State Test Strategies

What should you do if you finish and there is still time remaining?

• Click submit and take a nap

• Overthink and change your answers

• Check over your answers

• Stare at your screen until the test is over

During the test, you should...

• Move as quickly as you can.

• Take your time and stay focused.

• Skip around the test and look outside.

• Think about what you am going to do at lunch.

When answering the multiple choice questions, what should you do?

• 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 a friend or teacher to help me.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

What strategy should you use in the following scenario: There is 10 mins left during the test. You just completed answering all the questions. What should you do?

• Submit my test and be proud that I am the first one to be done

• Start to change answers because I have too many "B" choices on my scantron
  

• Review the entire test and revisit the questions that were tricky

• Put my head down on the desk and sleep until time is called.

When eliminating or "x-ing" out an answer always select the choices that?

• the shortest answer

• cannot possibly be correct

• the answer that repeats the question in it

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

On the day of the test . . .

• I should rush so I can be the first one finished.

• I should not use my strategies.

• I should talk to my classmates while testing.

• I should try my best and use my strategies.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

On the day of the test . . .

• I should rush so I can be the first one finished.

• I should not use my strategies.

• I should talk to my classmates while testing.

• I should try my best and use my strategies.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

When answering multiple choice questions, what is the first thing you should do?

• always choose C

• read all answer choices first

• look for a pattern with the letters

• choose your favorite letter

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

What should you do when you hear the 10 minute warning if you are not finished?

• Continue reading the passage

• Answer any blank questions

• Finish annotating the passage

• Click submit

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10