Test Taking Strategies

Which of the following words represent answer choices that are usually incorrect

• Always

• Champs

• Never

• Usually

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

You should spend time answering difficult questions no matter how long it takes?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RL.6.10

True or False
I should read the entire passage before answering the questions.

• False
• True

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RF.3.4B

If I see a gray box in the directions

• I can skip it and move on
• It means I don't have to re-read
• I should ALWAYS read it because it contains important information for how to answer the question

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Before I take my test, I should be sure to 

• get a good night sleep
• eat a good breakfast
• take a minute to relax and sit next to people that would not be distracting
• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False
It is ok to take short "brain-breaks" during my test session.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RF.4.4B

2. When is the best time to start to study for a test?

• In the bus on the way to school
• Daily, starting a week before the test
• The night before the test
• Skip breakfast and study then.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.7.10

4. When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, what can you do first?

• Organize your thoughts in a list.
• Take a guess and move on.
• Double check all your answers.
• Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

9. What does it mean to prioritize?

• Answer the hard questions first.
• Write the essay first.
• Read the passages before the questions.
• Answer the easy questions first.

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CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RL.8.10