1. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Parent Leadership Academy Workshop How to prepare your child for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Presented by: Dr. Beth Bray, Supervisor Danielle Saldavia, Program Specialist

2. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Goals for this Presentation Provide detailed information on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Provide strategies for you to help your child succeed on the Smarter Balanced Assessment

3. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Three Types of Assessments

4. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014 ●Untimed ●Four sections to the test ○English/language arts- Computer Adaptive (Approximately 44 questions) ○English/language arts- Performance Task (Approximately 2 Short Text and 1 Full Write per task) ○Math- Computer Adaptive (Approximately 31 questions) ○Math Performance Task (Approximately 6 responses per task) ■Computer adaptive- responds to students’ answers and adapts subsequent questions

5. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014 Online test with multiple questions types Multiple Choice- Single response Multiple Choice- Multiple response Hot Text Evidence-based Selected Response Table Fill In Matching Tables Short Text Full text response

6. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014 http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/

7. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014 http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/

8. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Parent Resources ELA CCSS http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/fina lelaccssstandards.pdf Math CCSS http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccs smathstandardaug2013.pdf

9. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Parent Resources Scroll Practice This website is a great way to practice mouse skills. http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/Classes/Intforkids/cns1.html Mouse Practice This website helps students learn clicking and dragging/ dropping with the mouse. http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html Drag and Drop Math On the SBAC, students may need to drag numbers from one place to another to show their answer. This game helps students to practice with that skill. http://mrnussbaum.com/draggablemain/index2/ Shape Sorter On the SBAC, students will be asked to sort shapes into groups. This game asks students to pick two rules, then correctly sort their shapes. http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3581

10. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Parent Resources Interactive Patterns Blocks On the SBAC, students will be asked to manipulate shapes digitally. This website give students the chance to practice that skill. http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html Interactive Geoboard On the SBAC, students may be asked to build a shape on a grid. This game helps students with this skill. http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/geoboard/ Typing/Keyboarding Skills On the test, students will need to type their responses to a variety of questions. These programs will help students learn to keyboard accurately and quickly. http://www.e-learningforkids.org/computer-skills/lesson/keyboarding- skills/ http://www.freetypinggame.net/

11. Office of Curriculum and Professional Learning Elementary Division Please feel free to contact us if you have any other questions. Beth Bray- beth.bray@abcusd.usbeth.bray@abcusd.us (562) 926-5566 ext. 21075 Danielle Saldavia- danielle.saldavia@abcusd.us danielle.saldavia@abcusd.us (562) 926-5566 ext. 21187 Diana Munoz- diana.munoz@abcusd.usdiana.munoz@abcusd.us (562) 926-5566 ext. 21078 Questions