The information and activities in this guide are offered to teachers who want to familiarize their fifth grade students with test taking techniques. The introductory sections of the guide discuss the types of tests administered to fifth grade students, test wisdom in general, characteristics of fifth grade students, the teacher's role in testing programs, and skills for answering specific types of questions. The remainder of the guide contains worksheets that provide a variety of test formats and practice in many test taking techniques. The worksheets include items on test vocabulary, reading comprehension, content vocabulary, language expression, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, map skills, reading skills for interpreting graphs and tables, skills for reading reference materials, and mathematical computation, concepts, and applications. Answer keys and answer sheet forms for test samples are provided. (RL)