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ESSENTIAL SKILLS TO SUCCEED ON ANY TEST, ANY TIME

In our current education environment, test taking is more important than ever. It's not enough to learn the material; children must apply what they've learned to the standardized tests by which their progress is judged. Fortunately, Dr. Gary Gruber has unlocked the essential test-taking skills any child can use to succeed on any test, any time.

Using the exclusive Gruber methods, this book will give parents and teachers strategies to "nip in the bud" any faulty thinking approaches children have when it comes to education and testing, and to enforce the correct approaches.

Gruber's methods are a true confidence developer for children. People often claim when working with these books that they wish they had been exposed to this material when they were in school.

A must for anyone helping children understand the important thinking strategies in all test-taking areas, Gruber's Essential Guide to Test Taking: Grades 3 - 5 helps you realize a child's true potential.

What the media is saying:

"Gruber, the most prominent test-preparation guru, can ring the bell on any standardized test."
- Chicago Tribune

"After writing 25 exam prep books that have sold more than 4 million copies, Dr. Gary Gruber has developed a method that will raise students' test scores by sharpening their thinking skills."
- Boston Globe

"This is not a gimmick - it gets results." - Dr. Larry Weitz, psychologist, WLAC Radio, Nashville

"With the use of Gruber's specific techniques, children can raise their test scores significantly and increase their general learning ability."
- The Courier Journal, Louisville

"Dr. Gruber's methodologies are quite a smash success."
- Kevin Joyce, WXYZ (ABC) Radio, Detroit

Table of Contents

Introduction to Parents
A Word About the Psychology of Working with Your Child
What Parents Should Know About Standardized Tests
Four General Test-Taking Skills

VERBAL STRATEGIES
Analogies
Analogy Strategy: Always Put Analogies in Sentence Form
Most Common Types of Analogies
Practice Exercises and Explanatory Answers
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Strategy 1: Learn Prefixes and Roots
Vocabulary Strategy 2: Learn Suffixes
Essential Word List for Grades 3 • 4 • 5
Sentence Completions
Sentence Completion Strategy 1: Try All of the Choices
Sentence Completion Strategy 2: Look for Clues and Key Words
Sentence Completion Exercises and Explanatory Answers
Reading Comprehension (Two Strategies)
Reading Passages, Questions, and Explanatory Answers
Writing Ability
Punctuation
Capitalization
English Expression
Choosing the Right Word

MATH STRATEGIES
A Note to Parents
Basic Math Strategies
Math Strategy 1: Know How to Approach Solutions to Math Questions
Math Strategy 2: Use Math Symbols for Words
Math Strategy 3: Know When and How to Approximate
Math Strategy 4: Try Specific Numbers
Math Strategy 5: Start with Last Choice When Testing Choices
Math Strategy 6: Use Visual Thinking
Quantitative Comparison
Quantitative Comparison Strategy 1: Cancel Numbers Common to Both Columns
Quantitative Comparison Strategy 2: To Simplify, You Can Multiply, Divide, Add, or Subtract the Same Number in Both Columns
Quantitative Comparison Strategy 3: Use Common Sense to Answer Questions
Math Refresher/Review (Essential Math Skills)
Math Words, Concepts, and Rules Your Child Should Know
Math Shortcuts Your Child Should Know
The Fifty Basic Math Problems for Grades 3 • 4 • 5
Solutions to the Fifty Basic Math Problems
Appendix A: Hot Prefixes and Roots
Appendix B: The Dangers of National School Entrance Testing
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