Winning Strategies for Test Taking, Grades 3-8: A Practical Guide for Teaching Test Preparation

by W. W. Denslow, Judy Cova Kelly, Kathleen Kryza

Overview

Winning Strategies for Test Taking, Grades 3–8 provides a fun and engaging approach for developing effective test-taking skills in children. Chapters detail the coaching of test thinkers, test-reading strategies, and question–answer strategies.

Using various examples, planning guides, and models, the authors explain how to effectively help students prepare for different test formats, including:

Reading and analyzing texts
Multiple-choice questions
True-or-false questions
Writing from a prompt

The assessments highlighted in this book will empower students with the ability to choose, to think creatively and critically, and to gain better social skills along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616085643
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Linda Denstaedt is an independent literary consultant who taught high school English for thirty-one years. She has co-directed the Oakland Writing Project for nine years, as well as authored various texts for reading and writing in middle school and high school. She lives in Clarkston, Michigan.

Judy Cova Kelly is an independent literary consultant with experience teaching higher education and elementary school. She is the co-director of the Monroe Writing Institute, which is a satellite of the Eastern Michigan Writing Project. She lives near Detroit, Michigan.

Kathleen Kryza is an international consultant for Infinite Horizons, which provides learning events for educators that advocates hands-on and practical strategies. Kryza is also a national presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research and the National Council of Teachers of English. She lives with her husband, cat, and dog in Ann Arbor, Michigan.