Play games with your child (chess,
checkers, backgammon, etc.)
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Review the math your child’s math
notebook
Offer praise, and comments for work well
done and encouragement to succeed
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Make a Schedule (Time/Organization)
Cook (Measure/Set the Oven/Use a
Timer/Divide in Portions)
Grocery Shop (Round/Estimate/Size
Things Up/Make a List)
Fill Out Order Forms
Start a Savings/Checking Account
(Credit/Debit)
Make a Budget
Make a Math or Spending Journal
Make a List
Record the Temperature (Make a
Chart/Make a Graph)
Record Heights and Weights of Family
Members (Make Charts/Graphs)
Read Maps
(Road/Subway/Bus/Atlases/Neighborho
od)
Estimate and Measure
(Rooms/Heights/Things Around the
House)
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Estimate
(Quantities/Distance/Time/Money)
Guessing Games (Heights/Number of
Items/Time of Day)
Put Together Puzzles/Connect the
Dots/Crosswords
Play Games (Checkers, Dominoes,
Chess, Monopoly, etc.)
Look for Patterns
Sort (Toys/Buttons/Blocks/Shells/Rocks)
Use Math Words
(Sum/Total/Difference/Product, etc.)
Use a Calculator
Read Labels (10% Fat/16 ounces/3 grams)
Look for Numbers, Graphs, etc. in
Newspapers & Magazines
Order a Math Magazine (Zillions)
Talk Math With Your Child
Why do you think that?
Explain
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All questions are multiple choice.
Will require knowledge of standards from
grades 3-5.
Encourage the use of FCAT Explorer for
science practice (5th grade).
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Name
Memory Dump
Mnemonic devices
Acronyms, silly sentences,
pictures, Thinking Maps
Preview test
Say affirmations
Develop plan
Budget your time
Read directions carefully
for clarification
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Answer all questions
Easiest ones first
Then difficult ones
Review test
Did I answer all the
questions?
Did I bubble correctly?
Change an answer ONLY
if you are sure
Use all allotted time
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Read the whole question.
Read all possible choices.
Cross out incorrect answers.
Treat options as true/false questions.
There is only one correct answer.
Use clues within the question to jog memory.
If you choose to skip a question, mark the question
with an (* or ?) so you will remember to come back
to that question.
Eliminate similar answers.
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Get to bed early.
Make sure they have eaten breakfast or arrive
to school on time to eat in the cafeteria.
Encourage them to do their best on the test.