Reading Testing Strategies

During the test, I should _________________. 

• Move as quickly as I can.

• Skip around the test.

• Take my time and stay focused.

• Think about what I'm going to do at recess. 

For multiple choice questions, I should _________________________. 

• 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 my friend to help me.

When you INFER, you must....

• use your background knowledge and text clues

• use your main ideas and text clues

• predict what will happen next

Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?

• to activate your schema (background knowledge)

• to see what types of questions you'll be asked

• All of these are correct

• so you can read with a purpose

Select the 2 BEST reading strategies to use for testing.

• Quickly re-read passages.

• When permitted, read the questions first, so you know what to focus on.

• Make sure you finish on time, no extra time will be given.

• Highlight important parts of the text or possible answers in text.

• Focus on the grammatical structure of the text.

When taking a standardized reading test, what is the first step you should do?

• read the text

• read the questions

• choose an answer that makes sense

• remove answers that don't make sense

Which of the following is a good general testing strategy?

• Answer C on all questions

• Skim the questions before reading a passage so that you know what you are looking for

• Answer C on all questions

• Skim the directions, and guess the best answer quickly

 It's important that I ________________________. 

• give my best effort and keep a good attitude.

• Take my time

• Read the stories, stop and jot and use process of elimination to answer the questions

• All of the above

What might help you while you are taking the reading test?

• Guessing

• Skipping questions

• Leaving questions blank

• Skimming the questions before reading

Check the testing strategies for READING.

• Process of elimination

• Check back in the passage for the answer

• Find key words in the question

• Pick any answer I know is correct