Welcome to 5th Grade Academic Night!

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Welcome to 5th Grade Academic Night!

• Tonight you will learn about various online
  resources to help your child succeed in school

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• A Multidimensional Look at Choosing the Right
  Text for Your Child

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How do we determine a Just Right text for our
children?

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Three Part Model for Text Complexity
Quantitative Dimensions of Text Complexity
These are typically measured by computer
software MAP-R gives us a
lexile range for each child.
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Quantitative Measures of Text Complexity
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All Lexile scores are not created equally!

• Compare these lexile scores . . .
• Lexile 770 Lexile
  710

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All Lexile scores are not created equally!

• . . . to these!
• Lexile 810
  Lexile 850
• Recommended for ages 4-8 Recommended
  for ages 5-9

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• Determining Text Complexity
• A Lexile text measure is determined by
• word frequency
• sentence length.
• Many other factors affect text complexity,
• the structure of the text
• language usage
• the levels of meaning
• the appropriateness of the content
• the age and interests of the reader
• When choosing appropriate texts, the Lexile score
  is a good starting point, but other factors must
  be considered.

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www.Lexile.Com

• Your childs Lexile level is a good starting
  point because
• www.lexile.com makes it easy!
• Take a look!

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M.C.P.S. RIT Benchmarks!

• Fall Proficient Range 197 215
• LOOKING AHEAD
• Winter Proficient Range 203-219
• End of Year Range 203-222
• Now look at your paper to find your childs Fall
  RIT Score

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Leading your child to a Just Right book
A final thought

• Students need the opportunity and time to stretch
  their reading abilities but also to experience
  the satisfaction and pleasure of easy fluent
  reading.
• And, dont forget, your child is never too old
  for a read aloud. ?

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Math Homework Help!
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Does your Child Need Help with Math Homework?

• Take a look at WebMath
• Allows students to specify an area of need and
  provides support and sample problems
• http//www.webmath.com/

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Glencoe offers Math Help too!

• Glencoe offers online study tools to support the
  6th grade math curriculum
• www.glencoe.com offers
• Self Check Quizzes
• Chapter Review Practice Tests
• Math Vocabulary Support
• Online Tutors

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Directions to Navigate www.Glencoe.com

• Go to www.glencoe.com
• Select math as a subject
• Select the textbook as Applications and
  Connections, Course 1, 2001 Edition
• Go to Online Study Tools

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Multiplication Fact practice!!!

• In 5th grade it is our GOAL to have ALL STUDENTS
  be able to correctly identify 50 multiplication
  facts in two minutes by February 2013.
• Therefore your child needs DAILY PRACTICE!
• Practice suggestions
• Flash cards
• Online games, visit our 5th grade website
• Multiplication Practice
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mult/mult.h
  tml
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/fly_a_kite/
  
• http//www.mathfactcafe.com/
• http//www.aaastudy.com/mul.htmtopic2
• http//www.multiplication.com/