Getting Ready for the CRCT

What to do to prepare your child  Have your child get at least 9 hours of sleep each night.  Eat a good balanced breakfast each morning.  Arrive to school on time.  Minimize stress on test mornings  Assure your child that they will do their best and that is what you expect from them.

Reading and Language CRCT 1 st Grade  Reading section will be given Mon., April 12 th.  Language section will be given Tues., April 13 th.  Teacher will be permitted to read questions in Reading and Language sections a maximum of 2 times.  Students will read passages independently.

Areas of Content- Reading & Language  READING  Vocabulary - 20%  Comprehension – 80%  LANGUAGE  Grammar/Phonemic Awareness/Phonics- 72%  Sentence Construction- 16%  Research- 12%

What Students Should Know!  Vocabulary  Word Parts (syllables)  Synonyms- words that mean the same.  Mad & angry  Antonyms- words that mean the opposite.  Hot & cold  Rhyming words (ending sound)  Root words  Add –s, -ed, -ing

What Students Should Know!  Reading Comprehension-  After reading with your child, ask him/her…  What type of writing? (fiction, non-fiction, letter, poem, etc.)  What is the story mostly about? (main idea)  What is the setting? (Where and when does it take place?)  What would be another good title for this story?  What happened first, next, last? (sequence)  Who are the characters? Main character?

What Students Should Know!  Reading Comprehension, cont’d  Parts of the book:  Cover  Title  Title page  Author  Illustrator  Table of Contents

REMINDER !  PLEASE remind your child to …  listen to and read the questions carefully.  look at the pictures carefully.  go back to the story to locate the answers.

What Students Should Know!  Language  Verbs (action words)  The cat climbs the tree.  Adjectives (describing words)  The black cat sleeps on the fluffy couch.  Nouns (person, place, thing, animal)  The teachers work at the school.

What Students Should Know!  Language  Subjects/Naming parts  Who?  Simple (1): Mom cooks dinner.  Compound (2): Mom and Dad cook dinner.  Predicate/Telling part  Did What?  Simple (1): Billy runs.  Compound (2): Billy runs and jumps.  Complete sentences  naming part/subject and telling part/predicate  Capitals and punctuation  Dr. Seuss wrote many books.

What Students Should Know!  Language  Combining Sentences with conjunctions: and  The boy ran. The girl walked.  The boy ran and the girl walked.  Types of Sentences:  Declarative (telling): I am going to school.  Interrogative (asking): Where is my shoe?

READ, READ, READ!  Please read to and with your child!!!!

Math CRCT 1 st grade  Math section will be given on Wed. April 14 th  Math section will be approximately 2-2 1/2 hours in length.  Teacher will be permitted to read math section to students a maximum of 2 times for each question.  Students will be permitted to use scrap paper and are encouraged to do so.  We will practice using scrap paper in class to model problems, etc.  Scrap paper will be collected with each test.

Areas of Content- Math  Number and Operations -story problems -story problems -adding and subtracting 1digit and 2 digit numbers without regrouping -adding and subtracting 1digit and 2 digit numbers without regrouping - combinations of coins - combinations of coins  Measurement -length, weight, capacity,temperature, telling time -length, weight, capacity,temperature, telling time  Geometry -plane shapes, 3 dimensional shapes, characteristics of these shapes. -plane shapes, 3 dimensional shapes, characteristics of these shapes.  Data Analysis and Probability -reading and interpreting information using tally marks, graphs, data tables. -reading and interpreting information using tally marks, graphs, data tables.

Internet Resources for practicing the math section of the CRCT    crct_practice_test1.htm

Ideas to help you practice math skills at home…..  Review papers that come home nightly. Ask your child what the directions were, have them explain quickly how they got the answers.  Practice counting money, telling time, quick recall of addition and subtraction facts. Small little doses work great as a review.

Fun games to play  Flashcard races Place addition and subtraction flashcards face down around a room. Set timer and race to see how many you or your child can turn over and get correct. Race against each other. Game can also be used with coin identification, vocabulary, etc.

 Change Jar * Allow your child to reach into a jar or cup that holds extra change. If they can count it correctly, they may keep the change. Have them decide about buying something and determining how much more money they will need, or how much change they will get back once they buy the item.

* Look for shapes everywhere. Play who can find the shape first while you are driving, waiting for an appt., etc. *Make up story problems and have your children solve them. Ex. Molly is going to the store and sees some shoes that she likes. She buys a pair of red shoes and a pair of blue shoes. How many shoes does she have in all? *Estimate when you can. Show a container of an object and ask your child to make a reasonable guess as to how many are in the container. The goal is to make a REASONABLE guess.

 Measure in the kitchen using cups, pints, etc. Allowing your child to help you make a recipe will allow them to show you how well they measure and it will allow them to practice using what they know.