bmninada Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Hello - I want to start preparing my child for SAGES-2. It has reasoning, language arts, maths/science, social science topics. He scores very good in Reasoning (98% in grade 3) and I primarily use an online subscription to train him with various practice tests, etc. At the same time - any recommendations on this topic - like supplements, books: highly appreciated. My questions: 1. What to do with social studies, science topics? Someone recommended: Science Detective. 2. I have a separate post on language arts in this forum - so will track it there. 3. For Maths (also have a separate post here) but: I believe with all the stuff I am doing with him I ought to be good. 4. ANYTHING / any recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmninada Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 SAGES-2 is a test suite conducted by my son's school to test gifted. It happens yearly. Last year he got thru. In 4th. grade there are 3 topics: Reasoning, Language Arts/Social Science, Maths/Science. I ain't sure if you guys know about it. If yes - was wondering if you happen to know any good materials which I can purchase to assist my son. Reasoning - I am not planning to as he's very good and in reality there's no preparation required however in Maths/Language Arts it'll help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Honestly, I'm just plain not a proponent of test prep. In addition to gaming a system, test prep is boring and there are so many more interesting things to do regarding education. But if you're determined to do it anyway, Critical Thinking Company has Books put together specifically for different tests. Here is their list for SAGES-2: http://www.criticalthinking.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?achievement_tests=300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I'm not familiar with that test, but my recommendation is to make sure your child knows the format and has practice taking the test under similar conditions, so he doesn't make format-related mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 My son took the SAGES-2 a couple of years ago to test into a local university G&T program. I looked around for prep stuff at the time but didn't find anything. I just continued with the regular stuff we were doing and he did great on the test. I didn't want to make a big deal of the test by switching what we were doing or throwing new stuff at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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