Give your fifth grader the confidence to succeed on both Florida FAST tests (Mathematics and ELA Reading) in one book.
This Smart Stars combined edition brings together ten full-length, standards-aligned practice tests (five in Mathematics and five in ELA Reading) that mirror the length, item mix, and question types of the real Florida FAST assessments. Every question and passage was written by experienced educators, reviewed for accuracy, and built around the Florida B.E.S.T. Standards at Grade 5 (the standards Florida built the FAST test on) so the topics and emphasis match what Florida students actually see.
FAST (the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking) is the test the Florida Department of Education gives to students statewide. It is a computer-based test taken online, given in progress-monitoring windows across the year. On the real test students click, drag, type, plot points, and select evidence from reading passages; this book renders those same skills as clear, print-friendly items: with the same coordinate planes, line plots, number lines, area and volume figures, and reading-passage sets: so the thinking is identical even though the answering is on paper.
What’s inside
- Ten full-length practice tests (five Mathematics and five ELA Reading, 36 questions each, 360 questions in all) with detailed Answers and Explanations after every test
- Practice in every FAST item format rendered for paper: single-answer multiple choice, multiple select (“select the two”), type-in/fill-in answers, two-part (EBSR) items, and table-match tasks: across both subjects
Topics covered
- Place value and decimals to the thousandths, including reading, writing, comparing, and rounding decimals, and multiplying or dividing by powers of 10
- Multi-digit multiplication with partial products and long division with remainders
- Adding and subtracting decimals, and multiplying decimals by whole numbers
- Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, multiplying fractions, and dividing unit fractions by whole numbers (and whole numbers by unit fractions)
- Order of operations with parentheses, writing numerical expressions, and extending number patterns into ordered pairs
- Volume of rectangular prisms and composite figures, classifying two- and three-dimensional figures, and plotting points on the coordinate plane
- Measurement conversions (customary, metric, and time), and interpreting data in line plots, bar graphs, and the mean
- Central idea, theme, and author’s purpose across literary and informational texts
- Vocabulary in context and word meaning from Greek and Latin roots and affixes
- Making inferences and citing the specific text evidence that supports them
- Analyzing text structure, point of view, tone, and figurative language
- Reading poetry paired with prose, and interpreting figurative and descriptive language
- Comparing paired passages and integrating information across two texts
Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars
- Educator-authored. Every question and passage is written and reviewed by classroom-experienced educators, and no passage is reproduced from copyrighted work.
- Mirrors test day. Each practice test matches the official FAST item mix, question formats, and on-screen skills for its subject, rendered clearly for paper practice.
- Explanations teach the why. Math entries show the full worked solution and name the trap behind the top wrong answer; reading entries point to the exact evidence in the passage.
- Two subjects, one book. Five math tests and five reading tests together give a full year of focused FAST practice in a single volume