This workbook will develop the writing skills required by New Jersey students. Students will write in response to passages, as well as write narratives, arguments, and essays. Students will gain experience completing research projects and edit and revise their work. This workbook will develop the writing skills that students need, while preparing students for the more rigorous reading and writing tasks on the NJSLA-ELA assessments.
Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - Ten convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development - Each practice set contains two reading comprehension tasks focused on writing in response to passages - Each practice set contains two writing tasks where students write a short story, personal narrative, argument, or essay - Guided writing tasks include hints, planning activities, and review checklists to guide students and encourage strong skill development - Each set includes additional core skills exercises that focus on key writing skills Key Benefits of this Workbook - Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule - Develops the writing skills that are emphasized by the state standards - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement Preparation for the NJSLA English Language Arts Assessments - Provides extensive experience providing written answers to reading comprehension questions - Gives students practice completing rigorous reading and writing tasks - Has a strong focus on using evidence from texts - Builds higher-order thinking skills such as analyzing and evaluating texts - Helps students write effective narratives and essays Full Coverage of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards - Covers all the types of writing in the state standards, including arguments, informative/explanatory texts, and narratives - Includes exercises for additional writing skills, including completing research projects and gathering information from sources - Reading comprehension tasks also develop strong reading skills
Develops the Advanced Skills in the Next Generation Learning Standards
This workbook focuses on developing a thorough understanding of informational texts. It contains a wide range of informational texts organized by type. Each passage is followed by a complete full-length question set. This workbook will ensure that students have strong reading comprehension skills and can respond to challenging passages. Students will also be fully prepared for the informational text reading tasks on the New York State English Language Arts tests.
Focuses on Understanding and Analyzing Informational d104s - Includes 18 practice sets containing a wide range of informational texts - Includes science and history articles, reviews, interviews, speeches, flyers, advertisements, biographies, opinion pieces, and how-to articles - Complex passages include features like charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, quotations, sidebars, and photographs - Each passage is followed by a full set of 15 questions with a range of formats - Complete reading comprehension question sets provide extensive practice responding to and analyzing texts Advanced Skill Development - Covers the skills listed in the Next Generation Learning Standards - Challenging passages build strong reading comprehension skills - Encourages close reading and using evidence from texts - Focuses on advanced skills like evaluating texts, making connections, and looking at texts critically - Provides experience with a wide range of question types Preparation for the New York State English Language Arts Assessments - Provides experience with a wide range of informational text types - Develops the student's ability to respond to and analyze complex texts - Ensures that students are able to analyze complex text features - Wide range of question formats challenge students and encourage strong skill development - Includes practice writing short answers and essays based on informational texts - Ongoing practice builds confidence
Develops the Advanced Skills in the Next Generation Learning Standards
This workbook focuses on developing a thorough understanding of literature. It contains a wide range of literary texts organized by type. Each passage is followed by a complete full-length question set. This workbook will ensure that students have strong reading comprehension skills and can respond to challenging passages. Students will also be fully prepared for the literature reading tasks on the New York State English Language Arts tests.
Focuses on Understanding and Analyzing Literature - Includes 16 practice sets containing a wide range of literary texts - Includes fables, myths, legends, poetry, plays, historical fiction, science fiction, personal narratives, and more - Each passage is followed by a full set of 15 questions with a range of formats - Complete reading comprehension question sets provide extensive practice responding to and analyzing texts Advanced Skill Development - Covers the skills listed in the Next Generation Learning Standards - Challenging passages build strong reading comprehension skills - Encourages close reading and using evidence from texts - Focuses on advanced skills like evaluating texts, making connections, and looking at texts critically - Provides experience with a wide range of question types Preparation for the New York State English Language Arts Assessments - Provides experience with a wide range of literary text types - Develops the student's ability to respond to and analyze complex texts - Ensures that students are able to show an in-depth understanding of texts - Wide range of question formats challenge students and encourage strong skill development - Includes practice writing short answers and essays based on literary texts - Ongoing practice builds confidence
All-new content 8 complete practice tests 250+ pages of practice
This ultimate practice test book is the perfect preparation tool for the new NJSLA Mathematics assessments. It includes eight NJSLA Mathematics practice tests that will give students the skills and experience needed to excel on the real NJSLA tests.
Complete Preparation for the NJSLA Mathematics Assessments - Contains eight full-length NJSLA Mathematics practice tests - Includes the same question types found on the NJSLA tests - Prepares students for taking the tests online - Covers all the mathematics skills assessed on the real NJSLA tests - Extensive practice builds skills and improves test performance - Format encourages testing, review, and retesting Developed to Match New Jersey's State Standards and Assessments - Each test covers all the mathematics skills listed in the New Jersey Student Learning Standards - Provides practice completing selected-response, constructed-response, and technology-enhanced questions - Includes practice with tasks like sorting items, using fraction models, drawing shapes, plotting points on a number line or grid, and completing graphs and charts - Includes questions requiring showing work, justifying answers, and providing explanations - More rigorous questions prepare students for the higher difficulty of the assessments - Full answer key lists the New Jersey Student Learning Standard assessed by each question Key Benefits - Builds confidence by helping students prepare before taking the real test - Develops all the mathematics skills that students need - Provides experience answering all types of questions - Helps students know what to expect when taking the real NJSLA tests - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - More rigorous tasks prepare students for the new assessments - Detailed answer key allows missing skills to be identified
