Week 25 Blog 3A: Third Quarter HSA Indicator Review

The time has come to begin reviewing third quarter indicators.  Over the next 5 weeks you'll complete two indicators per week. For this quarter, all you'll have to do is send your indicators results to me via email by Sunday midnight every week. Don't worry about printing out the results - save some paper.This quarter you will not have to answer the three questions in the comments section below about each indicator.

This week's HSA INDICATORS: 1.3.3 and 2.3.1 - DUE BY SUNDAY MIDNIGHT, February 19.

DON'T FORGET TO SEND YOUR RESULTS TO ME VIA EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME AND CLASS PERIOD IN SUBJECT LINE. THIS QUARTER YOUR ONLINE HOMEWORK WILL COUNT AS A TEST GRADE RATHER THAN A HOMEWORK GRADE, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMPLETE THESE EXERCISES ONLINE!

Online HSA Practice Schedule:

This week you'll CONTINUE your online HSA review course for the second quarter. The instructions for completing this are REPEATED below.  They are the same steps from the first and second quarters.  If you already know how to do this, you can ignore them!  If you still need the instructions, follow the steps and you'll get your weekly homework credit. It's that simple! It will take you about fifteen minutes or so to complete each indicator.

For this homework assignment you'll get to practice answering HSA-style questions. The system will tell you what you get right and wrong, and you'll have a chance to correct yourself and learn from your mistakes. We'll go over all of this material in class, but this give you an opportunity to get more practice in at home!

Homework Schedule for Third Quarter indicators:

February 13 - 19 : Do the online exercises for indicators 1.33 and 2.3.1

February 20 - 26: Do the online exercises for indicators 2.3.3 and 3.1.1

February 27 - March 4: Do the online exercises for indicators 3.2.2 and 3.3.1

March 5 - 11: Do the online exercises for indicators 3.3.2 and 4.1.1

March 12 - 18: Do the online exercises for indicators 4.2.1 and 4.3.1

Your Third Quarter FAST Benchmark will take place at the end of the quarter toward the close of March.

Online HSA Practice Directions:

High School Assessment Online Practice

Step 1: Go to http://apps.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/hsaprep/

Step 2: Enter your email address and name. Use this every time because the system will keep track of your progress.

Step 3: Pull down the subject tab to English. Choose the“By Indicator” test type that you are working on for the week.

Step 4: For each indicator, print out your results and return this data to class to get your homework grade for each week. Optionally, you can copy and paste your results into an email and send them from your PGCPS Gmail account to peter.sabath@pgcps.org. IF YOU DO THIS, PLEASE LIST YOUR NAME AND CLASS PERIOD IN THE SUBJECT LINE (eg. 2A, 2B, 3A, or 3B). If you don’t have a printer, bring in a letter from a parent stating this and use the charts attached (or create your own charts) to keep track of the questions you get right and wrong.Write down the indicator at the top of each chart and for each question put a check (or X) in the correct column if you get it right or in the incorrect column if you get it wrong.

As it is the first quarter, now you only have to focus on the first quarter indicators below as you prepare for your first quarter HSA Benchmark Exam during the last week of this quarter (October 17-26).

Overview of indicators for each quarter:

First Quarter Indicators: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.1.1, 2.1.4, 2.2.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.4

Second Quarter Indicators: 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.5, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.8

Third and Fourth Quarter Indicators: 1.3.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.3, 3.1.1, 3.2.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 4.3.1