Preparing
for High-Stakes Standarized Testing
| Tips for Parents - How to Help Your
Child Prepare for the ELA Lamson
Lam
Homework
Check to see that your child has done their homework and
has done it well every night.
Reading
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Ensure that their reading time is a
very special, very quiet time.
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Sit and read with
your child as much as possible.
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Your child should
stay in one place without movement or distraction for
at least 30 minutes while they read.
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Your child should
be staying with the same book every night until he/she
finishes it.
Questions
Here are some questions to check your child's comprehension
while they read:
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Who is the main character? Describe
him/her.
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Who are some of the other characters?
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What are the relationships between
the characters like?
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Where does the story take place?
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What is the problem?
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What is the main idea of the chapter
you are reading?
Reading Responses/Reading Logs
When your child is finished reading, he or she needs
to be writing a reading response and filling in their reading
log every night (with the exception of Fridays).
Test Preparation
Homework
If your time is extremely limited, and you only have 10
minutes a day to check your child's homework, ask them to
show you their test prep homework.
Checking Test Prep Homework
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Try to let your child do the test prep
work on their own first, (they will be on their own on
the real test).
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Check their answers and ask them to
explain how they figured them out (it helps to do this
with right answers as well as wrong answers)
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Ask them to tell you what type of question
they are working on (Main Idea, Theme, Detail, etc.)
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If they are doing a piece of writing,
you can check it using "How
to Score a 4" [PDF
Document].
Additional Activities that Would
be Helpful
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Reading to your child and asking the
same questions as above.
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Reviewing old work in their Blue Test
Prep workbook. (if available)
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Doing practice work in store - bought
reading comprehension workbooks.
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Ask your children to explain what they
have been learning about reading and writing in school.
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