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
What EQAO is Looking for in WRITING
thorough planningcomplexity of ideasflow, sequencelevel of detail/descriptionsense of audience, voice, purpose, formvocabulary, sentence structuresconventions, paragraphs
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;
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
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
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 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