Please read the following news announcement aloud during your school's daily news broadcast. To print the news announcement, copy and paste the text into a separate document. Feel free to edit the content to best fit your programming schedule.
There's good news for all students taking the FCAT: you can get free reading, math, and science practice on the FCAT Explorer. That's right: free practice for the FCAT at www.fcatexplorer.com.
The FCAT Explorer is an online practice program made for Florida's public school students by the Florida Department of Education. It features three practice programs created for high school students: Reading Timeline, Math Timeline, and Science Mission.
These programs offer practice for the skills tested on the FCAT and feature lots of stuff to help you get the most out of your study time. You'll receive helpful feedback to the answers you choose and a second chance to answer questions to apply what you've learned. FCAT Explorer also features helpful online tools like calculators, formula reference sheets, and glossaries that define and pronounce important terms.
Best of all, FCAT Explorer is online, which means you can use it on any computer connected to the Internet: at school, at the library, even at home.
Whether you're retaking the FCAT or taking it for the first time, your performance on the test will benefit from the extra time you spend studying reading, math, and science on FCAT Explorer. To get your free FCAT Explorer sign-in name and password, talk to your teacher, or visit the website at www.fcatexplorer.com. Log on today!
Please print the following news article in your school newspaper to inform your high school students about the FCAT Explorer. To print the news article, copy and paste the text into a separate document. Feel free to edit the content to best fit your publication.
FCAT Explorer: Free FCAT Practice On The Internet
It's a fact: to graduate high school, all high school students must pass the FCAT. Fortunately, there's FCAT Explorer.
FCAT Explorer is a free, online practice program from the Florida Department of Education. It features three practice programs created especially for high school students: Reading Timeline, Math Timeline, and Science Mission.
These programs offer practice for the skills tested on the FCAT and feature lots of stuff to help you get the most out of your study time. Reading Timeline is packed with 23 reading passages and over 200 practice questions to help you do your best on the FCAT. It also includes eight lessons that focus on reading skills identified as being the most challenging for 10th grade students. Math Timeline contains over 140 math questions and features an online calculator and a handy formula reference sheet. Science Mission contains over 200 science practice items, vocabulary exercises, as well as activities that cover some of the more difficult science concepts.
Best of all, FCAT Explorer is online, which means you can use it on any computer connected to the Internet: at school, at the library, even at home.
Whether you're retaking the FCAT or taking it for the first time, your performance on the test will benefit from the extra time you spend studying math, reading, and science on FCAT Explorer. To get your free FCAT Explorer sign-in name and password, talk to your teacher, or call the FCAT Explorer Team at 1-888-750-3228. Log on today!
You can use this FCAT Explorer logo to create a link to www.fcatexplorer.com or to place the logo within an article or advertisement. To copy the logo, right click on the image (Control/Click for Macintosh users). Then click Copy to place the logo in your documents or click Save As to save the logo on your computer.
 
You can use this image to create a link to www.fcatexplorer.com or to place the logo within an article or advertisement. To copy, right click on the image (Control/Click for Macintosh users). Then click Copy to place the image in your documents or click Save As to save the image on your computer.
|
