This document summarizes a parent meeting about the SAT-10 standardized test that students in grades K-2 at Spanish Lake Elementary will take in April. It provides information about test dates and content, sample test questions, and tips to help students prepare and do their best on the test, such as making sure they get a good night's sleep, eat breakfast, and are in school on testing days. Parents are encouraged to read with their children for 20-30 minutes per day and to use everyday materials like cereal boxes, magazines, and games to promote reading skills.

1. STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TEST
PARENT MEETING
SPANISH LAKE ELEMENTARY
GRADES K, 1 & 2
PRESENTED BY: CAROLINA TORRES &
MARTHA VARGAS

2. PARENT GUIDE TO SAT-10
 Test Dates: April 10th & 11th, 2012 (make-up 4/12 & 4/13)
 SAT 10 - Reading Comprehension and Mathematics: Problem
Solving subtests – 1st and 2nd only.
 SESAT 2 – Kindergarten - Reading and Math
 It is critical that all students be present on the day of the
test. The students will feel more comfortable in their own
homeroom with their homeroom teacher.

3. TESTING SCHEDULE
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4. WHAT IS THE SAT - 10
 The SAT–10 is used to measure student
achievement in reading and mathematics
in grades K-2.
 The SAT–10
 Multiple choice
 Data used to compare student nationwide

5. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCORES?
Two types of scores
 Percentile scores
Range from 1% - 99% (50% is national average)
 Stanine scores
 Range from 1 (low) to 9 (high)

6. KINDERGARTEN SESAT 2
 SENTENCE READING SUBTEST
MEASURES STUDENTS’ ABILITY
TO COMPREHEND
SINGLE, SIMPLE SENTENCES
AND TWO RELATED
SENTENCES.

7. CONTENT CLUSTER: PREDICTABLE TEXT

8. CONTENT CLUSTER: ONSET-RIME

9. CONTENT CLUSTER: SIMPLE SENTENCE

10. FIRST GRADE READING SAT
 Two Sentence Stories
 Cloze
 Short Passages with Questions
Literary
Informational
Functional

11. TWO SENTENCE STORIES

12. CLOZE

13. SHORT PASSAGE WITH QUESTIONS

14. SECOND GRADE READING SAT
Types of text:
•Literary
• Stories, fables, fairytales
•Informational
• Science, Social Studies, material found in
textbooks
•Functional
• Text about everyday life situations

15. LITERARY

16. INFORMATIONAL

17. FUNCTIONAL

18. USING THE SAT-TASK CARDS

19. TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD’S
TEST SCORES
 Read for at least 20-30 minutes a day.
 Get a good night's sleep the night before test day.
 Eat a nutritious breakfast before school.
 Bring a sweater!
 Make sure that your child is in school on testing dates.
 Encourage your child to listen carefully to all test-taking
directions given by the teacher and to ask questions about
any directions that are unclear.
 Encourage your child to do his/her best!!!!

20. EVERYDAY READING OPPORTUNITIES:
 Cereal Box
 Newspaper
 Fast food paper bag
 Phonebook
 Addressed & stamped envelope
 Recipe or easy mix boxes
 “Waiting room” magazine with educational emphasis
 Card or board game
 Book in Spanish
 Street signs & billboards

21. HELPFUL WEBSITES:
 www.explorereadingandmath.org
(tonight’s presentation will be posted)
Educational websites for primary grades:
 www.tickettoread.com
 www.riverdeep.dadeschools.net
 www.starfall.com
 Thank you for attending! If you have any other questions
feel free to contact us.