STAAR Parent Meeting

Iduma Elementary

Welcome!

Agenda

What is STAAR?

Writing, Math,& Reading STAAR

Action Plan

Questions about STAAR

What is STAAR?State of Texas Assessment of

Academic Readiness

Students in grade three take the Math & Reading STAARStudents in grade four take the Writing, Math & Reading STAAR

Students in grade five take the Math, Reading & Science STAAR

We just took benchmarks (released tests)

Fourth GradeImportant Dates:

March 30 Writing Day 1*March 31 Writing Day 2*

April 21 Math

April 22 Reading

Fifth GradeImportant Dates:

March 31 Reading

April 20 Math

April 23 Science

Third GradeImportant Dates:

April 21 Math

April 22 Reading

STAAR

Passing Standards & Graduation Implications

Level II-Satisfactory

Level III-Advanced Academic Performance

Fifth Grade SSI

Students in grade five

must pass the Reading STAAR

to go to Sixth grade this year.

Passing the Math STAAR to go to sixth grade will not be a requirement this year.

They have 3 opportunities.

STAAR

4 hour time limit

A question can test two standards

Writing STAARTwo Days

Four hours each day

Expository, Narrative, Revise & Edit

26 lines

One question can test two standards

Writing

Iduma

•Writing process-plan, revise, edit, publish

•Writing conferences

•Writing in all subjects

•Friday Focused Rotations

Math STAAR

Four hours

Problem solving, problem solving, problem solving

One question can test two standards

Math chart

Show work

Math

Iduma

•Daily problem solving

•Focused lessons

•District wide curriculum

•FASTT Math

•Think Through Math

•ST Math

Home

•Practice multiplication for automaticity

•KISD Math Center – Fourth & Fifth Grade

•Think Through Math

Reading STAAR

Four hours

Inferencing----answers not “right there”

Variety of genres

Could compare two selections

Show work

READING Iduma

Shared Inquiry

Novel studies

Genre reading

Small group reading

Istation

Home

Have students read and answer questions about what they read

Read different genres-poetry, newspapers, recipes

Istation

Science STAAR

Four hours

Charts, models, and diagrams

One question can test two standards

Science

Iduma

•Hands on experiences

•Science Lab

•Focused units of inquiry

Home

•Find science in every day world

•Field trips-museums, planetariums, zoo

•Brain Pop

Action Plan

Teachers are using this data to intervene in the classroom.

Focused small groups

STAAR Practice Camps

Sharing data with parents

Upcoming STAAR Camps

April 11th:

3rd Grade Math

4th Grade 1 hour of Math/1 hour of Reading

5th Grade Math

April 18th:

3rd Grade Math

4th Grade 1 hour of Math/1 hour of Reading

5th Grade Science

Do you have any questions about STAAR?

Third Grade Support:denetra.moore@killeenisd.orgroy.gomez@killeenisd.orgmonica.labeur@killeenisd.orgtracey.chervenka@killeenisd.orgjessica.napolez@killeenisd.orgamanda.johnson@killeenisd.orgmelissa.jenkins@killeenisd.orgjudy.tyson@killeenisd.orglarae.ward@killeenisd.org

Fourth Grade Support:penni.cannon@killeenisd.org meghan.sparks@killeenisd.org melissa.walcik@killeenisd.orgtonya.miller@killeenisd.org christine.douglass@killeenisd.org john.brown@killeenisd.org gale.jones@killeenisd.org larae.ward@killeenisd.org

Fifth Grade Support:elizabeth.stover@killeenisd.orglloret.mcneill@killeenisd.orgjamie.hanson@killeenisd.orgisabel.harris@killeenisd.orgron.sursa@killeenisd.org

Other Support:katy.bohannon@killeenisd.orgjudy.tyson@killeenisd.orglarae.ward@killeenisd.org