Classroom Package, Level D

Ages: Grades 7 through 8

Testing Time: 30-45 minutes

Administration: Individual

Test for Success builds student confidence as it familiarizes students with a variety of question formats found on standardized tests. The instructional emphasis in Test for Success is on fundamental test-taking strategies and important academic skills. The four levels, A through D, teach students proven strategies for approaching any test content, rather than drilling content and exercise for a specific test. The program presents strategies for test taking, clear and concise instructional lessons, and provides appropriate and ethical preparation for taking any test. Each level includes test-taking strategies, such as pacing, using clues, and making the best choices among possible answers. Each level also covers important content-area thinking strategies to help students use effective reasoning and problem solving skills. Content-area lessons include drawing conclusions, ordering ideas, developing paragraphs, solving problems, and interpreting data.

Teacher’s Guides help teachers prepare lessons and focus their instruction. A lesson-based transparency set – customized to each level – provides meaningful support to classroom instruction.

Level D

This level is designed to move students to progressively more sophisticated test formats while they practice varied test-taking strategies. The ten lessons each take approximately 35 to 45 minutes and are organized into four major units: Mechanics of Test Taking, Reading Strategies, Language Strategies, and Mathematics Strategies.

1.Pacing Yourself and Making Good Choices
2.Clues to Word Meaning
3.Drawing Conclusions
4.Determining Audience and Purpose
5.Determining Tone and Mood
6.Writing Effective Sentences
7.Developing Paragraphs
8.Using Estimation
9.Interpreting Data
10.Discovering Equivalents

Complete TFS Classroom Package, Level D Includes:

• Level D Student Workbook
• Level D Teacher’s Guide with Transparency

Test for Success Teacher’s Guide with Transparency is also available separately in Spanish (#13375).