ELA Test Prep Grades 3-8
With a track record of helping schools achieve some of the highest state test scores in New York City, Athena Learning excels at test prep.
We believe that test prep should be educationally rich, involving passages that are worth reading, skills worth having and knowledge worth attaining.
We also believe that test prep should be interactive and fun. That’s why we incorporate engaging games based on talk shows such as Judge Judy (for identifying claims, reasoning and evidence) and Family Feud (for identifying literary devices.)
We offer parent workshops in both Spanish and English to engage families in supporting their children’s educational progress.
For more details of Athena Learning Test Prep, click here.
PD Presentations on:
Test Prep: Passage Attack/ Quick Jots
Test Prep: Gamify the Test
Close Reading: Nonfiction
Close Reading: Literary Fiction
Close Reading: Poetry
Evaluating Arguments: Claims, Reasoning and Evidence
Different Types of Evidence
Primary vs Secondary Sources
Literary Devices
Introduction to the Next Generation Learning Standards
Writing the Short Response
Writing the Extended Response
Identifying the Theme
Identifying Author’s Purpose
Part to Whole and Whole to Part Questions
Part to Part Questions
Text Structures
Text Features
Summarizing versus Retelling
Identifying Author’s Point of View
For schools that want individual PD presentations on certain topics, we can offer workshops on the topics listed below.
