Before the MCAS & PARCC
During the MCAS & PARCC
Essay Questions
Strategies
Potpourri
100
What is one thing you can do the night before to be ready for the test?
Eat a good dinner and get plenty of sleep.
100
Reading the purpose setting statement is very important.
True.
100
Read the essay question!
What should you do before you read the story or article?
100
Reading the entire question.
What should you do to make sure you understand the question?
100
When are fourth graders taking the ELA tests?
April 6 - 8
200
What should you do before school on testing days?
Eat a healthy breakfast.
200
All the questions in the MCAS or PARCC will be multiple choice?
False
200
Plan!
What should you do before you answer the question?
200
Rereading the text is a good strategy to make sure you answered the question correctly.
How can you be sure you answered the question right?
200
dialogue, descriptive language, foreshadowing, building tension
Name some narrative writing qualities
300
What is the favorite candy of test-takers?
Jolly Rangers
300
Read all the answers and choose the best one.
How would you answer a multiple choice question?
300
a graphic organizer (timeline, story mountain)
What can you draw on your scrap paper to help you plan your essay question?
300
another word for text
What does the word passage mean in the test?
300
no homework and extra recess
Two great things about the MCAS testing week.
400
What should you do when you get the classroom on the days of testing?
Get unpacked, clear your desk, stay calm, don't stress out and focus!
400
It is important that students support their writing with evidence form the text and not their opinion.
TRUE
400
The story and the other questions about the story.
What can you use to help you answer to essay question?
400
They all mean "to show"
What do the words illustrate, demonstrate, reason mean when they are used in the test?
400
All students from 3rd grade on in Massachusetts
Who takes the MCAS/PARCC tests?
500
What does the 2 C's in PARCC stand for?
College & Career
500
Using "process of elimination" students can narrow down their choices for multiple choice questions.
What strategy helps with multiple choice questions?
500
Read the question carefully, pull out the important vocabulary and restate the question in your answer.
What should you do to make sure you are answering the question correctly?
500
Make sure you include all the elements of a narrative. Write in paragraphs and include all the qualities of good writing.
How can you earn a high score on the PARCC writing section?
500
PARCC is timed and MCAS is not.
What is one big difference between MCAS and PARCC?
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