3rd Grade AIR Test Strategies

How do you feel about taking the test?

• Worried

• Nervous

• Excited

• Calm

Tags

CCSS.SL.3.1D

What is the first thing you should do when you see your test?

• Cry

• Read the selection

• Read the question

• Look at the pictures

While reading, what should you be doing?

• Looking for the answers

• Thinking about recess

• Clicking all of the buttons

• Tapping your pencil

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.1

What should you do if you don't know an answer to a question?

• make your best guess before moving on

• leave it blank

• stay on that question for the rest of the test

• click buttons around the screen

What does the central idea mean?

• selection

• right answer

• main idea

• part of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

What does selection mean?

• passage

• story

• text

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does it mean when it says, "write a response?"

• Write 2 sentences

• Write a multi-paragraph essay

• One word

• make up a story

What do I do when I come to a multiple choice question?

• Read only until I find the right answer

• Read ALL of the answer choices first before selecting

• Take a guess

• Click your favorite answer

What do I do if I need to use the restroom?

• Yell out, "I need to go to the restroom"

• Stand up and walk out of the room

• Wait until the test is done

• Raise your hand and your teacher will come get you

Can my teacher help me?

• Yes

• No

• Yes, but only with technology issues

• No, but your friends can