It gets your brain ready for what you're about to read
100
Choose the best way to make the sentence into a compound sentence.
We finished our dinner
A. , took a nap, and went to the lake
B. and Mom gave us a cupcake for dessert.
C. . It was good.
D. ; I was full.
What is...
B. and Mom gave us a cupcake for dessert.
100
When you have finished a testing section and have time left.
What is...
Go back and check your work?
100
Jose owns a bicycle shop. He receives 15 bicycles. The bicycles do not have tires. The number sentence to figure out how many tires Jose needs to order.
What is...
15 bicycles x 2 tires for each bicycle = 30 tires needed to order?
100
What can you do at home to prepare for the test
- get a good night's sleep
- eat a healthy breakfast
200
Name 2 ways you can preview a passage.
Read the title, identify the genre, look at the pictures, read text features
200
What is the predicate in this sentence?
The frog hid under the rotting log.
A. The frog
B. frog hid under
C. hid under the rotting log
D. under the rotting log
What is...
C. hid under the rotting log?
Remember, a predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does.
200
A strategy to use when you don't have a clue what the right answer is to a question.
What is...
Eliminate answers you know are wrong?
200
You are eighth in line to swing at the playground. Figure out how long you will wait to swing if every person ahead of you swings for 5 minutes.
What is...
7 kids are ahead of you x 5 minutes each = 35 minutes to wait to swing?
200
Using clues from the story to decide what is happening.
What is...
making an inference?
300
What are at least 2 mistakes you can make when note taking?
- wait until the end to take notes
- don't take any notes
- underline too much
- write too much (use just 3-5 key words for a section)
300
Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A. We went to the beach.
B. We went to the beach last week.
C. We went to the beach and we collected shells.
D. We collected shells when we were at the beach.
What is...
C. We went to the beach and we collected shells.
300
When you have eliminated wrong answers and are down to 2 possible answers, but can't decide which one is correct.
What is...
Make your best guess?
300
Place these in order of shortest to longest.
two yards,
one foot,
three inches,
one mile
What is...
Three inches,
One foot,
Two yards,
One mile
300
The name of the company that made a book.
What is ...
the Publisher?
400
Give an example of a "test writer's gift" and how you might use it.
- read keyword vocabulary
- look at a map or diagram
- read a sidebar
- look at a picture
400
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. The boys hat went flying down the street in the wind.
B. The cats and dogs were making noise in the pet store.
C. Why did you ask me that question about my family.
D. Bill said did you use my pencil or did I lose it?
What is...
B. The cats and dogs were making noise in the pet store.
400
A strategy to help you understand what information is being asked in the question.
What is...
Circle key words or re-read the question.
400
A geometric shape that has 4 right angles, but only 2 sides are equal.
A. Square
B. Parallelogram
C. Rectangle
D. Trapezoid
What is a...
C. Rectangle
400
Using characters, plot, setting, events, and a solution.
What are...
Elements of fiction stories?
500
What who/what note might you make for the following section?
Mlaika lived near a highway. Dr. Poole said, "I could not tell the difference between Mlaika's call and the distant truck sounds." She and other scientists studied Mlaika's sounds. It turned out that Mlaika was studying the sounds of the trucks driving by.
Elephant copied truck sounds
500
Identify the pronoun in the following sentence.
Did her pen run out of ink?
A. pen
B. out
C. ink
D. her
What is...
D. her
Remember...a pronoun can take the place of a noun.
500
To make sure you bubble in the answer to the correct number question on your answer sheet.
What is...
Make sure the answer sheet number is the same as the number of the test question?
500
2 lines that never meet and are always the same distance apart.
What are...
Parallel lines?
500
When reading a story, make a guess about what may happen next.