2019-2020 1st Grade SAT Parent Night Presentation - Reading Comprehension & Mathematics

Sep 14, 2026

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Parent Night presentation outlining the 1st grade SAT format and how families can support students at home. Covers what SAT is, the standardized, multiple-choice structure, and the Reading Comprehension and Mathematics: Problem Solving subtests. Explains how SAT results provide achievement data for comparing local student performance nationally. Includes guidance for helping with reading main idea, author’s purpose, and compare-and-contrast skills, plus recommended home activities and example question types. Test dates are April 6-9, 2020.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages36

Reading Time1 h 31 min

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What is SAT?

Reading Benchmarks

Main Idea

Author’s Purpose

Similarities & Differences

Mrs . Hay Mrs . Hernandez Mrs . Baluja Mrs . Bermudez Mrs . Pascual Mrs . Caballero What is SAT? 􀁹 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) is a standardized, norm-referenced achievement test that utilizes a multiple choice format. 􀁹 Students are administered the Reading Comprehension and Mathematics: Problem Solving subtests. 􀁹 The SAT provides achievement data used to compare local students’performance with the performance of students in the nation . 􀁹 Test dates: April 6-9, 2020 Reading Benchmarks | Main Idea | Author’s Purpose | Compare &
Contrast | | --- | --- | --- | | Multiple Representation | Chronological Order | Vocabulary | | | | | Main Idea The main idea is what the selection is about. It is what you would come up with if you were asked to summarize a story in a single sentence . The student will be asked to read a passage or story and determine the main idea or the essential message . Ways to help your child at home . 􀁹 Have your child give you a summary of their favorite movie or book in one sentence . 􀁹 Have your child come up with a new title for their favorite movie and/or book. 􀁹 Have your child verbally summarize one chapter ina chapter book. Author’s Purpose Authors have their own reasons in mind when they write . They may want to teach or inform their readers, persuade readers to agree with them, to make their readers laugh or to convey a particular message . The students will be asked to recognize the author’s purpose for a text. They might also be asked why an author wrote a certain phrase or what they meant by it. Ways to help your child at home . 􀁹 Expose them to a variety of reading material. Ex: magazine, newspaper, manuals, recipes, instructions, advertisements and lists 􀁹 Try to figure out the author’s intention for their writing. Similarities & Differences 􀁹 To compare things is to show how they arealike and different. 􀁹 The students may be asked to compare two separate things like crocodiles and alligators. 􀁹 The students may be asked to identify similarities and differences between two characters, one character over time, between two settings, or between events in a single text. 12/12/2019 10

FAQs

What is the SAT and how is it administered?

The SAT is a standardized, norm-referenced achievement test using multiple-choice questions. Students take the Reading Comprehension and Mathematics: Problem Solving subtests.

How are SAT results used?

The SAT provides achievement data that compares local students’ performance with students in the nation.

What reading skills are emphasized in the reading benchmarks?

The benchmarks focus on main idea, author’s purpose, and compare-and-contrast skills such as vocabulary and similarities/differences.

Sep 14, 2026

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