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OLSAT Level C workbook sample: text version

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Every picture is described: what is drawn, where it is and how it is filled. The descriptions do not give the answers away. The answers and explanations are in a closed section at the end of the page; open it when you are ready.

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The first page reads: Reasonwell Press · Grade 2 | Workbook sample with answers · OLSAT Grade 2 / Level C · Listening and looking carefully

About this sample

These five pages come from the practice-by-type bank in our OLSAT Grade 2 / Level C workbook. Color printing is best for this sample, because some instructions name colors; on a black-and-white copy, letter labels (R, G, Y, B) mark each colored shape.

Parent instructions

Before you begin

Read the Parent Reads Aloud directions before the child chooses. For picture analogies, find the same relationship. For pattern matrices and series, look across each row for the change. This is a short learning sample, not a scored screening test.

A small, complete practice session

  1. Try one or two questions before looking at the answers.
  2. Ask: What did you notice? Let the child explain first.
  3. Check the worked answers at the back of this sample.
  4. Revisit one idea another day. You do not need to finish today.

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Questions

10 questions, in the order they are printed, on 5 pages.

How the pictures are described

  • Some questions have a direction for the parent to read aloud. It is given first, as printed.
  • The pictures in the listening and analogy questions are color drawings. A few are printed blurred and blocky; the descriptions say so.
  • Questions 1 and 2 on workbook page 32 ask for a red circle and a blue circle, so they depend on color. In the PDF each colored shape on that page has its color letter printed under it (R red, G green, Y yellow, B blue), so a black-and-white print or a child who finds colors hard to tell apart can still follow the direction; the descriptions below name every color.
  • “Empty” means a white shape with a black outline. “Solid” means filled in black.
  • The answer choices are drawn in their own boxes, at a different scale from the puzzle, so sizes in the choices are described compared with the other choices.
  • On the printed page, each question ends with a row of answer circles, labelled like the choices, for marking a choice.

Practice by type

Workbook page 32: Practice Bank · Following Directions

Q1

Parent reads aloud: Find the picture where the circle is red.

Four numbered cards. Each is a pale grey panel with one small circle in the middle:

  1. Choice 1: a red circle
  2. Choice 2: a green circle
  3. Choice 3: a yellow circle
  4. Choice 4: a blue circle

Q2

Parent reads aloud: Find the picture where the blue circle is to the right of the square.

Four numbered cards. Each is a pale grey panel with one small square and one small circle:

  1. Choice 1: a green square on the left and a red circle on the right, side by side
  2. Choice 2: a green square on the left and a blue circle on the right, side by side
  3. Choice 3: a blue circle near the top and a green square below it
  4. Choice 4: a blue circle on the left and a green square on the right, side by side

Practice by type

Workbook page 39: Practice Bank · Listening Reasoning

Q1

Parent reads aloud: Which one is a vehicle?

Four numbered pictures:

  1. Choice 1: a brown-and-white dog
  2. Choice 2: a gold crown with colored jewels
  3. Choice 3: a red apple with a green leaf
  4. Choice 4: a steam train engine in blue, red and black

Q2

Parent reads aloud: Which one lives in a burrow?

Four numbered pictures:

  1. Choice 1: a brown bear
  2. Choice 2: a grey rabbit, sitting
  3. Choice 3: a blue whale with a spout of water
  4. Choice 4: a brown horse

Practice by type

Workbook page 60: Practice Bank · Picture Analogies

Q1

The picture:

Two rows of picture boxes. In each row an arrow points from the left box to the right box:

  • Top row: a grown brown-and-white dog with long legs, standing side-on, an arrow, then a small brown-and-white puppy facing forward.
  • Bottom row: an orange cat sitting side-on, an arrow, then a box with a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: the brown-and-white puppy from the top row, printed slightly blurred
  2. Choice 2: a whole watermelon with a cut slice in front of it
  3. Choice 3: a wooden chair
  4. Choice 4: a brown-and-white calf
  5. Choice 5: an orange kitten with a big head and big eyes, sitting and facing forward

Q2

The picture:

Two rows of picture boxes. In each row an arrow points from the left box to the right box:

