Grade 6 EQAO Parent Information Session

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Grade 6 EQAO Parent Information Session

• Malvern Junior P.S.
• Presented by
• Mrs. Frendjian, Mr. Melchiorre and Mrs. Shuttin

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Welcome Parents

• Evening Agenda
• Parent Quiz How much do you know about EQAO?
• How to Use Your Practice Booklet at Home
• Grade 6 Sample Questions and Student Responses
• Question and Answer Period

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Quiz Multiple Choice

• Choose the best answer from the options below.
• The letters E.Q.A.O. stand for
• Education Quality Assessment of Ontario
• Evil Questions Attacking Ontario
• Education Quality and Accountability Office
• Equality Quotient Assessment of Ontario

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Correct Response

• C) Education Quality and Accountability Office
• It is an independent provincial agency that
  conducts province wide tests in grade 3, 6, 9 and
  10 in reading, writing and mathematics. The
  results are reported to educators, parents and
  the public.

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Quiz True or False?

• The main goal of EQAO Testing is to make
  recommendations to school boards in order to
  improve learning and teaching.

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Answer TRUE

• The tests give parents, teachers, principals
  and school boards information about how well
  students have learned what the province expects
  them to learn in reading, writing and
  mathematics. The results for each student are
  sent to the school where the testing took place.
  EQAO also releases provincial, school board and
  school results.

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Quiz True or False?

• E.Q.A.O. is counted as part of your childs
  report card marks.

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Answer FALSE

• The grades 3 and 6 tests do not count as part
  of a students mark and do not affect their
  progress or future opportunities in school.
• The grade 9 math test can count for up to 10 of
  the students math mark. However, students must
  pass the Grade 10 Literacy Test or Literacy
  course in order to graduate with an Ontario
  Secondary School Diploma.

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How are test results used?

• Teachers and principals get a report that shows
  how students performed in reading, writing and
  mathematics
• If many students did poorly on a particular
  skill, then teachers try to find better teaching
  strategies or resources to help students be more
  successful
• If students in many schools have similar
  difficulties, then school boards know that all
  schools need to improve their teaching strategies
  or find better resources

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Quiz True or False?

• Students on an I.E.P. (Individual Education
  Plan) do not write the E.Q.A.O. test.

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Answer FALSE

• All students are encouraged to write the test
  but some students with special needs may be
  exempt. The accommodations outlined in student
  IEPs also help students write the EQAO tests.
  They may include more time to write, a quiet
  setting or having someone read instructions or
  questions to them.

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True or False?

• Parents do not get to see the results of their
  childs EQAO Test.

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Answer FALSE

• Parents receive test results in the Fall. Results
  are sent to the school where the students wrote
  the test, and the school forwards them to any
  student who has moved to a new school.

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Quiz True or False?

• Parents can do very little to help their children
  prepare for the EQAO test at home.

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Answer FALSE

• Parents can help their children get ready for the
  EQAO test in a variety of ways.
• Use the Practice Test booklet
• Teach test-taking strategies outlined in Practice
  Booklet
• Visit the EQAO website and printing previous EQAO
  tests and examples of student responses
  (http//www.eqao.com/Parents/Elementary/036/036.as
  px)
• Encourage your child to think critically by
  asking questions and to seek answers about
  everyday topics
• http//www.eqao.com/Parents/Elementary/036/036.asp
  x

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How to Use The Practice Booklet at Home

• Separate the sections (Resource Booklet and
  Practice Test Booklet)
• Review Dr. Dons test-taking strategies (Pages
  1-19)
• Read text slowly and carefully.
• Read it again.
• Create a video of the story in your mind.
• Read the questions slowly and carefully.
• Underline KEY WORDS.
• Look in the text and find the correct answer to
  the question.
• Have your child complete assigned sections of the
  Practice Test Booklet and review responses using
  the answers in the Resource Booklet.

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Achievement Levels

• Level 1 (Code 10) D- to D (50 to 59)
• Much Below Provincial Standard
• Level 2 (Code 20) C- to C (60 to 69)
• Approaching Provincial Standard
• Level 3 (Code 30) B- to B (70 to 79)
• Meeting Provincial Standard
• Level 4 (Code 40) A- to A (80 to 100)
• Surpasses Provincial Standard

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Funny Money
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Sample Question - Reading

• Text A Good Decision
• Open Response Question 1
• What makes the security features easy to use? Use
  two examples from the text to support your
  answers.
• Open Response Question 2
• In the sentence Knowing how to recognize
  counterfeit money just makes cents! What is the
  significance of the word cents? Use information
  from the text and your own ideas to support your
  answer.

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Reading Open Response Levels

• Level 1 Attempts to explain, but provides
  inaccurate support
• Level 2 Indicates a partial understanding by
  providing vague support from the reading
  selection
• Level 3 Indicates understanding by including
  some accurate and relevant support, and some
  vague or underdeveloped support
• Level 4 Indicates an understanding by
  explaining fully and provides specific and
  relevant support

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Funny Money Level 1
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Funny Money Level 2
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Funny Money Level 3
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Funny Money Level 4
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Letter to Principal
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Incomplete Answer
Rationale Response is off topic.
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Letter to Principal - Level 1
Rationale Response is undeveloped and is unclear
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Letter to Principal - Level 2
Rationale ideas in the response are minimally
developed.
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Letter to Principal - Level 3
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Letter to Principal - Level 4
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Test-taking Skills in Mathematics

• Students need to
• understand KEY WORDS (i.e., describe, explain,
  compare, attributes figure)
• See Page 27
• determine whether the problem is simple or
  complex See page 39
• If a problem is complex, follow Dr. Dons Problem
  Solving Strategy

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Sample Question - Mathematics
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Open Response Mathematics Level 1
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Open Response Mathematics Level 2
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Open Response Mathematics Level 3
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Open Response Mathematics Level 4
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Helping Your Child with Key Words in Questions

• What is the question asking me to do?
• Compare
• Define
• Describe
• Determine
• Explain/Explain your thinking
• Identify
• Justify
• List
• Predict
• Summarize

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Thank you for coming! Some Words of Wisdom for
Reflection

• "There are no shortcuts to life's greatest
  achievements."
• "Believe and you will achieve."
• "You can't learn if you don't make a mistake."
• "You don't have to be great to start but you have
  to start to be great."
• "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from
  playing the game."
• "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal.
  It is courage that counts."

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• Questions