Second Grade CogAT
PARENT SESSION
SPRING 2015
PRESENTED BY:
JENNIFER SEELIG
MOREHEAD AIG FACILITATOR
Second Grade CogAT
Talking Points
 What is the CogAT Test and why did my child need
to take it?
 Taking a look at the results and decoding what the
results mean
 Parent tips
 Next steps: Planning for third grade and gathering
information for AIG services
 What does Third Grade AIG enrichment look like?
 Questions
 The CogAT (Cognitive Abilities
Second Grade
CogAT
Test) measures a child’s learned
reasoning abilities.

What is the
CogAT Test
and why did
my child
need to take
it?
Think of this as the degree of readiness
to learn & perform well in a particular
situation- school.
• The information gathered is
used as part of the process for
placement in the AIG Program.
Second Grade CogAT
CogAT contains three areas:
• Verbal ~ The skills needed for reading
comprehension, critical thinking, writing and
verbal learning tasks
• Quantitative ~ The ability to work with numbers,
mathematical symbols, and problem solving
• Nonverbal ~ The ability to reason by using
geometric shapes and figures; create and use
strategies for solving the problems
CogAT
Cognitive Abilities Test
Verbal Classification
Which word does not go with the others in the set below?
A tall
B tiny
C huge
D quiet
E large
Which word could be included with the others in the set below?
newspaper
pamphlet
magazine
A read
B book
C buy
D print
E letters
CogAT
Cognitive Abilities Test
Verbal Analogies
Wheel is to skateboard as door is to…
A wood B house
C window D enter
Candy
Sweet : Lemon
A lemonade B yellow
slide
brand
A land
side
band
B ran
E glass
….
C sour
D oblong
lid
…
C bid
D lad
E fruit
CogAT
Cognitive Abilities Test
Number Series
Choose the answer that would go next in the pattern.
3A
A 10D
6B
9C
B 12E
...
C 12D
D 18E
Figure Classification
The drawings in the box go together in a certain way.
Choose the drawing that completes the pattern.
a
c
b
d
CogAT
Cognitive Abilities Test
Figure Analysis
The first figure below shows how a square piece of paper
is folded and where holes are punched in it. How would
the paper look when it is unfolded?
 Your child’s unique profile will
Second Grade
CogAT
Taking a look
at the results
and decoding
what they
mean.
provide some clues as to their
strengths and challenges.
Second Grade CogAT
Second Grade CogAT
Another Sample Profile
5 B (V-)
5 Refers to the student’s middle Age Stanine Score.
(5 is average)
B Refers to the overall profile of the scores.
In this example,
B highlights that one score is below the other scores.
(V-) Shows the areas of strengths or weakness.
student has a Verbal weakness.
This
Second Grade CogAT
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Second Grade
CogAT
Activities to help build reasoning
and problem solving skills:
 Play Scrabble, chess, Boggle,
Parent Tips
number based games, checkers,
dominos, solve the Rubik's Cube
and Sudoku puzzles. And
yes…play video games!
 Create origami, add dialogue to
comic strips, do crossword
puzzles, build with Legos.
Second Grade CogAT
Students with challenges usually:
 Struggle with poor memory strategies
 Need basic content knowledge
 Need highly structured learning environments
 Require repetitive instruction
 Need demonstration & modeling
 Need to know very basics of what to do step by step
 Can be paired with higher ability students
Second Grade CogAT
Students with strengths usually:
 Have good knowledge base
 Are able to see relationships
 Require less practice
 Will get bored if kept too long on a task
 Expect things to have meaning
 Think of practice and “drill” strategies as of having
little value
 Perform best with low structure
Second Grade
CogAT
Planning for
third grade &
gathering
information
for AIG
services
Second Grade CogAT
As AIG facilitator, I:
 Search the CogAT results for students who are in the
90th percentile when compared to their age
equivalent peers
 Gather data from the classroom teachers and
parents (Nomination Form)
 Invite students who meet the criteria to be further
evaluated with a nationally normed achievement
test
 Share the results with families
 Novel studies
Second Grade
CogAT
What does
third grade
AIG
enrichment
look like?
 Math problem solving and
extension activities
 Concept-based units and
integrated projects
 Guest speakers
Second Grade
CogAT
Questions
Second Grade CogAT
Contact Information:
 jennifer.seelig@dpsnc.net
 (919) 560 – 3954
extension 54420