Grade 5
PARCC state leaders and educators have designed a detailed and clear student assessment report on how your student is progressing and where he or she needs assistance. The PARCC score report uses clear icons and colors combined with information to explain results and resources for more information. The report is intended to help you work with your student s teachers and school officials to decide how best to support your student s needs.
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Written Expression To meet the Written Expression standard, fifth graders are expected to: Present a clear topic or opinion and organize ideas logically with supporting details and facts. Develop a sequence of events using description and dialogue when writing a story. Use linking words, like additionally or however, to connect ideas, reasons, and events. Use quotations as evidence to support ideas in writing. Language Conventions To meet the Language Conventions standard, fifth graders are expected to: Explain the role of conjunctions (if, but), prepositions (to, in), and interjections (boo!) in writing. Use correct grade-level punctuation, capitalization, and spelling when writing. Correctly use underlines, quotation marks, or italics to differentiate a title.
Written Expression Conventions
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Overview of PARCC Math Task Types Task Type Type 1 Type II Type III Scoring Method computer-scored only a mix of computerscored and handscored tasks Categories Major Content & additional and supporting content Reasoning (Major Content) Modeling
How many questions are there? Task Type Number of Tasks Point Value % of points Type I: Major & Supporting Type II: Reasoning Type III: Modeling 33 1-2 61% 4 3-4 21% 3 3 or 6 18%
Type I: Major Content Fractions: Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions including fractions with different denominators (e.g., 1/3 + ½) and mixed numbers (e.g., 2 ¾ + 1 ½). Decimals: Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals to the hundredths place (e.g., 0.62 0.41). Place value: Multiplying and dividing using two-, three-, and four-digit numbers (e.g. 0.62 0.41). Volume: Understanding what volume means, knowing the formulas, and finding a 3-D shape s volume.
Sample Problem Fractions
Type I: Additional and Supporting content Measurements: Converting unites within the same measurement system (e.g., centimeters to meters) DAta: Interpreting data and analyzing relationships by creating simple equations, tables, graphs, and line plots. Geometry: Classifying two-dimensional shapes into categories based on their properties.
Sample Problem Geometry
Reasoning Reasoning: Defending their work with clear, detailed explanations. Reviewing: Critiquing flawed reasoning. (like Puzzled Penguin) Revising:: Figuring out what went wrong, correcting their work, and doing a problem over again.
Sample Problem Place Value PART A Write this number in expanded form. 670,503 PART B Show or explain how to write 8,523 in expanded form using 15 hundreds. PART C A student used 80 ten thousands in the expanded form of the number 6,807,590. Show or explain how 6 hundred thousands, 80 ten thousands, 7 thousands, 5 hundreds, and 9 tens can or cannot be used to represent 6,807,590. If it cannot be used, show how you would correct it and still use 80 ten thousands.
Sample Response Computation = 1 point Reasoning= 1 point Reasoning = 2 points
Modeling Make a Plan: Analyzing real-world, multi-step problems and deciding what they need to do to find the solution. Create a model: Deciding the best way to model the important information in a problem, such as making a table or chart, drawing a picture, or writing an equation (or two) Evaluate the answer: Determining if their answer makes sense and if it doesn t, revising their model and trying again.
Sample Problem
Sample Response Modeling = 1 point Modeling= 1 point Computation= 1 point
PARCC offers information about the assessments including fact sheets, a glossary and sample test questions. http://parcconline.org/for-parents (State or district) Resources (Add state resources here) National Parent Teacher Association offers grade-by-grade parent guides for student success. Available in English and Spanish. www.pta.org/parents/content.cfm?itemnumber=2583 Great Schools offers Milestones, a free online collection of videos aimed at helping parents understand grade-level expectations in grades K-5. http://www.greatschools.org/gk/milestones/ America Achieves Raise the Bar offers free parent resources to help children succeed in school. Must sign up. http://raisethebarparents.org/raise-the-bar-for-your-child