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Fourth Grade Math SOL:A Guide for Parents
How 4th grade math is taught and tested at Timber Lane
Diane Leipzig, Ph.D.Assistant Principal 2/13/2015
3rd - 12th grades Online 15% TEIs Rigor
The SOL Years!
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Increased Rigor Since 2012
How are TEIs harder than multiple choice?What do students need to know besides the math?How does online testing affect test strategies?What makes this a more rigorous test?
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SOL Online Tools: Math
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New standards Thinking levels Academic language Multiple representations Strategic thinking Number sense
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New Standards
Adopted 2009 1st tested 2012 Higher-order
thinking skills
Level I: Knowledge Level II: Comprehension Level III: Application Level IV: Analysis
Thinking Levels
3: The student will investigate and identify examples of the identity and the commutative properties for addition and multiplication.4: The student will investigate and describe the associative property for addition and multiplication.5: The student will investigate and recognize the distributive property of multiplication over addition.
Academic LanguageNAME THAT PROPERTY
3: The student will represent multiplication and division, using area, set, & number line models
4: The student will, given a model, write the decimal and fraction equivalents
Multiple Representations
Order the following from least to greatest:1 3 1 2 4 32 3 8 8 5 44: The student will compare and order fractions and mixed numbers5: The student will compare and order fractions and decimals in a given set from least to greatest and greatest to least.
Strategic Thinking
21 0.028 1.78 2.1
Mr. Gary’s class has a goal of selling 500 pizzas in three months. The class sold 135 pizzas in the first month and 265 pizzas in the second month. Exactly how many more pizzas does the class need to sell to reach its goal?
4: The student will solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition and subtraction with whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
Number Sense
TEI practice resources
Website: Interactive Mathhttp://www.allenteachers.com/interactive/mathematics/
Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/ohostetter/technology-enhanced-items/http://www.pinterest.com/ruthmatheny/tei-resources/
VDOE Practice Items http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/practice_items/index.shtml
