Reaching Out to Parents with useful EQAO Strategies

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Reaching Out to Parents with useful EQAO
Strategies

• To enable School Council members and parents to
  deepen their understanding regarding what EQAO is
  and how children can be better prepared through
  home support.

Goal
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What is EQAO?

• EQAO is Ontarios province-wide assessment
  program. The Primary assessment takes place at
  the end of grade 3, and the Junior assessment at
  the end of grade 6. In grade 9, students take a
  test in mathematics during the semester they are
  in a mathematics course. The OSSLT is
  administered in March every year, for students in
  grade 10.

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What does EQAO test?

• EQAO tests are based on The Ontario Curriculum,
  which details the knowledge and skills that
  students are expected to learn in each subject at
  each grade level.
• The tests are standards-based, with the
  standards being the curriculum expectations

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What can parents do to support reading and
writing development?

• Be a role-model for reading and writing behaviour
• Talk with your child oral language is critical
• Make reading and writing enjoyable through a
  variety of texts and activities
• Encourage your child to read every day, both for
  pleasure and for information

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• Read aloud to your child as frequently as
  possible
• Have your child read to you
• Talk with your child about what he/she is reading
• Encourage your child to write for many different
  purposes
• Have a variety of reading materials available in
  your home

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What can parents do to support mathematical
literacy development?

• Be positive about mathematics
• Make mathematics part of your childs day
• Use mathematics in real-life contexts such as
  cooking, when travelling, shopping, etc.
• Encourage your child to problem solve
• Encourage your child to communicate how a math
  problem was solved

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• Encourage your child to look for multiple
  solutions to a problem
• Encourage your child to use manipulatives when
  solving problems
• Children need to use multiple representations
  pictures, numbers, words, technology
• Practise estimating and checking the
  reasonableness of an answer try playing The
  Price is Right

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Whats happening in our schools?

• Peels Transformational Practices in action
• Looking at EQAO results to plan improvement
• School success planning
• Counting on You
• Primary-Junior tutoring programs
• Practice tests
• Reading clubs

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Exploring the EQAO website

• We invite you to visit www.eqao.com to explore
  the range of resources for parents.

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Brainstorming for Ideas

• As a school council, how can we support our
  school community in preparing students for the
  EQAO assessments?