Hillsborough TownshipPublic Schools

Elementary Tech Skills
How to best prepare for testing

Practice keyboarding - using Typing Club, Typing.com or any typing skills game

• Know the keys on the keyboard, including special keys (enter, arrow keys, backspace...) and what they do.

Practice mouse skills - left click, right click, double click, drag and drop, highlighting....

Tool familiarity - online protractor, calculator, ruler, and video player tools

Mouse Skills

• http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousingclick1.htm   USING MOUSE
• http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/scroll1.htm   USING SCROLL BAR
• http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/forms.htm     FILLING IN FORMS
• http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/opening.htm  OPENING WINDOWS
• http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/mousercise.htm  PRACTICE MOUSING
• http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html  MORE MICE
• http://www.tv411.org/math/basic-math/using-calculator/activity/1/1   CALCULATOR
• http://nextgen.apps.sparcc.org/general  GENERAL SKILLS
• https://docs.google.com/a/htps.us/presentation/d/1SNBvN-Q6jAzMZO9OZaSpFfl3niqTygpeH5hJh9-BcWE/present?slide=id.p13  RADIO AND CHECKBOX
• http://ohtst.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/?section=1-student-practice-resources PRACTICE RESOURCES
• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/early_childhood/mouse_skills_pre-k.htm  MORE MOUSE SKILLS
• http://www.mouseprogram.com/practice.html  MORE MORE MOUSE SKILLS

Feel free to go to these websites and practice NJSLA Tech and Knowledge Readiness Skills

• EdCite - Classroom teachers are signing up and assigning practice tests for school/home. These practice tests use PARCC simulation tools and environment.
  
  
• English Language Arts/Literacy Practice Tests - familiarize with the kinds of items and formats used in ELA/Literacy Testing.
  
  
• Math Practice Tests - familiarize with the kinds of items and formats used in Math Testing.
  
  
• NJSLA Tutorials - The items appearing in these tutorials are samples used to allow students and educators to gain familiarity with the technology platform, and to demonstrate navigation and tools students will use during testing
  
  
• Mathway - Free math problem solver answers your math problems with step-by-step explanations using NJSLA-like graphics.
  
  
• Lumos Learning Practice Test - Common Core State Standards practice tests and sample questions.

• NextGen - Practice common technology skills students will need to successfully take the next-generation online assessments.

• General Test Taking Skills (navigation)
• Math Gr. 3-5
• Language Arts Gr. 3-5
• Science Gr. 3-5
• Social Studies Gr. 3-5
  
  
• NJSLA Games - All games and sites linked support the Common Core Standards for Math and Language Arts.
  
  
• IXL.com - Practice Math/LA skills organized in categories and grade levels.
  
  
• Mathematics Common Core Toolbox - link to math sample prototypes.

More Practice

Math:

• http://www.ixl.com/
• http://www.mathchimp.com/
• http://www.mathplayground.com/
• http://www.insidemathematics.org/
• http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/
• http://www.shodor.org/activities/
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/ 
• https://mathway.com/