FSA: What Every Parent Needs to Know Ben Gamla Charter South

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Benefits of Florida Standards Preparation Competition Clarity Collaboration

What Tests will Students Take? Writing – grades 4-8 Reading – grades 3-8 Math – grades 3-8 Civics – grade 7 Science – grades 5 & 8

Test Administration Schedule- Paper Based Tests Dates FSA Grade Sessions Time Feb 28 Writing 4-7 1 120 minutes March 28-March 29 Reading 3 2 80 minutes May 2 – 3 Science 5 80 Minutes May 3 8

Test Administration Schedule- Computer Based Testing Dates FSA Grades Session Time Feb 28 Writing 8 1 120 minutes April 17-May 12 Reading 4-5 2 80 minutes 6-8 85 minutes Math 3-5 3 60 minutes May 4-5 Algebra I 7-8 90 minutes May 9 Civics 7 160 minutes

English Language Arts/Literacy Focus on non-fiction (informational text) and careful, focused reading. Discuss reading and write using evidence (focus on facts, versus opinions). Increase academic vocabulary. (e.g. analyze, analogy, articulate) Use real-world examples to better understand concepts.

ELA Text-based Writing

Text-based Writing

Reading Language Arts

ELA/Reading Editing Task Items Multiple Choice Items Multi-select Items Two-part Items Hot Text Items Open Response Items Graphic Response Items (GRID)

Editing Task Item

Text with a Series of Questions

Text with a Series of Questions

Audio Multiple-Choice Item

Multi-Select Items

Two-Part Items

Hot Text Items

Graphic Response Item (GRID)

Open Response Item

Mathematical Practice Standards

Mathematics Learn more in-depth math by focusing on fewer concepts. Focus on skill building, speed and accuracy. Use real-world examples to better understand concepts.

Mathematics Multiple Choice Items Multi-select Items Equation Response Items Graphic Response Items

Multiple Choice Item

Multi-Select Items

Graphic Response Item

Graphic Response Item

Equation Response Item A chocolate company selects 100 random packages to check their weight and packaging. The company finds that 5 packages have incorrect weights and 10 different packages have incorrect packaging. How many packages out of 2,000 should the company predict have only incorrect weights? How many packages out of 2,000 should the company predict have only incorrect packaging?

Equation Response Item

Calculator

Scientific Calculator

Conversions will be provided in a pop-up window for the grades 4-11 CBT. Customary Conversions 1 foot = 12 inches 1 yard = 3 feet 1 mile = 5,280 feet 1 mile = 1,760 yards 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces 1 pint = 2 cups 1 quart = 2 pints 1 gallon = 4 quarts 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 ton = 2,000 pounds Metric Conversions 1 meter = 100 centimeters 1 meter = 1000 millimeters 1 kilometer = 1000 meters 1 liter = 1000 milliliters 1 gram = 1000 milligrams 1 kilogram = 1000 grams Time Conversions 1 minute = 60 seconds 1 hour = 60 minutes 1 day = 24 hours 1 year = 365 days 1 year = 52 weeks www.FLDOE.org © 2014, Florida Department of Education. All Rights Reserved.

State End of Course Exams Civics 7th grade Computer based 30 percent of final grade

FCAT 2.0 Science – No Change Next Generation Standards 5th and 8th grades only Paper-based

Backpacks: What you should see Books that are both fiction and non-fiction. Real-world examples that promote what students learn in English and math that make more sense. Writing assignments that require students to use evidence instead of opinion. Math homework that asks students to write out how they got their answer. Math homework that asks students to use different methods to solve the same problem.

Some questions to ask your child Did you talk about anything you read in class today? Did you use evidence when you talked about what you read? Tell me something you learned in your reading. How did you learn it? How did you use math today? Can you show me an example? Did you learn any new words in class today? What do they mean? How do you spell them? What math problems did you do today? How did you get your answer?

Informational Resources Florida Department of Education www.fldoe.org CPALMS http://www.cpalms.org/Public/ FLDOE Assessment Website http://www.fldoe.org/asp/ FSA Portal http://www.fsassessments.org/