Surfing the Internet to Prepare for SOL’s

 

The Internet can be a very powerful tool for helping students prepare for their Standards of Learning tests. Listed below

are some SOL web sites that may be useful in preparing your child for the SOL tests. As always, parents should monitor the sites their children are visiting on the web.

 

VA-SOL Pass –( http://www.solpass.org/elementary.htm)

passwords for our school: kes and click on the log-in button directly.  Hitting enter won’t work.

 

VA-SOL Practice Site –

3rd Grade (http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade3.htm)

4th Grade (http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade4.htm)

5th Grade (http://www.virginiasol.com/test_grade5.htm)

·        Collection of various Internet sites that offer practice tests and activities in history, math, science, and English. (VirginiaSOL.com is not associated with Virginia's State Board of Education.)

·        Check out these links:  Jefferson Lab, Proof Reading Makes Perfect, Grammar Gold, Read Story and Answer Questions (second one), and The English Zone.

·        FunBrain.com and FunSchool.com offer cute interactive games.  Unfortunately you may receive some annoying popup ads. 

 

Interactive Quizzes-from Tami Maloney hosted by WHRO

3rd Grade (http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel3.html)

4th Grade (http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel4.html)

5th Grade (http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel5.html)

  • Offers interactive quizzes made from previous VDOE test release items. Most reading tests do require quite a bit of scrolling.
  • Some links at the site take you to other Internet sites on the web.

 

SOL Pages – created by Mr. Hostetter and hosted by Quia

3rd Grade (http://www.quia.com/pages/sol3.html)

4th Grade (http://www.quia.com/pages/sol4.html)

5th Grade (http://www.quia.com/pages/hostetter.html)

  • Numerous activities to look through. Flash cards and matching activities are available for some subject areas.
  • Many links are to other Internet sites on the web.
  • Once you select a subject area, try the link for “Games and Tests”. Play Jeopardy and Millionaire as a way to review for science and social studies.

 

Skills Review Site  - Hosted by Internet4Classrooms

       3rd Grade (http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd.htm)

       4th Grade (http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm)

       5th Grade (http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th.htm)

  • Large collection of links to help with specific subject areas, or areas of interest to K-12 teachers.
  • Use the subject area links below the “# Grade Skills” main heading.

      

BrainChild – Online Assessments  (http://www.brainchild.com/gen/usmap.asp)

  • Online tests for math and reading, tied to state tests.
  • Print out scored assessments with feedback for correct and incorrect answers.

 

Ocean Lakes Elementary’s web page  (http://www.oceanlakeses.vbschools.com/OEA.htm)

  • A series of online activities and quizzes for students to use as personal review.

 

Virginia Department of Education’s web page (http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/Release2004/index.html)

  • If you would like to review the types of questions your child can expect, review last year’s test items with your student.  Go to the following web site and print out the released test items.

 

 

Tabb Elementary School’s web page    (http://marg.mhost.com/mugifs/FunQuizes.html)

  • Fun quizzes for K-5, many topics!