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STAAR Parent Meeting
Iduma Elementary
Welcome!
Agenda
What is STAAR?
Writing, Math,& Reading STAAR
Action Plan
Questions about STAAR
What is STAAR?State of Texas Assessment of
Academic Readiness
Students in grade three take the Math & Reading STAARStudents in grade four take the Writing, Math & Reading STAAR
Students in grade five take the Math, Reading & Science STAAR
We just took benchmarks (released tests)
Fourth GradeImportant Dates:
March 30 Writing Day 1*March 31 Writing Day 2*
April 21 Math
April 22 Reading
Fifth GradeImportant Dates:
March 31 Reading
April 20 Math
April 23 Science
Third GradeImportant Dates:
April 21 Math
April 22 Reading
STAAR
Passing Standards & Graduation Implications
Level II-Satisfactory
Level III-Advanced Academic Performance
Fifth Grade SSI
Students in grade five
must pass the Reading STAAR
to go to Sixth grade this year.
Passing the Math STAAR to go to sixth grade will not be a requirement this year.
They have 3 opportunities.
STAAR
4 hour time limit
A question can test two standards
Writing STAARTwo Days
Four hours each day
Expository, Narrative, Revise & Edit
26 lines
One question can test two standards
Writing
Iduma
•Writing process-plan, revise, edit, publish
•Writing conferences
•Writing in all subjects
•Friday Focused Rotations
Math STAAR
Four hours
Problem solving, problem solving, problem solving
One question can test two standards
Math chart
Show work
Math
Iduma
•Daily problem solving
•Focused lessons
•District wide curriculum
•FASTT Math
•Think Through Math
•ST Math
Home
•Practice multiplication for automaticity
•KISD Math Center – Fourth & Fifth Grade
•Think Through Math
Reading STAAR
Four hours
Inferencing----answers not “right there”
Variety of genres
Could compare two selections
Show work
READING Iduma
Shared Inquiry
Novel studies
Genre reading
Small group reading
Istation
Home
Have students read and answer questions about what they read
Read different genres-poetry, newspapers, recipes
Istation
Science STAAR
Four hours
Charts, models, and diagrams
One question can test two standards
Science
Iduma
•Hands on experiences
•Science Lab
•Focused units of inquiry
Home
•Find science in every day world
•Field trips-museums, planetariums, zoo
•Brain Pop
Action Plan
Teachers are using this data to intervene in the classroom.
Focused small groups
STAAR Practice Camps
Sharing data with parents
Upcoming STAAR Camps
April 11th:
3rd Grade Math
4th Grade 1 hour of Math/1 hour of Reading
5th Grade Math
April 18th:
3rd Grade Math
4th Grade 1 hour of Math/1 hour of Reading
5th Grade Science
Do you have any questions about STAAR?
Third Grade Support:[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
Fourth Grade Support:[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@killeenisd.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Fifth Grade Support:[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
Other Support:[email protected]@[email protected]