Quick Start Guide to Improving Reading and Writing Skills

Piqosity's new English Language Arts (ELA) courses will help students improve their reading and writing skills and can be used for after-school enrichment and remediation or as a complete school curriculum substitute. This guide will show parents or educators how to get started with Piqosity's wealth of curriculum-aligned content. Compared to traditional strip-mall learning [...]

By |2022-02-23T08:22:22-06:00January 27th, 2022|English, ZPQA ELA 6, ZPQA ELA11, ZPQA ELA5, ZPQA ELA8|

Free Black History Month Activities for Your Classroom

Black History Month is a time to celebrate the Black community and learn about its history – throughout the month of February, it’s especially important to bring this celebration into the classroom by teaching students Black history, and this collection of Black History Month activities can help you do so. By integrating explorations of [...]

By |2024-02-06T13:58:46-06:00January 17th, 2022|English, Holidays, Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|

Announcing Peer-Normed, Dynamic Question Difficulty

Over the past week, our team has been furiously implementing a major upgrade to Piqosity's back-end statistics. All practice questions—from standardized tests like the ISEE and ACT to our core academic courses in English and math—are now peer normed for difficulty. Previously a question's author manually selected a difficulty of easy, medium, or hard. [...]

By |2022-07-26T16:47:17-05:00January 5th, 2022|ACT Test Prep, English, ISEE Test Prep, Math, SAT Test Prep|

English Enrichment with Piqosity’s New ELA 11 Course

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new English enrichment course for 11th grade English Language Arts (ELA 11). This course is our latest addition to a series designed for the enrichment and remediation of core academics. Our previous English enrichment courses include offerings for 5th grade (ELA 5) and 8th grade English [...]

By |2022-02-22T13:19:56-06:00December 30th, 2021|English, Piqosity News|

Free Christmas Reading Activities & Writing Activities

Looking for free Christmas reading activities? Whether you would like to read out loud to your students or test their knowledge with writing prompts or passage questions, Piqosity has compiled several free Christmas reading activities that you can easily incorporate into your classroom. We’ve also placed a special present under [...]

By |2022-01-25T10:50:15-06:00December 1st, 2021|English, Holidays, Teachers & Tutors|

Reducing Foreign Language Anxiety for Test Taking

If you are receiving classroom instruction in a language that is not your native tongue, you may sometimes experience foreign language anxiety. Like other forms of anxiety in general, foreign language anxiety stems from feelings of uneasiness and self-doubt, and, unsurprisingly, it’s easy to fall into a state of anxiousness when you’re surrounded by a [...]

Piqosity’s English Course Navigation Guide

Congratulations! You’ve registered with Piqosity and are well on your way to making the most of your 5th grade, 8th grade, or 11th grade ELA course!  Below is a step-by-step guide on navigating Piqosity’s ELA courses that includes both visual aids and instructions for how to use our features. In it, you will learn [...]

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