EQAO GRADE 6

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT

Welcome!

WHAT DO DLMS PARENTS WANT?

How do I help prepare my child for

EQAO?

What is the school doing to prepare

students for EQAO?

Is there anything else you would like

to get out of this presentation?

TIPS FOR PARENTS

Good night’s sleep

Positive attitude and encouragement

Avoid pressure

Try to schedule vacations and appointments

outside of the testing dates

Send snacks and water

Ensure your child is dressed for physical activity

each day (for after the test)

TIPS FOR PARENTS CONTINUED

If you want to reinforce some of our key messages

that are specific to the test they are:

Read the question to understand

Read your final response – does it

answer the question?

TIPS FOR PARENTS CONTINUED

Edit – does the answer make sense?

Double check multiple choice answers: use

scratch paper to work out the answers!

Remind them that their teacher is NOT

marking the test. Someone that doesn’t know

them is marking it, so they need to

communicate clearly. Writing is ESSENTIAL.

EQAO Website

READING FOR 2015

There will most likely be four reading texts on the 2015 test:

Fiction

Multiple Choice

Open Response

Comprehension Understanding of vocabulary

Inferring Information

Features of Text

Media Non-

Fiction Poetry

Based on previous year’s tests, the Question Formats will likely be:

Questions Topics are generally involving:

READING - WHAT IS EQAO LOOKING FOR?

EQAO is looking for students to read

and clearly communicate their

understanding of the text.

READING TIPS

Grade 6 teachers will:

practice EQAO readings and questions

Review different level responses

practice highlighting the most important ideas in

the text and in the questions

EQAO vocabulary

Suggest improvements for student growth

SAMPLE READING QUESTION

Why might people compare the

location of the stars to a body shape?

Use specific details and examples from

the selection to support your answer.

HOW DID WE DO ON THE SAMPLE

READING QUESTION?

Level 1:

Response attempts to answer the question. The response either:

- answers an aspect of the question OR

- does not refer to the reading selection OR

- provides inaccurate support.

Level 2:

Response indicates a partial understanding of why might people

compare the location of the stars to a body shape. The response

provides:

- irrelevant support from the reading selection OR

-vague support from the reading selection OR

- limited support.

Level 3:

Response indicates an understanding of why might people compare the

location of the stars to a body shape. The response includes:

- some accurate and relevant support and

- some vague or underdeveloped support.

The response requires the reader to make some connections between the

support and what it is intended to prove.

Level 4:

Response indicates an understanding of why might people compare the

location of the stars to a body shape and provides specific and relevant

support from the reading selection to explain fully why people might

compare the location of the stars to a body shape.

WRITING

In previous years of testing the following text forms have been asked from the students:

Recount

Content, Ideas and

Organization

Mechanics and

Grammar

Letter

Procedure

Narrative Exposition

Writing is evaluated in two ways:

Comparative

Explanatory

Descriptive

WRITING - WHAT IS EQAO LOOKING FOR?

Responses with:

Clear focus & well-developed ideas

Supporting details

Organization

Response has a thorough relationship

to the assigned task

WRITING TIPS

Grade 6 teachers will:

Practice EQAO writing tasks

Review different level responses

Point out consistent errors in your child’s

organization, grammar, and spelling

Suggest improvements for student growth

SAMPLE WRITING QUESTION

Write an announcement that you would read at a

school assembly to convince everyone in your school

that recycling is important.

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Level 1:

Response is not developed; ideas and information are limited and

unclear. Organization is random with no links between ideas. Response

has a limited relationship to the assigned task.

Level 2:

Response is minimally developed with few ideas and little information.

Organization is minimal with weak links between ideas. Response is

partly related to the assigned task.

Level 3:

Response has a

clear focus,

adequately

developed with ideas

and supporting

details. Organization

is simple or

mechanical with

adequate links

between ideas.

Response is clearly

related to the

assigned task.

Level 4:

Response has a clear focus,

well-developed with sufficient

specific and relevant ideas

and supporting details.

Organization is logical and

coherent with effective links

between ideas. Response

has a thorough relationship

to the assigned task.

TYPES OF MATH QUESTIONS

Number Sense and Numeration

Geometry and Spatial Sense

Patterning and Algebra Data Management and

Probability Measurement

Vocabulary Multiple Choice Open Ended All problem solving

WHAT IS EQAO LOOKING

FOR IN MATH?

► Justify answers using logical reasoning

► Communication through pictures, numbers and

words

► Apply learned knowledge to solve multi-step

problems

► Demonstrate understanding in a variety of forms

PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL

Understanding the Problem

(read, understand, highlight keywords and information,

locate the Q)

Make a Plan Consider possible math, tools and manipulatives, Select a

strategy

Solution/ Carry Out the Plan

Do the Math, Show all your work, Explain your thinking

Look Back

Does it make sense, can you justify the solution?

HOW DID WE DO ON THE SAMPLE

QUESTION? (FROM 2009-2010 EQAO ASSESSMENT)

Consider the fractions:

3/4, 18/25, 15/20, 75/100

Which fractions represent equal values?

Justify your answer.

(Testing Application of knowledge and skills to compare fractions

by determining which fractions represent equal values)

SCORING RUBRIC (FROM EQAO’S WEBSITE)

Student demonstrates a misunderstanding of concepts;

comparisons are not made using a common form or denominator;

conclusion is incorrect.

Level 1

Student demonstrates partial understanding of the concepts;

determines through multiplication that 3/4 and 15/20 are equal values;

does not determine that 75/100 is also an equal value and does not

consider 18/25.

Level 2

Student demonstrates an understanding of the concepts;

expresses each fraction out of 100 to compare the fractional amounts

including 18/25. Justification not very clear, using appropriate math

vocabulary

Level 3

Student demonstrates a thorough understanding of the concepts; uses

division to convert them into decimals and then expresses each fraction out

of 100 to compare the fractional amounts including 18/25.

Level 4

Student demonstrates a thorough understanding of the concepts; uses

multiplication to expresses each fraction out of 100 to compare the

fractional amounts including 18/25.

Level 4

SUPPORTING MATHEMATICAL

LITERACY AT HOME

► Be positive about mathematics

► Use mathematics in real-life contexts such as cooking,

when travelling, shopping, etc.

► Encourage your child to communicate how a math

problem was solved

► Encourage your child to look for multiple solutions to a problem

► Children need to use multiple representations – pictures, numbers, words, technology, manipulatives

► Practise estimating and checking the reasonableness of an answer

STUDENTS NEED:

► to bring pens, pencils, erasers, hi-lighters and a

positive attitude

► to express what they know and how they know it

► to investigate and problem-solve

► to use appropriate resources and materials

► to have test-taking skills and strategies

► to have a calm, encouraging environment

QUESTIONS