Testing Strategies- Reading SOL

3. When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?

• Don't move until you answer it.
• Take a guess and keep going
• Mark it and come back to it.
• Write a list of facts that you do know.

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The night before my big test, I should ____________________.  

• Stay up extra late
• Argue with my sister
• Go to bed early
• Eat lots of junk food

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During the test, I should _________________. 

• Move as quickly as I can.
• Skip around the test.
• Take my time and stay focused.
• Think about what I'm going to do at recess. 

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On the day of the test, I should ____________________. 

• Eat a good breakfast. 
• Sleep in and be late to school 
• Skip breakfast. 
• Skip school. 

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For multiple choice questions, I should _________________________. 

• Choose the first answer that sounds right to me. 
• Read all the answer choices before picking one. 
• Say "eeny  meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.
• Ask my friend to help me.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

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If you don't know the answer to a question, you should: 

• Stare into space
• Pick your nose
• Give up
• Try to elminate a wrong answer

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During the test, I should: 

• try hard to copy answers off of my friend.
• tell my teacher that I don't really feel like taking a test today.
• make lots of noise.
• stay calm and give my best effort.

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Which testing tool helps eliminate multiple choice answers?

• flagging
• highlighting
• strikethrough
• line reader

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When choosing an answer to a multiplic-choice question, you should____.

• pick the first answer that looks right
• always choose answer "C"
• read the question and the answer choices, then choose the best answer
• choose the best answer

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If you do not know the answer to a question, you should____.

• make a random guess
• eliminate bad choices, then guess from remaining choices
• not answer it
• ask the teacher to tell you the answer

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

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