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Your child will be
taking the Ohio Reading Achievement Test soon after starting third grade
(in October).
This October test is designed to help the teacher gauge what types of reading
instruction your child needs over the third grade year to help them pass the
test when it is administered again in May; many children don’t pass the test
in October.
To help your child
get a head start on the test, have them read over the summer
.
I strongly recommend having quiet time each day for 20-30 minutes where your
child reads silently.
To help you understand how your child is decoding words in a text, have them
read to aloud you periodically.
Also, make sure your child is reading different genres of text; half of the
Ohio Reading Achievement test covers nonfiction texts.
You can practice
some of the things on the Ohio Reading Achievement test when you work with
your child over the summer.
Some of the things your child will need to know for the test include:
*prefixes/suffixes (like mis-, -able, -less, etc.)
*contractions (did not/didn’t)
*figuring out word meaning using context clues
*answering questions about information in nonfiction texts
*putting events in order (what happened first, second, etc.)
*finding the “important idea” (main idea) in nonfiction texts
*3
details that support the “important” or main ide
*finding the theme in fictional text
*synonyms/antonyms
*making inferences (what isn't stated in the text but is understood nevertheless)
The Ohio Reading
Achievement test is nothing to stress about since your child will take it in
both October and May, but knowing about it may ease some anxiety for your
child during the beginning of third grade.
The most important test preparation is making sure your child reads over the
summer so their skills are sharp when they get back to school in the fall.
Please See My "Parent Resource" Links page for PRACTICE TEST websites or...
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