FlyingMinds — Iowa Assessments / ITBS Test Prep

Synonyms · sentence completion · context clues · word parts · multiple-meaning · shades of meaning · analogies · connotation · 134 questions + writing

Sentences · fragments/run-ons · nouns & plurals · verbs · agreement · tense · prepositions · conjunctions · commas · capitalization · spelling + Iowa-format subtests (Spelling/Capitalization/Punctuation find-the-error & Written Expression) · 157 questions + writing

Public-domain texts: Aesop · Andersen · Stevenson · informational & paired sets · evidence-based questions with jump-to-paragraph · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

Place value · rounding · +/− · ×/÷ · fractions · measurement · area/perimeter · data · geometry · SVG visuals · Iowa-format Computation (mark N if not given) · 143 questions + explain prompts

Life cycles · traits · adaptations · ecosystems & food chains · matter · forces & magnets · water cycle · conservation · 68 questions + writing

Communities · geography · map skills · citizenship · government · symbols · economics · history · 68 questions + writing

Alphabetizing · dictionary/guide words · parts of a book · index & contents · maps · charts · choosing a source · 56 questions + writing

Process taught first · synonyms · antonyms · context clues · word parts · multiple-meaning words (in several categories) · analogies · rich Sadlier-style words · 102 questions + writing

IXL grammar & mechanics + true Iowa-format subtests: Spelling, Capitalization & Punctuation "find-the-error / No mistakes," and Written Expression revision · 133 questions + writing

Place value to millions · multi-digit ×/÷ · factors & primes · fractions · decimals · measurement · area/perimeter & angles · Iowa-format Computation (mark N if not given) · 98 questions + explain prompts

Energy · waves (light & sound) · Earth's systems (weathering, erosion, fossils) · structures of living things · 62 questions + writing

Geography & regions · government & the Constitution · economics · U.S. history & sources · 52 questions + writing

Public domain: Aesop · Baum's Wizard of Oz · Carroll's Alice · Tennyson & Rossetti poems · informational & paired sets · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

Process-first · synonyms · antonyms · context clues · Greek/Latin roots · multiple-meaning words (several categories) · analogies · rich Sadlier-style words · 100 questions + writing

IXL grammar one level up + Iowa-format subtests (find-the-error / No mistakes, Written Expression) + advanced grammar (correlative conjunctions, perfect tense, semicolons/colons, titles) · 145 questions + writing

Decimals & powers of 10 · fractions (add/sub unlike, ×/÷) · order of operations · volume · coordinate plane · Iowa-format Computation (mark N if not given) · 88 questions + explain prompts

Matter & conservation of mass · ecosystems (energy & matter) · Earth's systems (spheres, water) · space · 52 questions + writing

Public domain: O. Henry · Twain's Tom Sawyer · London's Call of the Wild · Aesop · Frost & Sandburg poems · informational & paired sets · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

Exploration & colonies · the Revolution & founding documents · government · geography & economics · 56 questions + writing

Process-first · synonyms · antonyms · context clues · Greek/Latin roots · multiple-meaning words (several categories) · analogies · shades & connotation · rich Level-D words · 100 questions + writing

Grammar & mechanics one level up + Iowa-format subtests (find-the-error / No mistakes, Written Expression) + Grade 6 usage & commonly-confused words (its/it's, affect/effect, parallel structure, active voice) · 157 questions + writing

Public domain: Maupassant's “The Necklace” · Dickens's A Christmas Carol · Defoe's Robinson Crusoe · Aesop · Tennyson, Wordsworth & Longfellow poems · informational & paired set · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

Ratios & rates · percents · integers & absolute value · GCF/LCM · fraction & decimal operations · expressions · equations & inequalities · coordinate plane · area/surface area/volume · statistics · Iowa Computation (mark N if not given) · 98 questions + explain prompts

Cells & body systems · classification & traits · ecosystems & energy flow · matter & changes · energy & forces · weather & climate · Earth & space · 70 questions + writing

Early humans & civilization · Mesopotamia · Egypt · Greece · Rome · world geography & map skills · economics · government & citizenship · primary vs secondary sources · 66 questions + writing

Process-first · synonyms · antonyms · context clues · Greek/Latin roots · multiple-meaning words (several categories) · analogies · shades & connotation · rich Level-E words · 100 questions + writing

Advanced grammar & mechanics + Iowa-format subtests (find-the-error / No mistakes, Written Expression) + usage, phrases/clauses, who/whom, misplaced modifiers, punctuation & sentence variety · 169 questions + writing

Proportional relationships · percent & percent change · rational numbers · expressions, two-step equations & inequalities · circles · area, surface area & volume · scale & similar figures · probability & statistics · Iowa Computation (mark N if not given) · 92 questions + explain prompts

Cells & cell processes · genetics & heredity · ecology & energy flow · classification & evolution · matter & chemistry · forces, motion & energy · Earth & space · 62 questions + writing

World geography & the five themes · medieval Europe · world civilizations (Islamic, African, Asian, American) · Renaissance & Reformation · Age of Exploration · economics · government & sources · 58 questions + writing

Public domain: Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart” & “Eldorado” · Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes · Stevenson's Treasure Island · Aesop · Dickinson & Kipling poems · informational & paired set · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

Process-first · synonyms · antonyms · context clues · Greek/Latin roots · multiple-meaning words (several categories) · analogies · shades & connotation · rich Level-F words · 100 questions + writing

Advanced grammar & mechanics + Iowa-format subtests (find-the-error / No mistakes, Written Expression) + verbals, active/passive voice, verb mood & precise punctuation · 181 questions + writing

Exponents & roots · scientific notation · linear equations & slope · systems · functions · the Pythagorean theorem · volume of cylinders, cones & spheres · transformations · rational vs irrational · Iowa Computation (mark N if not given) · 80 questions + explain prompts

Atoms & the periodic table · chemical reactions & bonding · forces & Newton's laws · motion · energy & conservation · waves · electricity & magnetism · Earth & inquiry · 68 questions + writing

U.S. history: colonial America & the Revolution · the Constitution & three branches · westward expansion · Civil War & Reconstruction · economics · citizenship & sources · 52 questions + writing

Public domain: Brontë's Jane Eyre · O. Henry's “Ransom of Red Chief” · London's “To Build a Fire” · Aesop · Shakespeare, Shelley & Whitman poems · informational & paired set · 90 questions (3 sets) + writing

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