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Test Taking Strategies

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

The night before my big test, I should ____________________.

Stay up extra late

Argue with my sister

Go to bed early

Eat lots of junk food

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.

If I finish my test quickly, I will probably ____________________.

Get a very high score.

Not do as well as others who take their time.

Talk to my neighbor because I'm bored.

Get all the questions correct.

On the day of the test, I should ____________________.

Eat a good breakfast.

Sleep in and be late to school

Skip breakfast.

Skip school.

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 I see a long reading passage on my test, I might try ___________________.

Reading the questions before reading the passage.

Skipping it and not answering the questions because they're too hard.

All of the above.

A good breakfast on the day of the test might be:

Doritoes

Energy drinks

Candy

Eggs, cereal, or a bagel.

If you don't know the answer to a question, you should:

Stare into space

Pick your nose

Give up

Use the process of elimination! DUH! on every question!

Signposts to find the theme

Used mosty for fiction (stories)

Used mostly for nonfiction (facts)

10.

The first thing I should do when the test starts is....

Immediately Start

Read the questions

Look at my friend

BRAIN VOMIT!

11.

I should always use my scratch paper to take notes and write my brain vomit.

TRUE

FALSE

12.

In a nonfiction text I need to underline the first line of each paragraph.

TRUE

FALSE

13.

I should mark the signposts, especially the AHA moments during a story (narrative)

TRUE

FALSE

14.

The first thing I should do when opening a reading question is...

Cry

Skip to the questions to save time

Read the title to see if it is fiction or Nonfiction

15.

A passage about whales if probably

Fiction (story) use signposts while reading

Nonfiction (focus on main idea)

16.

A passage about a student bullying another student is probably

Fiction (story) use signposts to find the theme or Lesson

Nonfiction (focus on the main idea)

17.

I can highlight on the ISAT

True

False

18.

I can use my scratch paper to write/ draw notes while listening to a audio question

True

False

19.

I should follow along with the audio if the words are also provided on a listening question.

True

False

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Test Taking Strategies

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

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