It gets your brain ready for what you're about to read
100
What do you do first with a multiple choice questions:
a) pick the best answer
b) read it 2x and restate it in your own words
c) skip it if it's hard
d) close your eyes and guess
b. read it 2x and restate it in your own words
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 do you do after you've read and restated a multiple choice question?
a) pick the first answer that sounds right
b) pick the best answer
c) think of your own answer before picking the best choice
d) close your eyes and guess
c. think of your own answer before picking the best choice
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
What should you do when you think you're done?
- check that you recorded your answers correctly
- re-read and edit your short and extended responses
- put your head down and rest
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
What can you do if none of the answers sound right?
a) give up and stop taking the test
b) reread the question and try again
c) close your eyes and guess
d) keep rereading the answers until one sounds right
b) reread the question and try again
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
What can you do if you don't understand what you're reading?
- reread it
- skip or replace tricky words
- try reading just the first and last sentence of a section
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
How is restating the question in your own words and thinking of your own answer helpful?
It makes you think about what the question is really asking and what the answer might be based on the text you've read.
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
What can you do if you're stuck on a question?
- reread it an try again
- make your best guess
- skip it, circle it and come back to it
Each question is only worth a few points. DON'T WASTE TOO MUCH TIME ON ANY QUESTION. It's not worth it!
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
Describe 2 strategies that you find help you answer multiple choice questions.
- read the Q 2x
- restate the Q in your own words
- think of your own answers
- read all the choices before picking the best one
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
What can you do if you're running out of steam or time?
- Read the first paragraph
- Read the first and last sentence of all other paragraphs
- Read the last paragraph