Test Strategies
ISAT Behavior
Affixes
Vocabulary
Extended Response
100
I can do this to make sure I am not tired during testing.
What is go to bed on time?
100
I need to have this kind of attitude.
What is good or positive?
100
This prefix means "before".
What is pre-?
100
This is the answer to a multiplication problem.
What is the product?
100
You should circle this in your math extended response.
What is the answer?
200
I can do this so my stomach doesn't growl during a test.
What is eat a nutritious breakfast?
200
An adjective or adverb that describes the noise level you should have while working on the test.
What is quiet or quietly? (Any synonym will work.)
200
This prefix means after.
What is post-?
200
This is the distance around the outside of a polygon.
What is perimeter?
200
It is OK to re-do this for any extended response problem if you don't know the answer.
What is read again?
300
I can do this on a multiple choice question to make sure I am picking the BEST answer.
What is look at every answer choice?
300
What you should do if you have a question during the test.
What is raise my hand?
300
This prefix starts with the letter u and means not.
What is un-?
300
This is where two lines meet. (Hint: Starts with a v!)
What is a vertex?
300
You need to try to have three of these in a reading extended response answer.
What are connections or examples from the text?
400
On a multiple choice question, I can do this to some of the answer choices to help me make a better guess.
What is eliminate or get rid of the answers I know are wrong?
400
This is how hard you should work during the test.
What is do my best?
400
The suffix -ology means this.
What is the study of?
400
A letter or letters that are added to the beginning of a word that change its meaning.
What is a prefix?
400
The thing that is missing from this problem: $5.00 + $4.00 = 9.00
What is the label or dollar sign?
500
If I don't understand the question, I can reread the question and look for these.
What are key words or phrases?
500
Good behavior will earn me these.
What are tickets or prizes?
500
This suffix shows that you are "able" to do something.
What is -able?
500
The opposite of something is called this.
What is an antonym?
500
For the math extended response, you must tell what you did and ______ you did it.
What is why?
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