This week we will be taking the STAR Reading and Math tests in room 104. This is the assessment used in the past grades and your student is familiar with it already. Below is the schedule of the testing that will happen.
Tips for testing:
- Students should have a great night sleep
- Students should have eaten a healthy and filling breakfast
- Students should be present at school and on time
- Makeups will be done for students absent, but the testing environment is then altered quarter to quarter for them if they have to take the test a different day or time. Makeups are done with Mrs. Exton in the DLL or Library.
STAR Math test= Monday, September 19 @ 8:00 am
STAR Reading test= Tuesday, September 20, @8:00 am
As we take this test multiple times through the year we keep days of the week and times of testing consistent to ensure accuracy of results. After students complete the test Tuesday they will be provided with their AR level and goals on the sheet in the front of their STAR binder. Please check this Tuesday evening. Students will then be permitted to start taking AR quizzes on books they have read starting Wednesday morning. Students can take the Third Grade Angels book quiz, but are not required to. Some books we have read in class also fit into AR this year and we will take those quizzes together as a class, you do not need to fill out quiz slips for Journeys or leveled reading group novels. Please remember that students will not be able to take AR quizzes on books that parents have not filled out a quiz slip for. There should be slips in the student binders already, but when students run out and need more remind them to get some from the AR quiz slip basket in the classroom library.
Here is a great link to learn more about STAR Reading if you are curious to learn more about it: CLICK HERE
Here is more on STAR math: CLICK HERE
If you are unfamiliar with AR and want to learn more about this program as well here is a great resource to check out! CLICK HERE and CLICK HERE
