WELCOME TO ELON ELEMENTARY EOG INFORMATION NIGHT

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WELCOME TO ELON ELEMENTARYEOG INFORMATION NIGHT
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END OF GRADE DATES

• MAY 18TH EOG Background Information
• MAY 19-22 Regular EOG administration
• MAY 26-29 Make-ups and remediation
• June 1 Remediation
• JUNE 2-5 Re-test EOG (Reading, Math, Science)
  
• JUNE 8-10 Re-test as needed
• July Summer school and re-test 2

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EOG REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a passing score of level 3 or level 4
• This includes Math, Reading, and Science

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TEST TAKING STRATEGIES

• Go to bed early
• Eat a good breakfast
• Have 2 sharpened 2 pencils
• Have a good, positive attitude
• Read each question carefully
• Mark out the answers you know are wrong
• When you finish take any extra time to check your
  answers

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MATH OBJECTIVE BREAKDOWN

• Number and operations 20-25
• Measurement 10-15
• Geometry 25-30
• Data and probability 10-15
• Algebra 20-25

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TYPES OF MATH QUESTIONS

• 28 questions are calculator inactive. This is to
  see that students are able to calculate without
  calculator use.
• 54 questions allow students to use a calculator,
  which we do almost every day in class.

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EXAMPLE MATH QUESTIONS

• Most questions require that students analyze or
  apply what they have learned.
• Mr. Gibbons dogs eat a total of 24 cups
  of dry dog food a day. About how many quarts of
  dry dog food would his dogs eat in a month?

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SCIENCE OBJECTIVE BREAKDOWN

• Ecosystems 25-30
• Landforms 20-25
• Weather 20-25
• Motion and Design 25-30

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EXAMPLE SCIENCE QUESTION

• What is the consequence of cutting down trees?
• A reduction in the amount of pollution on Earth
• B. An increase in the number of plants living on
  Earth
• C. A reduction in the variety of organisms
  living on Earth
• D. An increase in the number of arctic
  ecosystems on Earth

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EOG READING BREAKDOWN

• Goal 1 5-10 The reader will apply enabling
  strategies and skills to read and write.
• Goal 2 58-62 The learner will apply
  strategies and skills to comprehend text that is
  read, heard, and viewed.
• Goal 3 30-35 The learner will make
  connections through use of oral language, written
  language, and media and technology.

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READING EOG EXAMPLES

• Bend low again, night of summer stars.
• So near you are, sky of summer stars,
• So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars,
• Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
• So near you are, summer stars,
• So near, strumming, strumming,
• So lazy and hum-strumming.

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• What best describes the mood in Summer Stars?
• Spiteful
• Peaceful
• Joyful
• Regretful

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After reading a passage about Blackbeard

• How is the information in this section organized?
• By putting the most important information first
• By comparing past events with current events
• By putting the facts first and then adding an
  opinion
• By writing events in the order in which they
  occurred

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NONFICTION

• Students may be asked to read a science, social
  studies, biography etc.. passage and answer
  questions.
• Almost all of the questions would require higher
  level thinking such as analyzing the information
  to answer the questions.

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• NCDPI website has sample questions in reading,
  math, and science
• www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eog
• Click subject
• Click Sample test items
• Click End of Grade
• Click Grade 5
• Each goal has its own sample questions with
  answers.