Ways to Help Your Child Prepare for the CRCT

GaCRCT ON-LINE Practice

Testing Strategies Every Student Should Use

Ask Questions

5th Grade Testing Domains
 

Ways to Help Your Child Prepare for the CRCT

1. Go to the Online Website (GaCRCT Test Info) and take the Practice CRCT Test.
2. Read with your child nightly.
3. Check and sign agendas nightly.
4. Check and go over homework nightly.
5. Review addition, subtraction, multiplication facts.
6. Expose your child to a variety of text. Examples include newspapers, magazines, travel brochures & menus.
7. Complete Online Educational games.
8. Review what they have learned for the day
9. Review graded papers when sent home.

GaCRCT ON-LINE Practice   (GaCRCT Test Info)

The website allows students to become familiar with the test format, the vocabulary used on the test and the length of the reading selections. We recommend that parents take a practice test as well sot hat you will have a sense of what we are asking your child to do.

Testing Strategies Every Student Should Use

1. Read the entire test.
2. Think about what the question is asking you.
3. Read over ALL the answers.
4. Look back in the selection.
5. Eliminate wrong answers.
6. Make your selection.
7. If you have no idea, make a guess and come back to it later.
8. Go back and check your work when finished.
9. Make dark, neat bubbles.
10. Stay calm, think positive.

Ask Questions

What do you predict will happen next?
Who are the main characters?
What is the setting?
What is the main idea?
Is this faction or non-fiction?
Summarize the story.
What was the conflict in the story and how was it solved.
List 5 details from the story.
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
What would you change about the story?
Would you recommend this story to a friend?

5th Grade Testing Domains

Reading

• Critical Analysis
• Reading for Locating and Recall
• Information
• Reading for Meaning
• Reading for Vocabulary Improvement

Language

• Paragraph Content and Organization
• Grammar and mechanics
• Research Process
• Sentence Construction and Revision

Math

• Computation and Estimation
• Geometry and Measurement
• Number Sense and Numeration
• Patterns and Relationships/Algebra
• Problem Solving
• Statistics and Probability

Social Studies

• Civics
• Core Skills
• Core Skills Stand Alone
• Economics
• Geography
• History

Science

• Earth/Space Science
• Inquiry
• Life Science
• Physical Science