Book excerpt: Our PSSA Grade 5 English Language Arts Success Strategies Workbook is built around the specific standards used by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. With a PSSA Grade 5 English Language Arts Success Strategies Workbook, your student will have access to numerous practice questions and other exercises, which they can use to improve their skills and measure their progress toward Common Core readiness. Individual lessons and exercises are short and to the point, so your student doesn't lose focus, but they're also thorough enough to cover each topic in depth. Concepts and principles are broken down into small nuggets, leading to higher comprehension and retention rates for students.