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Title: CRCT April 16th


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CRCT April 16th 18th21st, 22nd
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What does CRCT stand for?
  • Criterion-Referenced
  • Competency Tests
  • Designed to measure how thoroughly a student has
    learned a particular body of knowledge.

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What is on the CRCT?
  • Reading, English/Language Arts, Mathematics,
    Science, and Social Studies

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Requirements
  • 3rd grade students must earn a score of 800 on
    the Reading portion of the CRCT.
  • CRCT reports student achievement in terms of
    performance levelsExceeds The Standard
    (850-950)Meets The Standard (800-849)
  • Does Not Meet The Standard (650-799)

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Promotion and Retention
  • Students in the 3rd grade must pass the reading
    section of the CRCT in order to be promoted to
    the 4th grade.
  • Students who do not pass the reading section will
    participate in a Year-End Focus program that will
    be held here at the school during the school day
    after test scores have been received.
  • Student will then be allowed to re-take the
    section(s) of the test that are required.
  • If a student does not pass the re-test, then a
    committee consisting of the parent, teacher, and
    administrator meet to discuss the possibility of
    retention.

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Reading Section of the CRCT
  • Questions fall into three domains
  • Reading Skills and Vocabulary Acquisition
  • Literary Comprehension
  • Reading for Information

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Reading Skills and Vocabulary Acquisitions
  • This section tests the students ability to read,
    interpret, and apply difficult text and new
    vocabulary in a variety of text.

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Skills in this Section
  • Using words with more than one meaning.
  • Using homophones, synonyms, and antonyms.
  • Defining words with prefixes and suffixes.
  • Using context to define words.

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Questions in this domain can look like this
  • In the passage, the word prefer means
  • Which word means the opposite of eager?
  • What is the root word in disagree?
  • Which of the following is the correct definition
    of bundle in the sentence below?
  • Which word is a homophone for would?

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Suggestions for Practice at Home
  • Use a word in a sentence that the student is not
    familiar with. Ask them to define the word based
    on the words around it.
  • Say a word and have the student give synonyms
    and/or antonyms.
  • Give the student a multi syllable word and ask
    them to identify the root word, prefix, and
    suffix.
  • Give the student a root word such as wash, and
    ask them to make new words using suffixes and
    prefixes. (rewash, washable)

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Literary Comprehension
  • This section tests students ability to
    comprehend and analyze elements of literary
    works, such as short stories, fairy tales,
    fables, folktales, and poetry.

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Skills in this section
  • Making predictions
  • Determining authors purpose
  • Summarizing text
  • Recognizing plot, setting, characters and events
    in a story
  • Determining and explaining cause-and-effect

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Questions in this section can look like this
  • What is the main idea of this paragraph?
  • This section is most about
  • What do you expect Mary to do next?
  • What conclusion can you draw from the information
    in the first paragraph?
  • Which part of the story shows it is make-believe?

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Suggestions for practice at home
  • Look around the room and identify any cause and
    effect EX. The dog is barking because someone
    knocked on the door.
  • After watching a favorite TV show, discuss the
    characters, setting, and events that took place.
    Discuss the problem in the show and how it was
    resolved.
  • Read fairy tales, and folktales and discuss what
    makes them one.

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Reading for Information
  • This section tests students ability to read,
    recall, analyze information from nonfiction
    articles, biographies, subject-area texts, and
    reference sources.

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Skills in this section
  • Differentiating fact from opinion
  • Making predictions
  • Summarizing text content (main idea and
    supporting details.)
  • Interpreting illustrations, diagrams, charts,
    graphs, and graphic organizers

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Questions in this section can look like this
  • The authors purpose for writing this
  • passage is to
  • Is this statement fact or opinion?
  • You can tell the passage is nonfiction because
  • How many rivers are shown on the chart?

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Suggestions for practice at home
  • Practice reading charts, diagrams or graphs from
    magazines or newspapers.
  • Read a biography an autobiography together and
    discuss the difference.
  • Bake something together and ask questions about
    the recipe

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Suggestions for Parents
  • Talk daily with your child about the work
    he/she is completing in the classroom and the
    work assigned for homework/studyRead with your
    student and discuss what you have readWork
    closely with your childs teachersSet a goal
    with your child to improve his/her lexile
  • 3rd grade (500 800)

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CRCT Resources
  • www.georgiastandards.org
  • Lists the standards for your childs grade level
  • Click on Parents tab
  • Click on Testing Resources
  • Under CRCT Resources click on CRCT Study
    Guides
  • Go to the third grade website for additional CRCT
    practice links. http//teacherweb.com/GA/InmanElem
    entary/ThirdGrade

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