SOL PARENT TEACHER MEETING TAYLOR MAGNET SCHOOL

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SOL PARENT / TEACHER MEETINGTAYLOR MAGNET SCHOOL

• TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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SOL TESTS TAKEN IN FIFTH GRADE

• WRITING MARCH 2009
• MATH MAY 2009
• SCIENCE MAY 2009
• READING - MAY 2009

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WRITING SOL TEST

• Part One
• Edit writing for correct capitalization,
  punctuation, indentation, grammar, spelling, and
  sentence structure.
• (C P I G S)

• Part Two
• Write for a variety of purposes to inform, to
  persuade, to entertain, and to explain.

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MATH SOL TEST

• STRAND 1 NUMBER AND NUMBER SENSE
• STRAND 2 COMPUTATION AND ESTIMATION
• STRAND 3 MEASUREMENT
• STRAND 4 GEOMETRY
• STRAND 5 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
• STRAND 6 PATTERN, FUNCTIONS, AND ALGEBRA

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SCIENCE SOL TEST

• SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, REASONING, AND LOGIC
• FORCE, MOTION, AND ENERGY
• MATTER
• LIVING SYSTEMS
• INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN EARTH/SPACE SYSTEMS
• EARTH PATTERNS, CYCLES, AND CHANGE

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READING SOL TEST

• DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION, FLUENCY, AND ACCURACY
  OF FICTION AND NONFICTION.
• DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION OF INFORMATION FROM A
  VARIETY OF PRINT RESOURCES.

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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

• FOR SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE SOL
  TESTS, YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL. HERE ARE
  SOME SUGGESTIONS

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SUGGESTIONS

• Involve your child in activities that require
  practice and reinforcement of SOL skills.
• Look for ways these skills are used in everyday
  life.
• Invite your child to write and talk about what
  he/she has learned in the classroom.
• Help your child with their homework. This is a
  reinforcement of the skills taught everyday.
• Encourage your child to read and test on AR books
  to improve their reading
• comprehension.

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SOL TEST CHALLENGES

• CHALLENGE 1 MANIPULATING DATA
• CHALLENGE 2 TEXT SPLIT BY GRAPHICS
• CHALLENGE 3 DUAL USE OF LETTERS
• CHALLENGE 4 EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION IN PASSAGE
• CHALLENGE 5 READING A NUMBERED SENTENCE PASSAGE
• CHALLENGE 6 QUESTIONS NOT RELATED TO PASSAGE

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CHALLENGES

• CHALLENGE 7 CHOOSING THE BEST ANSWER FROM
  SENSIBLE ALTERNATIVES
• CHALLENGE 8 INTERPRETING GRAPHICS,
  ILLUSTRATIONS, OR TIME LINES
• CHALLENGE 9 LANGUAGE OF TEST QUESTIONS

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GET INVOLVED

• PLEASE WORK WITH US THIS YEAR TO ENSURE YOUR
  CHILDS SUCCESS ON THE SOL TEST.
• Thank you for your support and cooperation,
• Mrs. Appleton
• Miss Dudley
• Mrs. Moss