Skill Matrix and Recommendations to Prepare for the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test®
OLSAT-8® Level E recommended for administration in Gr 5
(The same OLSAT® Test is used to test children in Gr 4 and Gr 5. When scores are standardized to get a percentile ranking for each child an adjustment is made for age. An older child needs to get more questions correct to get the same percentile ranking as a younger child. If you have limited time or the suggestions here look too difficult for your child please browse the Gr 4 Level E recommendations.)
Overwhelmed by the choices? Here are our recommendations in order for the typical child. The first two are the most important.
Building Thinking Skills for core verbal and non-verbal reasoning skills
Think Analogies or Thinkanalogy Puzzles for the nitty gritty on verbal analogies and lots of examples
Creative Thinking Puzzles for a variety of puzzles playing with language and numbers
Mind Benders for logic
Think-a-Minutes for practice solving a variety of puzzles using skills that will be tested and similar skills. Learn to brainstorm and move on when you just can't see the answer.
Math Detective if math isn’t your child’s strong point and paying attention to the details within a question is something they need to practice
Mathematical Reasoning if your child needs to work on core math concepts
Visual Mind Benders to challenge your child to solve a problem presented as a matrix
OLSAT® and Otis-Lennon School Ability Test® are registered trademarks of NCS Pearson (previously Harcourt Assessment Services) who own rights to and publish the OLSAT-8®. The recommendations made here are those of Think Tonight and are not endorsed by NCS Pearson
