1. STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TEST
PARENT MEETING
SPANISH LAKE ELEMENTARY
GRADES K, 1 & 2
PRESENTED BY: CAROLINA TORRES &
MARTHA VARGAS

2. PARENT GUIDE TO SAT-10
 Test Dates: April 10th & 11th, 2012 (make-up 4/12 & 4/13)
 SAT 10 - Reading Comprehension and Mathematics: Problem
Solving subtests – 1st and 2nd only.
 SESAT 2 – Kindergarten - Reading and Math
 It is critical that all students be present on the day of the
test. The students will feel more comfortable in their own
homeroom with their homeroom teacher.

3. TESTING SCHEDULE
3

4. WHAT IS THE SAT - 10
 The SAT–10 is used to measure student
achievement in reading and mathematics
in grades K-2.
 The SAT–10
 Multiple choice
 Data used to compare student nationwide

5. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCORES?
Two types of scores
 Percentile scores
Range from 1% - 99% (50% is national average)
 Stanine scores
 Range from 1 (low) to 9 (high)

6. KINDERGARTEN SESAT 2
 SENTENCE READING SUBTEST
MEASURES STUDENTS’ ABILITY
TO COMPREHEND
SINGLE, SIMPLE SENTENCES
AND TWO RELATED
SENTENCES.

7. CONTENT CLUSTER: PREDICTABLE TEXT

8. CONTENT CLUSTER: ONSET-RIME

9. CONTENT CLUSTER: SIMPLE SENTENCE

10. FIRST GRADE READING SAT
 Two Sentence Stories
 Cloze
 Short Passages with Questions
Literary
Informational
Functional

11. TWO SENTENCE STORIES

12. CLOZE

13. SHORT PASSAGE WITH QUESTIONS

14. SECOND GRADE READING SAT
Types of text:
•Literary
• Stories, fables, fairytales
•Informational
• Science, Social Studies, material found in
textbooks
•Functional
• Text about everyday life situations

15. LITERARY

16. INFORMATIONAL

17. FUNCTIONAL

18. USING THE SAT-TASK CARDS

19. TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD’S
TEST SCORES
 Read for at least 20-30 minutes a day.
 Get a good night's sleep the night before test day.
 Eat a nutritious breakfast before school.
 Bring a sweater!
 Make sure that your child is in school on testing dates.
 Encourage your child to listen carefully to all test-taking
directions given by the teacher and to ask questions about
any directions that are unclear.
 Encourage your child to do his/her best!!!!

20. EVERYDAY READING OPPORTUNITIES:
 Cereal Box
 Newspaper
 Fast food paper bag
 Phonebook
 Addressed & stamped envelope
 Recipe or easy mix boxes
 “Waiting room” magazine with educational emphasis
 Card or board game
 Book in Spanish
 Street signs & billboards

21. HELPFUL WEBSITES:
 www.explorereadingandmath.org
(tonight’s presentation will be posted)
Educational websites for primary grades:
 www.tickettoread.com
 www.riverdeep.dadeschools.net
 www.starfall.com
 Thank you for attending! If you have any other questions
feel free to contact us.