GATEWAY GIFTED RESOURCES TM

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1 GATEWAY GIFTED RESOURCES TM COMPLIMENTARY E-BOOK Alex GIFTED TEST May PREP Sophie Anya Freddie Max

2 ABOUT THESE EXERCISES - These exercises help children, preschool to age 6, prepare for standardized tests commonly used to screen for gifted programs. - These exercises are meant to be done together with your child. - There are five sections: Section 1: Identifying Similarities and Differences (p.4-7) Section 2: Shape Creation (p.8-9) Section 3: Classification (p.10-17) Section 4: Analogies (p.18-21) Section 5: Patterns (p.22-24) -There is also a bonus section containing questions which are a bit more advanced. Bonus Section: Identifying Similarities Using Pictures (p.25) Bonus Section: Identifying Similarities Using Shapes (p.26-28) - To make test prep more engaging, our books (and these exercises) include the characters on the first page. The characters are detectives who are trying to figure out the answers to the exercises - and they need your child s help! -The answer key is at the end. 3

3 Identifying Similarities and Differences SOPHIE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS! Directions: Look at the items in the box. They are related in some way and belong together. Think about how they belong together. Next, look at the items under the box. Let s figure out which of these would belong with the items in the box. Some would belong and some would not. Draw a circle around the things that would belong. Draw an X on the things that would not belong. 1. 4

4 Identifying Similarities and Differences LET S HELP SOPHIE SOME MORE. NOW, WE LL USE SHAPES! 2. 5

5 Identifying Similarities and Differences 3. 6

6 Identifying Similarities and Differences 4. 7

7 Shape Creation WILL YOU HELP ALEX PUT TOGETHER THE SHAPES? Directions: Look at the two shapes in the first box. Imagine how these two shapes would look if they were put together. Then, look at the answer choices in the next box. Which answer choice shows how the shapes in the first box would look if they were put together?

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9 Classification ALEX NEEDS YOUR HELP TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PICTURE DOESN T BELONG! Directions: Look at this row of pictures. One of these pictures in the row does not belong. This picture is not like the others in the row. Which picture does not belong?

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11 Classification

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13 Classification ALEX SAYS, YOU RE DOING GREAT! NOW, LET S DO THE SAME THING WITH SHAPES

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17 Analogies HELP MAY FIGURE OUT WHAT GOES IN THE EMPTY BOX! Directions: Look at these boxes that are on top. The pictures that are inside belong together in some way. Then, look at these boxes that are on the bottom. One of these boxes on the bottom is empty. Look next to the boxes. There is a row of pictures. Which one would go together with this picture that is in the bottom box like these pictures that are in the top boxes? Parent note: Analogies are a new kind of puzzle for most young kids. They compare sets of items, and the way they are related can easily be missed at first. Work through these together with your child so (s)he sees how the top set is related. Together, try to come up with a rule to describe how the top set is related. Then, look at the picture on the bottom. Take this rule, use it together with the picture on the bottom, and figure out which answer would follow that same rule. Here s an example to do together. Example (read this to your child): Helicopter is to sky as car is to. (Talk about the two pictures on top and try to come up with a rule. ) A helicopter travels in the sky. What about a car? Which of the answer choices would go with car the same way? Where does a car travel? (Go through answer choices and eliminate the incorrect ones first.) A road! A car travels on a road. 28.? 18

18 Analogies 29.? 30.? 31.? 19

19 Analogies NOW LET S HELP MAY DO THE SAME THING WITH SHAPES! 32.? 33.? 20

20 Analogies 34.? 35.? 36.? 21

21 Patterns MAX NEEDS YOUR HELP WITH PATTERNS. Directions: Look at this row of boxes. The pictures that are inside belong together in some way. Another picture should go inside the empty box. Under the boxes is a row of pictures. Which one should go in this empty box? 37.? 22

22 Patterns 38.? 39.? 23

23 Patterns 40.? 41.? 24

24 Identifying Similarities Using Pictures BONUS SECTION WILL YOU HELP ALEX ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? Directions: Look at the picture in the first box. Then, look at the group of pictures in the next box. Which picture from the group would go the best with the picture that is in the first box?

25 Identifying Similarities Using Shapes NOW, LET S DO THE SAME THING WITH SHAPES! BONUS SECTION

26 Identifying Similarities Using Shapes BONUS SECTION

27 Identifying Similarities Using Shapes BONUS SECTION

28 ANSWER KEY 1. Items that belong: golf ball, soccer ball, baseball, volleyball, beach ball 2. Shapes that belong: 2 squares, 2 rectangles 3. Shapes that belong: the ones with horizontal lines 4. Shapes that belong: square, rectangle, 2 parallelograms 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. B 41. D Bonus: Identifying Similarities Using Pictures 1. C 2. C 3. A Bonus: Identifying Similarities Using Shapes 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 29