Welcome to the
Stanford Achievement Test
Parent Meeting
Important Information
Reading /Math Test
Week of April 7-11
Makeup dates April 10th-11th
The test will be untimed. Students can take as much time as they
need. The students will receive percentile and stanine scores ranging
from 1 to 9. Review all of the skills that were discussed in this workshop.
Home learning reflects the skills that
will be tested.
Scores will be sent home as soon as they are received.
Reading
• Common Core is what we are using in our curriculum and
calls for the integration of content into Reading and Math.
• The reading section is composed of different types of
reading passages including poems, stories, recipes and
advertisements.
• Students will read and answer questions about the passages.
They will need to go back to the passages to find the
answer. All questions will be multiple choice.
• Students will need to complete the test independently.
Main Idea
Example Questions
1. What is the story “mostly” about?
2. What would be another good title for
this story?
3. What is the main idea of the story?
Cause and Effect
**Cause - how and why something happened?
**Effect - what happened as a result?
**Clue Words: so, so that, if, reason, because.
Example Questions
1. What caused _________ to happen?
2. What happened after?
Sequencing
**Order of events
**Clue Words: first, next, last, then, after,
finally, later, in the morning, etc.
Example Questions
1. What happened before…….?
2. What happened after……….?
3. The boxes tell some things that happened in the story.
What belongs in Box 2?
Drawing Conclusions
Example Questions
1. What do you think will happen next?
2. What is probably true?
3. Why do you think it happened?
Author’s Purpose
**Why did the author write the story?
Example Questions
1. Why do you think the author wrote the story?
( To entertain, to tell us information, etc.? )
2. The author wrote the story mainly to _____.
3. The author wanted the reader to ______.
4. Which of these would the author probably
agree with?
Fantasy or Realism
**Fantasy - not real, make believe
**Realism - real, true, can happen
Example Questions
1. Which of these could really happen?
2. Which of these could not happen?
3. This story is mostly make believe because
_________________.
How can parents help with
reading?
*Read with your child every night.
*Make predictions and discuss the events and characters
as you read together.
*Tap into the types of books that interest your child.
*Make sure that your child is reading fluently, with
good expression, and with understanding.
* Go to the Riverdeep website to practice reading skills!
*Just READ!
*Be a great model- let them see you read!
Grades 1 & 2 SAT-10
Common Core Question Task Cards –
Functional
Initial Understanding
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Ask a question that requires students to simply locate details or identify
chronological order. The answers are right there in the poster, chart, flyer,
or recipe.
Who, what, when, where, how many, or how much?
According to the ________, what will the children learn?
What do you do first/last?
What did he/she do first/last?
Where did ____ go before/after _____?
Which ______ was seen first/last?
Step # ___ tells ______.
The story tells you that _______.
Grades 1 & 2 SAT 10
Common Core Question Task Cards
Functional
Interpretation
• Ask a question that requires students to draw
• conclusions from the information given, apply ideas
from text to a new situation, or determine the main idea.
• Who, what, when, where, how many, or how much?
• Why did _____ have_____?
• How did ______ do _____?
• What might be funny? (ha ha)
• Why do you think _______?
• Which of these is true?
VOCABULARY (LA.3-5.1.6.3, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9)
Context
Read this sentence from the passage.
There was so much junk that it looked like a train
wreck.
What does the word “wreck” mean?
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE & PERSPECTIVE (LA.35.1.7.2)
Author’s Purpose
Why does the author most likely write the story/passage?
MAIN IDEA (LA.3-5.1.7.3)
What is the MAIN IDEA of this story/passage/article?
What is the most important lesson learned in the
story/passage?
Why do you think this story/article has the title “
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
(LA.3-5.1.7.3)
What happened just BEFORE/AFTER ?
What happened first, last, etc. …?
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RELEVANT SUPPORTING DETAILS (LA.3-5.1.7.3)
Which is a way to improve _______________ ?
At the end of the story, where does __________go?
COMPARE/ CONTRAST
(LA.3-5.1.7.7)
Compare
How are _________and ___________ALIKE?
What are the SIMILARITIES between ___ and ___ ?
What is the author comparing in the sentence above?
TEXT FEATURES
In Literary Text
(LA.3-5.2.2.1)
Which sentence from the story best describes the
illustration on page ___?
The purpose of the illustration on page ___, is to
show the reader ….
***These cards will be useful for helping students with their
comprehension skills.
Math
This portion of the test will be
administered orally.
Students will listen to questions read
aloud.
Teachers will read questions from a
script once and only once.
Number Concepts
Skills to review with your children:
Read numbers.
Count objects.
Compare numbers.
Understand place value to the hundreds place.
Put numbers in order.
Count by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s and 10’s.
Complete number patterns.
Identifying even and odd numbers
Problem Solving
Skills to review and practice with your children:
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Listening and reading word problems carefully.
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Writing down important information.
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Listening and looking for words that tell whether
to add or subtract to solve a word problem.
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Selecting reasonable solutions.
Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication
(Repeated Addition : Example 4+4+4)
Concepts to review with your children:
Addition and subtraction facts to 18.
Adding and subtracting with regrouping.
Writing and solving numbers sentences.
Fractions
Concepts to review with your children:
• Recognizing Fractions.
• Identifying how many parts to a whole.
Geometry
Concepts to review with you children:
• Identifying shapes.
• Identifying lines of symmetry.
• Identifying Congruent Figures.
Measurement
Skills to review with your children:
• Estimating to the nearest inch and centimeter.
• Recognizing relationships of feet, inches/
meter and centimeter.
• Finding the Perimeter and Area of Squares
and Rectangles.
• Using Volume, Mass and Capacity.
• Telling Time to the Half Hour and Quarter
Hour.
• Finding Value of Coins.
Problem Solving
Skills to review and practice with your children:
• Listening and reading word problems carefully.
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Writing down important information.
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Listening and looking for words that tell whether
to add or subtract to solve a word problem.
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Using Graphs, Tables and Charts.
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Estimating results.
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Selecting reasonable solutions.
How can parents help
with math?
*Go over the homework with your child each night.
The skills for the homework covers the practice needed
for the test.
*Go to the Riverdeep website to practice math skills!
*Read the directions for the test orally to your child. *
Preparation for SAT
• Practice skills with homework and use
websites for reading and math.
From now until the test:
• Get a full night’s rest.
• Eat a good breakfast.
• Arrive to school on time.
Thank you parents and guardians for
supporting our common goal.
Teachers + Parents = Student Academic Success