tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73652735959604178112024-03-12T21:16:08.833-07:00Grade 6 Math and EQAOThis was created for Grade 6 students involved in the Mobile Computing Strategy (MCS).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-75099458732872267982011-04-29T09:52:00.000-07:002011-04-29T09:52:49.644-07:00Still wondering.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4659325081750533679" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 648px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What questions do you still have about the Grade 6 Math </span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; line-height: 25px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">EQAO </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; line-height: 25px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Assessment?</span></span></b></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em;"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-54697046147339277822011-04-29T09:50:00.000-07:002011-04-29T09:50:36.525-07:00Answering Open Response Questions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Here are some strategies the students in Mrs. Takeda and Mr. Fromstein's classes decided were helpful to know:</span></span></b></span><br />
-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> read the whole question</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- make sure you understand what the question is asking</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- use a tool (e.g, calculator, manipulative etc.)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- write something!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- write your response IN the box only!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- stay on topic</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- write in English</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- read the entire question</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- make sure you understand what the question is asking</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- eliminate the choices that you know are wrong</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- use manipulatives (or make your own if you can't find one that matches the question)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- do the math!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b>What other strategies do you think are important for other Grade 6 students to know?</b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-81936128988794440242011-04-28T21:32:00.000-07:002011-04-28T21:32:37.282-07:00Your Rights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Did you know that during the assessment you have the following rights:</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- to use a calculator during the entire assessment?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- use any manipulative (e.g., cubes, protractor, etc.) in the classroom?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- ask your teacher to read any question out loud to you?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- get extra time to finish answering the questions?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">The important thing to remember is that only you can DECIDE to use these rights! Your teacher cannot tell you to or remind you to use any of them!</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-74643945879531152032011-04-28T21:26:00.000-07:002011-04-28T21:26:22.151-07:002008-2009 (Measurement - surface area)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4467962368792310676" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 648px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Record your answer to the second part of the question using the comments button below. </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em;"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-47494814417265053242011-04-28T21:07:00.000-07:002011-04-28T21:08:07.470-07:002009-2010 (Geometry - transformations)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yIsFlahwDfs/Tbo4-N2AZNI/AAAAAAAABCI/I1x341FFbIA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+12.04.24+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yIsFlahwDfs/Tbo4-N2AZNI/AAAAAAAABCI/I1x341FFbIA/s640/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+12.04.24+AM.png" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5073860562397667709" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 648px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4467962368792310676" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 648px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Did you know that if you don't know what the word 'transformations' mean, your teachers cannot explain it to you during the assessment? You can't use a dictionary either. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">So what do you do?</span></span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Why do you think the writers included <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">3</span></span> as a choice?</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-24764530850136932662011-04-28T20:14:00.000-07:002011-04-28T20:23:41.002-07:002009-2010 (Geometry - angles)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-dHraU9uGQ/Tbosb7mcoRI/AAAAAAAABBY/DzGsilLZu64/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-28+at+11.09.59+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-dHraU9uGQ/Tbosb7mcoRI/AAAAAAAABBY/DzGsilLZu64/s640/Screen+shot+2011-04-28+at+11.09.59+PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Did you know that you can use ANY manipulative you want during the entire assessment? </span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Which manipulative would be helpful to answer this question?</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"></span></b></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">If you didn't have a ready-made manipulative, what could you do?</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></b></span></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-8796754140973020162011-04-28T19:58:00.000-07:002011-04-28T20:43:59.516-07:00Scoring Guides<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Once you solve an Open-Response question, you can compare your response with the examples.<br />
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<a href="http://www.eqao.com/pdf_e/10/6e_Math_WebRelease_ScoringGuide.pdf">2009-2010</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.eqao.com/pdf_e/09/6e_Math_WebRelease_ScoringGd.pdf">2008-2009</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.eqao.com/pdf_e/08/6e_Math_WebRelease_ScoringGd.pdf">2007-2008</a><br />
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You can find all the old assessments and examples of student work on the <a href="http://www.eqao.com/Educators/Elementary/036/BookletsandGuides.aspx?Lang=E&gr=036&yr=07">EQAO website</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365273595960417811.post-26422560654817538872011-04-28T19:45:00.000-07:002011-04-28T20:03:14.563-07:00Show your work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">According to EQAO, when you see 'show your work' in a question, you should:</span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Record all calculations and all the steps you went through to get your answer. You may use words, numbers, graphs, diagrams, symbols and/or charts.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Here are some examples of what this might look like:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Use words and symbols to make your solution clear.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Here are some examples of what this might look like:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Give reasons and evidence to show your answer is correct.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Here are some examples of what this might look like:</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; word-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br />
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