Eagle Plains Public School

EQAO Information Night (Education Quality and Accountability Office)

Agenda

General Information about EQAO Sample EQAO Questions EQAO Website Helpful Tips for Parents Questions and Answers

What is EQAO?Standardized assessment based on the

Ministry Expectations, administered by the Province in Grade 3 and Grade 6

The Assessments cover;READING WRITING MATHEMATICS

It assesses a student’s learning up to their current grade level (Grade 6 EQAO assesses the learning done between Grades 4-6)

It is a way to check students’ preparedness for the Grade 9 Assessment in Mathematics and the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

Differences Between a Classroom Assessment and EQAO AssessmentClassroom Assessment assessment for learning based on where the student

is with respect to the Grade 3 or 6 Ontario Curriculum expectations

a variety of accommodations based on student needs - greater teacher support

a variety of tools, strategies, approaches and formats

EQAO Assessment assessment of learning based on the Grade 3 or 6

Ontario Curriculum expectations

limited accommodations

based on EQAO criteria

written responses only independent demonstration prescribed timed tasks

EQAO at Eagle PlainsThe assessment is completed over 3 - 4 days.

Gr. 3 week of May 25th Gr. 6 week of June 1st

The total assessment is 6 - 8 hours long. 2 hours per day (approximately)

Students complete; 2 language books. 1 mathematics book.

Your child will write the assessment in his/her classroom with their classroom teacher.

Grade 3Types of Reading Questions

Vocabulary Phonological

awareness Retelling Parts of speech Conventions Non-fiction

Parts of story Author’s style Making

connections Inferring Opinion vs. fact Theme, style and

genre

What is EQAO Looking for in Reading?

higher-order thinking comprehension of details and main ideas justification - finding proof think and search - locating informationdrawing conclusions and making inferencesMaking relevant connections-text to text, text

to self, text to worlddeveloping supported opinions

What is EQAO Looking for in Reading?

critical thinking and analysis understanding author’s intentions vocabulary and meaningful substitutions Big Idea and Life Lessons

After reading a short story...

What EQAO is Looking for in WRITING

thorough planningcomplexity of ideasflow, sequencelevel of detail/descriptionsense of audience, voice, purpose, formvocabulary, sentence structuresconventions, paragraphs

Writing Assessment

EQAO Grade 3Mathematics Assessment

The first section of the booklet will consist of 6 or 7 questions, which are multiple choice. Students are not allowed to use manipulatives to answer these questions. The second part of section 1 and section 2 consist of short answer problem solving questions and multiple choice, where students are allowed to use calculators and manipulatives.

Mathematics AssessmentGrade 3

The test covers all strands of the mathematics curriculum which are:

Number Sense and Numeration – representing and comparing numbers, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, representing money amounts, counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 25’s, and 100

Geometry – comparing angles to a right angle; 2D and 3D shapes; movement on a grid map; and flips, slides and turns

Patterning and Algebra – number patterns, attribute patterns, using tables to record patterns, equations

Data Management – graphing and probability Measurement – measuring distance; telling time to the nearest 5

minutes and relating units of time; temperature benchmarks; area and perimeter; mass, and capacity of objects;

Sample Math Questions

Grade 6Reading Skills Assessed

Understanding explicitly stated information and ideas

Understanding implicitly stated information and ideas

Making connections between information and ideas

Understanding in literary, graphic and informational texts

Grade 6 Reading Skills Demonstrate understanding in literary,

graphic and informational texts Recognize text features and stylistic

elements and demonstrate how they help communicate meaning

After reading a short story...

Grade 6Writing Skills Assessed

using knowledge of form and style spelling, grammar, punctuation

develop and organize content apply knowledge of language conventions

and present written work effectively

Grade 6 Writing Assessment

WWW.EQAO.COM

Parent Resources

Last 5 years of assessments

Example of the New Layout

Parent/Student TipsYou can encourage your grade 3 student by :

take advantage of the on-line math skills in Prodigy

Sit with your child and experience the literacy skills to be

learned with RAZ-Kids

Parent/Student TipsGrade 6 student Math support:

www.mathfrog.ca

Mathfrog supports students and parents

Parent/Student TipsYou can support your child by :

Ensuring he/she has adequate sleep before the test

Providing proper nutritionSending a water bottle with your childEncouragement – talk with your child

about what they did

What will be reported on for the EQAO Assessment?

Individual Student Report:

Overall results for reading, writing and mathematics

Comparative data showing individual student results in relation to school, board and provincial results

A copy of this presentation is available as a link on the Eagle Plains Home page.

Thank you for supporting our school and our students!

Questions and answers...