This week, the 6th graders will continue to review for the CST. We will be taking a short "pre-test" on Monday to see how prepared the students are. Expect your child to bring home their graded pre-test with a CST predictor score. Each day, we will be focusing on 2-3 key standards and on Friday, we will take a "post-test" to see how much we have improved and indicate how prepared we are for the CST.
On Monday, I will also be talking to the students about how the CST is structured. There are 65 math questions and the students will have 2 days to complete them (technically, they have unlimited time and can ask for more than the 2 days that have been allocated). The number of questions that students must correctly answer in order to get Advanced, Proficient, Basic, Below Basic, and Far Below Basic vary each year slightly. Below is the breakdown for last year.
| 55-65 | Advanced |
| 43-54 | Proficient |
| 31-42 | Basic |
| 21-30 | Below Basic |
| 0-20 | Far Below Basic |
There are 30 different standards that can be tested on the CST. Some are more important than others. For example, one standard could have 6 questions on the CST, whereas another standard may have one question every other year. This week, we will be focusing on the "key" standards. These are the standards that have 3 or more questions on the CST. If a student were to answer all of the key standard questions on the CST correctly, they would easily score Proficient.
Students who do not finish the classwork must complete it for homework.
8th Graders will be working on word problems this week, covering the last bit of material of the curriculum.
Homework for the week is as follows:
6th Grade HW
Mon (4/26) - CST packet #60-67
Tue (4/27) - CST packet #68-77
Wed (4/28) - CST packet #78-84
Thu (4/29) - CST packet #85-91
Fri (4/30) - CST packet #92-96 (Quiz today)
8th Grade HW
Mon (4/26) - Word Problems # 1-3
Tue (4/27) - Word Problems # 4-7
Wed (4/28) - Word Problems # 8-11
Thu (4/29) - Word Problems # 12-15
Fri (4/30) - No HW (Quiz today)
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