How to Prepare
What time do you need to be at school in the morning on testing days?
8am
What can you do to eliminate answer choices?
Use X's and M's
What should you do when you first open to a new passage?
Read the questions
What is strategy to see which word makes the most sense in the sentence?
Plug in each answer choice and reread the sentence
Is this spelled correctly? If wrong, spell it correctly:
earthquack
earthquake
What is the most important meal to eat on testing days?
Breakfast
What should you circle when annotating questions?
Circle where it is at (Passage 1, Passage 2)
After you read Passage 1, you should check to see...
If you can answer only Passage 1 questions first!
How do you decide the if the answer choice should be past, present, or future?
Read the other sentences in the passage to see what verb tense is being used
Is this spelled correctly? If wrong, spell it correctly:
comunicate
communicate
How many hours of sleep should you get on testing days?
8 hours or more
What should you underline when annotating questions?
What the question is asking you, important words or phrases
If there are 10 minutes left, what should you do?
Make sure that you have answered EVERY question!
If a title of a work is typed, what do you need to do to it?
Italicize it!
Is this spelled correctly? If wrong, spell it correctly:
imperative
YES imperative
What homework can I do at night to help prepare?
Passage and questions, and Read!
When first annotating questions, do you read the answer choices?
No, don't waste too much time!
While reading passages, you should be _________ the text.
annotating
If you don't know the spelling of a word, what strategy can you use?
Sound out the parts!
Is this spelled correctly? If wrong, spell it correctly:
bearfoot
bearfoot
If you feel nervous on the morning of the FSA, what strategies can you use to calm down?
Deep breaths, count to 10, drink water, draw, think positive!
When answering questions, you need to find ______ in the text.
Evidence
If you are not sure about the answer to a question, you should do what?
Put a star by it and come back later!
When should you use commas sentences?
when pausing or making a list (, , and)
Is this spelled correctly? If wrong, spell it correctly:
amendment
YES amendment