PARCC Guidebook: Success Strategies for Teachers


Book Description

PARCC Guidebook: Success Strategies for Teachers Highlights: * Sample Questions * Test Tools * PARCC Lingo * Professional Development * Best Practices * CCSS The PARCC Guidebook: Success Strategies for Teachers is designed to help educators understand the nuances of PARCC. This book takes all of the information and consolidates it into the most key, critical elements for educators to focus on as they help their students prepare to succeed on the PARCC assessments.




Parcc Success Strategies Grade 3 Mathematics Workbook


Book Description

Our PARCC Success Strategies Grade 3 Mathematics Workbook is built around the specific Common Core State Standards used by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Assessments. With a PARCC Success Strategies Workbook, your student will have access to numerous practice questions and other exercises, which they can use to improve their skills and measure their progress toward Common Core readiness. Individual lessons and exercises are short and to the point, so your student doesn't lose focus, but they're also thorough enough to cover each topic in depth. Concepts and principles are broken down into small nuggets, leading to higher comprehension and retention rates for students.




Pennsylvania Test Prep Pssa Practice Book Mathematics Grade 3


Book Description

Preparation for the PSSA Mathematics test for 2015-2016! This practice book is the perfect preparation tool for the PSSA mathematics tests. It covers all the skills assessed on the test, and will provide practice with the types of questions and tasks found on the real assessments. Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - Provides ten practice sets for ongoing test preparation and skill development - Begins with two short practice sets to introduce students to testing - Continues with eight 60-minute practice sets to give students the experience they need to perform well on assessments - Covers all the skills in the Pennsylvania Core Standards - Practice sets can be used for testing, revision, and retesting Preparation for the PSSA Mathematics Tests - Covers the same skills as the real assessments - Provides practice completing multiple-choice and open-response questions - Rigorous questions and advanced tasks encourage in-depth understanding - Students gain experience applying mathematics skills to solve problems - Full answer key lists the specific skill assessed by each question One Book, Eight Key Benefits - Develop and build on all the mathematics skills that students need - Build confidence by using the tests to improve student performance - Reduce test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - Ensure students are comfortable with a range of question formats - Help students prepare for the more rigorous assessments - Use the full answer key and skills list to identify gaps in knowledge and target revision accordingly - 60-minute practice sets allow for ongoing test preparation




Common Core Success Strategies Grade 3 Mathematics Workbook [With Answer Key]


Book Description

Our Common Core Success Strategies Grade 3 Mathematics Workbook is designed so that it can be used as either a stand-alone product, or a companion to our study guides. The workbooks are built around the specific Common Core State Standards developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). With a Common Core Success Strategies Workbook, your student will have access to numerous practice questions and other exercises, which they can use to improve their skills and measure their progress toward Common Core readiness. Individual lessons and exercises are short and to the point, so your student doesn't lose focus, but they're also thorough enough to cover each topic in depth. Concepts and principles are broken down into small nuggets, leading to higher comprehension and retention rates for students.




CogAT Practice Test (Grade 2)


Book Description

This book is a great resource for students who are planning to appear for the CogAT test for getting into Grade 2 (i.e. current 1st grade students). This book also includes useful tips for preparing for the CogAT test. This books has one full length test similar in format to the actual test that will be administered in the CogAT Test. This test has been authored by experienced professional, verified by educators and administered to students who planned on appearing for the CogAT test. This book has 9 sections as listed below Section 1: Picture Analogies Section 2: Sentence Completion Section 3: Picture Classification Section 4: Number Analogies Section 5: Number Puzzles Section 6: Number Series Section 7: Figure Matrices Section 8: Paper Folding Section 9: Figure Classification We have responded to feedback from our customers. The book now includes additional challenging problems that your child can solve to prepare for the test. The book also includes explanation all 9 sections and the bonus problems in this book.




Test Prep: Grade 3 (Flash Kids Harcourt Family Learning)


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Standardized test-taking skills for reading, math and language of grade 3.




Pennsylvania Test Prep Pssa Practice Book English Language Arts Grade 3


Book Description

Preparation for the 2015-2016 PSSA English Language Arts Tests! This practice book will prepare students for the PSSA English Language Arts tests. It will develop all the skills that students need and provide ongoing practice with the types of questions and tasks found on the real state tests. Just like the real assessments, it includes tasks covering reading, writing, and language. Developed to Match the PSSA Tests - Covers all the skills assessed on the PSSA tests - Includes sets covering reading, writing, and language - Provides extensive reading comprehension practice for both literary and informational texts - Contains writing tasks for informative/explanatory essays, opinion pieces, and narratives - Prepares students for the text-dependent analysis questions - Strong focus on key features including close reading, using evidence from text, and analyzing and evaluating texts - Full answer key lists the Pennsylvania Core Standard assessed by each question Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - Convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development - Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule - Gives students ongoing practice with both reading and writing tasks - Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement Key Benefits of this Book - Builds confidence by helping students prepare before taking the real tests - Develops all the English Language Arts skills that students need - Provides experience answering all types of questions and completing all types of tasks - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Detailed answer key allows for student work to be reviewed and improved on




Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades 6-12


Book Description

New hope for our students who struggle most Under the best of circumstances meeting the Common Core can be a challenge. But if you’re a teacher of academically and linguistically diverse students—and who isn’t these days—then that “challenge” may sometimes feel more like a “fantasy.” Finally, here are two expert educators who are brave enough, knowledgeable enough, and grounded enough to tackle this issue. Armed with this resource’s advice, tools, and strategies, you’ll Better understand the 32 ELA anchor standards Learn more about the specific skills “uncommon learners” need to master them Discover new research-based teaching strategies aligned to each standard




Principles to Actions


Book Description

This text offers guidance to teachers, mathematics coaches, administrators, parents, and policymakers. This book: provides a research-based description of eight essential mathematics teaching practices ; describes the conditions, structures, and policies that must support the teaching practices ; builds on NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and supports implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics to attain much higher levels of mathematics achievement for all students ; identifies obstacles, unproductive and productive beliefs, and key actions that must be understood, acknowledged, and addressed by all stakeholders ; encourages teachers of mathematics to engage students in mathematical thinking, reasoning, and sense making to significantly strengthen teaching and learning.