A TEAM TEST STRATEGIES!

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.

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.

Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

• So you will not have to study.

• So you can think clearly.

• So you will know all the answers.

• So you will not be nervous.

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

• Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

• Guess at what they mean and get started.

• Re-read them six times.

• Put your head down.

Why do your need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.

• So you finish the whole test.

• So you can finish the test before your classmates.

• So you remember to write your name on the test.

What should you do the night before testing?

• Stay up late on snapchat

• Go to bed early and get a goodnight sleep

• Eat a lot of junk food

• Play video games all night

What do you do when you first begin a new passage?

• Lay your head down and give up.
• Figure out what type of text it is.
• Draw pictures all around it.
• Get a dictionary to look up every unknown word.

What do you do as you read a passage?

• Think about your reading by asking questions, highlighting important parts, and jotting quick notes out to the side.

• Write down every single thought you have.

• Outline every paragraph with your pencil.

• Highlight all of the words that look important.

What do you do when you come to a passage that is on an unfamiliar topic?

• This is the end. Just give up and start crying.

• Think negatively the whole time you read it.

• Focus and jot about your thinking more. Make connections to what you do know to understand!

• Avoid the passage by going to the bathroom many times.

What do you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?

• Immediately ask for a dictionary and look it up.

• Skip past the word and don't do back to figure out the meaning.

• Stop reading completely and stare at the word until you know it.

• Use your context clues to read around the word and think of what would make sense based on what is happening in the text. Use a dictionary to check if you are not sure at all.