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

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

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.

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2012

About the author

William Wallace Denslow (W. W. Denslow) was an American illustrator and caricaturist. He is best known for his collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially the illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz