Tim Suchsland’s Writings from Kazakhstan in Online ISEE Middle Level Test Prep

At Piqosity, we're building an adaptive e-learning platform with content developed by experienced educators and writers. School counselor, writer, and artist Tim Suchsland is the archetypical renaissance man from whom his Seattle-area students and now Piqosity users are lucky to have. Two reading comprehensions passages from our ISEE Middle Level test prep course are [...]

By |2022-07-26T13:31:45-05:00July 1st, 2022|English, ISEE: Middle Level|

Top ACT Transition Words You Need to Know

ACT transition words are an important part of taking the ACT. The ACT wants to gather information about your academic knowledge, and a part of that is your ability to understand the transitions between ideas in a sentence. They also look at how you understand transitions in a paragraph, or an entire essay. Thus, [...]

By |2022-06-16T17:47:48-05:00June 17th, 2022|ACT Test Prep, English|

Author Robin Owens’ “Letters to Grange” Adapted for Upcoming ELA 7 Course

Each of our ELA courses has nearly 100 passages – after students read one, they are tasked with answering ten reading comprehension questions. We typically source these passages from academic or news sources, public domain literature, or our excellent staff of writers.  “Letters to Grange” is different – Houston teacher and author Robin Owens [...]

By |2022-05-03T12:57:09-05:00May 6th, 2022|English, Piqosity News|

Valentine’s Day Classroom Activities: ELA

Whether your students are seven (and giddy about the candy), or seventeen (and developing intense infatuations), they’re sure to enjoy our collection of Valentine’s Day classroom activities! With these language arts Valentine’s Day activities, students can engage with the celebratory aspects of the holiday while practicing key skills, including critical thinking, close reading, and [...]

By |2025-01-30T17:39:00-06:00February 2nd, 2022|English, Holidays, Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|

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 |2025-02-06T13:26:49-06:00January 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|
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