Free lessons for NSW Selective, OC and NAPLAN
Short concept pages with worked examples, written for primary school students in Australia preparing for the NSW Selective High School Placement Test, the Opportunity Class (OC) test, and NAPLAN in Years 3 and 5. Read one, then practise it.
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Year 1
Sounding out a word you have never seen
Break the word into sounds, say them in order, then push them together.
Year 1
Words you cannot sound out
A short list of very common words that have to be learned by sight, and how to learn them.
Exam strategies
Managing the clock
A simple pacing plan so no question is left unread.
Eliminating options
Ruling answers out is often faster than working the answer forward.
Reading the question twice
Most careless marks are lost on the last line of the question.
Approaching Thinking Skills questions
A repeatable order of operations for logic questions.
Working through a Reading paper
Read the questions before the long text, not after.
Writing under time pressure
Split the time so planning and checking both actually happen.
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