Math Tutoring Assessment - Upper Elementary Hands-On Assessment Worksheets (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

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Assessment guide

This assessment is designed to help you to understand your student’s comfort level with the math skills

and concepts they’re expected to master in grades 3-5. Each problem in the assessment relates to the 3-

5 math expectations on the SOW website. We’ve grouped these expectations into sets of related

concepts that show the progression students are expected to make from grade to grade. The guide

below will help you relate your student’s responses to a specific grade level and give you an idea of

where to start with your tutoring activities.

Problem #1: Alphabet Code

This problem will help you to understand your student’s comfort level with the following mathematical

concepts:

Algebra & Patterns

Grade expectation: Can understand and solve simple number relationship problems (e.g. 4 ? 3 = 12)

Grade expectation: Can use formulas to solve problems (e.g. Area = Length x Width)

Grade expectation: Can use a letter to represent a number and write and solve one-variable algebraic

equations

Operations

Grade expectation: Can multiply numbers 0-12 by numbers up to 12

Can divide a two-digit number by a one-digit number

Grade expectation: Can multiply and divide with two-digit numbers

Grade expectation: Can add, subtract, multiply and divide with large and small positive and negative

numbers

Where to start:

Grade: If your student struggles to fill in the initial alphabet chart, you may want to revisit

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the 2

Grade expectation “Can count by twos, threes, and fours.”

Grade: Start here if your student struggles to find the answer to the number relationship

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problems or has difficulty putting together the addition problems required to find the value of

their name.

Grade: Start here if your student finds solutions to the number relationship problems but has

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difficulty with the formulas used in the second alphabet chart

Grade: Start here if your student finds solutions to the arithmetic and number relationship

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problems and is able to generate their own unique number sentence

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grade: Your student successfully and easily completes the entire section and answers

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all or almost all of the questions correctly

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