  • Top row: a brown horse standing side-on, printed blurred and blocky, an arrow, then a small wooden stable with a split door.
  • Bottom row: a grey rabbit sitting, an arrow, then a box with a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: a grassy mound with a dark hole at its base
  2. Choice 2: an empty bird’s nest made of twigs
  3. Choice 3: an orange carrot with green leaves
  4. Choice 4: a hammer
  5. Choice 5: the wooden stable from the top row

Practice by type

Workbook page 81: Practice Bank · Pattern Matrix

Q1

The picture:

A grid of two rows and two columns:

  • Top left: a large solid circle.
  • Top right: a large empty circle.
  • Bottom left: a large solid square.
  • Bottom right: a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: an empty square
  2. Choice 2: an empty triangle
  3. Choice 3: an empty pentagon (a five-sided shape)
  4. Choice 4: a solid square
  5. Choice 5: an empty circle

Q2

The picture:

A grid of two rows and two columns:

  • Top left: a solid square.
  • Top right: a solid pentagon (a five-sided shape).
  • Bottom left: a solid triangle.
  • Bottom right: a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: an empty square
  2. Choice 2: a solid circle
  3. Choice 3: a solid pentagon
  4. Choice 4: a solid triangle
  5. Choice 5: a solid square

Practice by type

Workbook page 88: Practice Bank · Figural Series

Q1

The picture:

Every triangle in this grid is solid black.

A grid of three rows and three columns:

  • Top row: a small, a medium and a large triangle, each pointing up.
  • Middle row: a small, a medium and a large triangle, each pointing right.
  • Bottom row: a small and a medium triangle, each pointing down, then a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: a large solid triangle pointing down
  2. Choice 2: a medium solid triangle pointing down
  3. Choice 3: a large solid triangle pointing right
  4. Choice 4: a small solid triangle pointing down
  5. Choice 5: a large solid triangle pointing up

Q2

The picture:

Every square in this grid is solid black.

A grid of three rows and three columns:

  • Top row: a small, a medium and a large square.
  • Middle row: a small, a medium and a large square.
  • Bottom row: a small and a medium square, then a question mark.

Five answer choices:

  1. Choice 1: a small solid square
  2. Choice 2: a medium solid square
  3. Choice 3: a large solid square
  4. Choice 4: a large solid triangle pointing up
  5. Choice 5: a large empty square

Answers and explanations

Try the questions first. This section stays closed until you open it.

Show the answers and explanations

Check the reasoning.

Use the original workbook page number and question label to match each answer.

  1. Workbook p. 32 | Following Directions Q1 | Answer 1

    Only the first picture contains a red circle.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 32, Q1)

  2. Workbook p. 32 | Following Directions Q2 | Answer 2

    In picture 2, the blue circle is to the right of the green square.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 32, Q2)

  3. Workbook p. 39 | Listening Reasoning Q1 | Answer 4

    A train is a vehicle. The other choices are an animal, a crown and a fruit.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 39, Q1)

  4. Workbook p. 39 | Listening Reasoning Q2 | Answer 2

    A rabbit can live in a burrow.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 39, Q2)

  5. Workbook p. 60 | Picture Analogies Q1 | Answer 5

    Dog goes with puppy. Cat goes with kitten.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 60, Q1)

  6. Workbook p. 60 | Picture Analogies Q2 | Answer 1

    Horse goes with stable. Rabbit goes with burrow.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 60, Q2)

  7. Workbook p. 81 | Pattern Matrix Q1 | Answer 1

    The circle changes from solid to empty. Apply that change to the square.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 81, Q1)

  8. Workbook p. 81 | Pattern Matrix Q2 | Answer 5

    Add one side while keeping the shape solid: square to pentagon, triangle to square.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 81, Q2)

  9. Workbook p. 88 | Figural Series Q1 | Answer 1

    Each row grows from small to medium to large. The bottom row needs the large downward triangle.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 88, Q1)

  10. Workbook p. 88 | Figural Series Q2 | Answer 3

    Each row shows a small, medium and large square. Choose the large solid square.

    Back to the question (Workbook page 88, Q2)

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