Resources to Help Prepare for the SOLs
(All of these resources are listed on my website under the link “SOL Review Resources.”)
1) Archived Released SOL Tests
 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/archive.shtml
 This site contains released SOL tests from the Virginia Department of Education for each subject area.
The tests appear in the paper and pencil version of the test. For each subject area, other than Virginia
Studies, one can find multiple tests represented for fourth grade. There is only one test listed on this
website for Virginia Studies.
2)
Online Version of Released SOL Tests
 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests
 This site contains one released SOL test from the Virginia Department of Education per subject area and
shows images of the test items as they appeared in an online test format. It is helpful, especially for the
subject of reading, to prepare the students for the format in which the questions will appear. If the
student chooses to take the online version of the test, it will allow them to manipulate all of the tools
that are available to them during a regularly scheduled SOL test. The only subject area where this is not
available in the online version is Virginia Studies. However, they will still benefit from taking the PDF
version of this test to get used to the format in which the questions appear.
3)
SOL Teacher
 https://sites.google.com/a/solteacher.com/olteacher-com/home/4th-grade
 SOL Teacher provides teacher worksheets, technology, and activities that correlate to the
Virginia Standards of Learning. It offers review materials for all subject areas. Each subject area is
broken down by SOL number which is extremely helpful because it allows the students to focus in on
those SOL objectives they might need to strengthen.
4)
Tami Maloney
 http://www.iq.poquoson.org/socialstudies.htm#four
 http://www.iq.poquoson.org/math.htm
 http://www.iq.poquoson.org/languagearts.htm
 This site provides students with questions from released SOL tests. What makes it unique is that it gives
students immediate feedback as to whether or not an answer is correct. Each of the above links
pertains to a particular subject area. Please refer to the later part of the website address to determine
which subject area it links to.
5)
Jefferson Lab
 http://education.jlab.org/solquiz
 This site is a wonderful resource for extra Math practice. It allows the students to choose how many
questions they would like to practice. It also allows them to select additional options (the year a test
was released, the strand [number sense, computation and estimation, measurement and geometry, or
probability, statistics, patterns, functions, and algebra] they would like to work on. All of the questions
are from previously released SOL tests. For each question, the correct answer is provided after the
student submits his or her answer.
6)
Sheppard Software
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
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This site serves as a fun and entertaining, as well as educational, way of reviewing various math
concepts by topic. The students can choose from a variety of games to help strengthen those math
concepts they might need a little extra work on.
7)
SOL Pass
 http://www.solpass.org/elementary.html
 This site is a phenomenal resource to help prepare for the Virginia Studies SOL. When you first enter the
site, you need to click on the drop down box that says, “Elementary School.” Then you need to scroll
down and click on “Creighton’s Corner.” Finally, the password you should type in is “cces.” It is
broken down by SOL objectives. For most objectives, it provides a study guide, games, and online
quizzes. I will be assigning homework from this site each night to help the students prepare for the
Virginia Studies SOL.
8)
Refrigerator Cards for Virginia Studies
 This resource is posted in a PDF version on my website.
 This is a fantastic resource that can easily be hung on your refrigerator for quick and easy access of a
wonderful review of all of the Virginia Studies SOL objectives.
9)
Virginia Studies SOL Review Packet
 Due to copyright laws, I am not able to post this review packet on my website. However, I will be making
a copy of each packet and sending them home one at a time as I assign a particular objective to review
for homework. These review packets will be used in conjunction with the activities and quizzes listed on
SOL Pass to help your student be well prepared for the Virginia Studies SOL.
 These Virginia Studies SOL Review packets cover VS.2a-g through VS.10b-c . It is a great resource to use
to help students prepare for the Virginia Studies SOL. Each packet has graphics to help students
memorize concepts and provides a question/answer format that will enable the students to master the
various Virginia Studies SOL objectives.
SOL Test Dates
*Please note that in fourth grade we only take 3 SOLs.
Reading SOL – Thursday, May 14
Virginia Studies SOL – Friday, May 22
Math SOL, Part 1 – Thursday, May 28
Math SOL, Part 2 – Friday, May 29