READING IN GRADE 3 LAKESHORE

Meet our Third Grade Teachers:

Teresa Cioffi

Nicole Elliott

Bethany Hall

Daniella Yackle

Leslie Cole

Jennifer Macry

Rebecca Yelton

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READING IN GRADE 3:�A PARENT’S GUIDE TO “READ TO ACHIEVE”

The following presentation was created in an effort to help parents understand the expectations and assessments for students in grade 3.

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WHAT IS READ TO ACHIEVE?

“Read to Achieve” is a North Carolina legislative act that states:

• All students must be proficient readers by the end of third grade. In other words, your child must read on a third grade level by the end of this school year in order to be promoted to the fourth grade.
• Students who are not proficient readers by the end of third grade must be given extra support.

WHY DOES READING PROFICIENCY MATTER?

READING DRIVES ALL INSTRUCTION!

If a student has difficulty in the subject of reading, he/she will have trouble reading and understanding information in Science, Social Studies, and Math books and handouts. It will also be hard for him/her to read and understand instructions and directions for classwork and tests.

HOW WILL PROFICIENCY BE DETERMINED?

3^RD GRADE READING PROFICIENCY WILL BE DETERMINED BY

3^rd grade EOG (Ultimate Goal)

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• 3^rd grade BOG
• RtA Portfolio Passages
• M-Class
• RtA Alternate Assessment

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BEGINNING-OF-GRADE TEST

(BOG)

BEGINNING OF GRADE (BOG) TEST

During the month of September, all 3^rd grade students took a computerized state assessment called the BOG (Beginning of Grade) that measured student’s reading level.

• 3^rd grade is the only grade that takes a BOG.
• Test data is used as a baseline
• No standardized test data from other years since EOG’s begin in the 3^rd grade

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• BOG results provide a student level, ranging from 1 to 5
• Levels 1 and 2 are students who have “Not Met Proficiency”
• Levels 3, 4, and 5 are students who have “Met Proficiency”

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RTA PORTFOLIO PASSAGES

RTA PORTFOLIO PASSAGES

• Passages are 1-3 pages, followed by 5 multiple choice questions
• The questions at the end of a passage will assess students’ understanding of 1 of 11 reading standards for 3^rd grade.
• To demonstrate proficiency, a student must score an average of 70%, or 11 out of 15 total points, for each standard. The 70% average is calculated using the top three passages.
• There are multiple passages for each of the 11 standards, which gives children ample opportunities to pass.

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RTA PORTFOLIO PASSAGES (CONT)

How the Portfolio Passages work:

1. Third grade teachers will teach a standard.
2. Students will complete an instructional passage (i.e., practice) for that standard.
3. The teacher will review and explain the instructional passage with the class, and go over the questions and correct answers.
4. Over the following weeks, students will take three passages for that particular standard.

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RTA PORTFOLIO PASSAGES (CONT)

Read to Achieve Passages must remain at school, so you will not see these assessments in weekly folders.

Each 3^rd grade student will have a portfolio folder where graded passages will be stored. A scored spreadsheet will be maintained for each student.

Your child’s teacher will keep you informed.

mClass Assessments

mClass

• M-Class: A reading assessment consisting of different subtests that include basic early literacy skills. This assessment is administered 3 times per school year and students must score at a 725 Lexile level to demonstrate proficiency.

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Read to Achieve test

Read to Achieve Test

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• Read to Achieve Alternative Assessment: A reading assessment similar to the RtA passages
• Administered the last Tuesday of the year.

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Reading Camp

WHAT IF MY CHILD DOESN’T DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY ON ANY ASSESSMENTS?

If a student does not reach a pathway, he/she will be invited to attend Reading Camp during the summer to help meet the standards.

• Students are given another opportunity to show proficiency through the RtA reading test administered at the end of Summer Reading Camp.
• If still not passing, then they are placed in a 3rd/4th grade transition class and we continue teaching 3rd and 4th grade standards
• Students will take the Read to Achieve test, in late October/Early November.
• If they still don’t, then we decide if we continue to keep students in 4th grade or if we retain them in 3rd grade.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Read to Achieve

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD

Strategies to Improve Reading

READ!!!!

Read with your child. Practice makes perfect and the only way to get better at reading is to read.

Help your child find a book that interests him/her, and listen to him/her read daily.

QUESTIONS ABOUT READ TO ACHIEVE?

We realize this is a LOT of new information!

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If you have questions or need help at any time, please contact your child’s 3^rd grade teacher.

RESOURCES

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/g3portfoliosampleset14.pdf

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Math

In third grade, students will:

• Add and subtract within 1,000 with regrouping
• Students will use strategies to round to the nearest 10 and 100
• Fractions: represent unit fractions,students will be able to identify fractions, find equivalent fractions, and compare fractions
• Measurement: estimating mass and length using customary units
• Find attributes of quadrilaterals
• Students will be able to fluently multiply and divide 0-12
• Find the area and perimeter of a rectangle
• Solve multistep problems using all 4 operations
• Determine time to the nearest minute and solve problems involving elapsed time