Test Taking Tips
Test Strategies
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How many times should you read the directions?
What is twice
100
Should you go back and find your answer in the text?
What is YES!
100
To list in steps
What is trace?
100
To create
What is formulate?
100
To give me the short answer
What is summarize?
200
Why is it important to eliminate the answers that do not belong before chosing one?
What is you can narrow down the answer to the correct one.
200
To make sure you comprehend (understand) the meaning of a word through context clues in a sentence, what is a strategy you can use?
What is substitute the unknown word with the choices given.
200
To break apart
What is analyze?
200
To tell all about
What is describe
200
All the ways they are alike
What is compare?
300
What are the two reasons should you read a passage twice?
What is twice. Once to get in your mind and twice to understand the question.
300
What is a strategy to make sure you understand the directions?
What is circle the verb, what the directions are asking you to do, so you know what to look for specifically.
300
To read between the lines
What is infer?
300
To back up with details
What is support?
300
All the ways they are different
What is contrast?
400
Why should you show your work in different ways on the test?
What is so you can get partial credit, the constructed response usually has more that one step or question in a response.
400
What is the number one test taking strategy of all?
What is slow down~ TAKE YOUR TIME!
400
To judge
What is evaluate?
400
To tell how
What is explain?
400
To tell what you think will happen next
What is predict?
500
What should you do if you think you cannot answer the question?
What is never leave an answer blank, always try your best and check each question to make sure it has an answer.
500
What are at least two things you can do at home to get ready for the MAP test?
eat a healthy breakfast get at least 8 hours of sleep Relax
500
What is the RACE strategy for test taking?
R=restate the question A=answer the question C=Cite the evidence-prove your answer E=Extend and explain-details!
500
to predict, rounding
What is estimate?
500
To tell what word means
What is define?
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