Testing Tips
What are the two questions you ask to determine main idea?
Who & What is the story mostly about
Provide an example of "positive self talk"
"I got this!" "I can do it!" "Take my time!"
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
How much time do you have to take the test?
4 hours or till the end of the day
T or F: You should eliminate any choice(s) that you know are not the correct answer.
TRUE
When you have completed your entire test what should you do?
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS!
For sequence questions, you should always...
Think when each event happened
What do I highlight while reading?
Title, headings, captions, pictures, and DETAILS
What is the strategy for summarization when reading a fiction story?
BME - beginning, middle, and end
How do you go about answering context clue questions?
Go back to the text and read the sentences before and after the sentence the word is in
T or F: I should work on questions before the teacher has read them to me?
FALSE
In poetry a paragraph is equal to a ______ in a story?
Stanza
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Always read ALL the answer choices, eliminate ones you know are incorrect, choose the BEST answer from the ones left
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
What you know and what is in the text.
A good inference must be based on the text.
What should you do if you don't know what an important word means in a question or passage?
USE THE DICTIONARY!!!
In a Non-Fiction story where could I usually find the main idea of each part? (TEXT FEATURE).
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