PoincareQED Standardized Test Classes
Entrance exams or contests used by many private schools and Universities. We help students to get into their dream schools by advancing in these exams.
SSAT Middle Level
Verbal and Reading (G6)
Course content and textbooks：
The aim of the class is to improve students’ verbal and reading skills for the purpose of SSAT exam preparation in October or November 2022. Focusing on teaching list of words for SSAT exam, explaining the analogies between words, practicing reading comprehensives as well as teaching techniques of how to answer reading questions in SSAT exam. Practices and mock exam will be assigned as homework on weekly basis.
SSAT Middle Level Math (G6)
SSAT math Topics:
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Arithmetic
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Algebra
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Geometry
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Word problems
Depends on student’s math level, if it is a simple review, usually takes about 7 weeks studies to review all topics. Take about 4-8 weeks practices using mock exams.
For students that are very good at math, we will bump up to UTS entrance exam level and use Math League and UofW CEMC contest level material in teaching and practices.
SSAT practice tests and resources:
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16 past paper SSAT practices.
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30+ Mock exams from the following books and other resources:
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McGraw-Hills SSAT ISEE
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Kaplan SSAT&ISEE Prep
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Priceton Review SSAT and ISEE prep
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Peterson’s SSAT ISEE Success
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SSAT Middle Level
Essay Writing (G6)
Essay writing:
At the beginning of each SSAT testing session, you must write a 25-minutes essay on a given topic. You will have a choice of two topics, a creative writing topic and an essay-type topic. This essay is not scored. It is duplicated and sent to each school as a sample of your ability to express yourself in writing under the same conditions as all other candidates for admission to the school.
Essay writing training will follow the textbook “Writing – Learn to write better academic essays. - by Els Van Geyte”.
During lectures, you will learn and apply different writing techniques and your teacher will edit your writing and provide you with feedback so that your may improve your writing abilities.
University of Waterloo Mathematics and Computing Contests Preparation (G6 - G12)
Contests Preparation：
University of Waterloo mathematics and computing contests inspire students in Grades 6 to 12 to get excited about math and computer science and stretch their limits. We work hard to help students to understand and get interested in the magic of math and computer sciences. In addition, we help students to obtain good grades and results in the contests.