Test-Taking Strategies

Which strategies are included in the Underline All Titles strategy? (select 3 correct answers)

• Before you read the question, underline all titles.

• If there is a graph, underline the title of the graph.

• If there is a reading passage, underline the title of the passage.

• Ignore titles, they are NOT important

What does the strategy Be Smart With Charts & Zap the Maps! mean?

• Only answers Map questions and Zap all other questions by ignoring them

• Analyze ALL information on Maps and Charts provided before answering the questions!

• Ignore all Maps and Charts questions. They are not important.

• Maps and Charts questions don't exist

Label all Points, Bars, Pies, and Write Notes strategies means what?

• When there are graphs and pictures for a question, label all of the points that are in the graphs or pictures

• If a bar chart or pie chart is given, label what is being measured.

• Brain Dump – Write notes about what you know about the question on the side.

• All of the above are correct

There are 3 signal words in the Extra! Extra! Read All About It! strategy - explain, interpret, and compare.

How do these and other signal words help us during a test?

• By signaling you that you have extra homework after your test

• By signaling you to pay close attention to how you will answer the question

• By informing you to skip the question

• By letting you know that guessing is the best strategy

"Jail the Detail" strategy helps you focus on exactly what the question is asking you to do. All of the following are included in this strategy EXCEPT for...

• highlight important details and key words

• underline important details and key words

• eliminate important details and key words

• circle important details and key words

Be Slick and Predict strategy for answering questions includes you predicting what?

• Predict what the answer to the question is after reading the question

• Predicting the weather outside

• Predicting the score you will get on the test

• Predicting what your teacher is thinking at this very moment

Stash the Trash strategy means to do what?

• Stash your food away for safe keeping

• Stash the question in the trash can

• Read through all the answers and eliminate any answers that you know are NOT correct - those are obviously "trash"

• Pause the test and literally take out the trash

Choose the Best Answer strategy includes...

• Look to eliminate wrong answers.. there are usually two wrong answers which are easier to eliminate

• Wrong answers cannot be eliminated before picking the best choice

• Eliminating bad answer choices is never helpful

• None of these choices are included in Choose the Best Answer

The Plug It In, Plug It In strategy refers to...

• Plugging your ears

• Plugging in your phone charger

• Once you have chosen your answer, plug it in and make sure that it makes sense! (this works really well with vocabulary questions).

• Glade PlugIns Scented Oils

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CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Keep On Keeping On strategy includes which one of the following...

• If you get to a couple of questions that you just don’t know, don’t give up! Keep trying your best!

• Give up immediately

• Only think about the wrong answers

• Just circle answers