End of Grade test are important.
Students are expected to do their best.
Ways you can help your student prepare:
· Help review content and vocabulary
o Math – Continue to quiz students on their multiplication and division facts.
Utilize online math practice and tutorials on Dreambox, Khan Academy, and Discovery Education.
o ELA – In 5th grade students spend a lot of time identifying theme and citing evidence to support their ideas. Discuss the message conveyed in movies, TV shows, and/or commercials and make sure that your student proves his/her thoughts with details.
o Science - Watch the weather with your students. Watch Educational programs on TV or online. Bill Nye the Science Guy was recently added to the streaming lists. Anything narrated by David Attenborough is perfect for learning about Ecosystems and the interdependence of plants, animals, and their environment. Programs like Planet Earth and Myth Busters can be accessed online through your student's Discovery Education log in and is available on Nexflix as well as many other similar programs.
· Encourage Practice & Problem Solving
o Math – Have your student help you with the real world problem solving that adults do every day like, meal planning and cooking. Student need practice halving and doubling recipes, measuring out items, estimating food costs. Have students calculate change received at the drive thru. If you are planning for or taking any trips this summer have your student help you calculate costs for gas, hotels, and meals.
o ELA – Read! I know crazy, right! Students are required to read for long periods of time with minimal breaks. It is the marathon of tests. Help your student build stamina by encouraging your student to sit, read, and then tell you about. Provide quite time for reading daily. Students may read novels, magazines, newspapers, on any topic that your student is interested in and can understand. TURN THE CLOSED CAPTION ON! Sneak reading into television watching by turning on the closed captions. Challenge your student to find the errors in the text. Utilize ReadTheory online. This is a great program that tracks student growth. Encourage students to read justifications for each answer choice when reviewing graded quizzes.
o Science – Like I said above, Watch Bill Nye and Anything narrated by David Attenborough, Myth Busters are all great ways to review science content. Anybody remember Slim Good Body? Well I do, and students can also watch that through their Discovery Education account.
· Prepare your student for standardized testing days follow the 4Gs!
o Get active! Get good physical activity the day before and after testing. This helps students fall asleep and the night before.
o Go to bed early!
o Gather your things! Make sure that everything is ready the night before. Have clean, comfortable dress code clothing ready to wear. Students should dress in layers. Have a dress code appropriate sweater or jacket to wear during testing.
o Grub down! Students need to eat a healthy breakfast. While I need students to eat breakfast the morning of testing, eating too much before testing can backfire and cause a student to be drowsy or even sick. If your student is unable to get breakfast at home our school provides breakfast each morning.
5th Grade Teacher
Kannapolis Intermediate School
525 East C St.
Kannapolis, NC 28083
704-932-4161ext128
meredith.katz@kcs.k12.nc.us
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