Mastering the Math Questions
Navigating the Test
Conquering the Questions
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Acing the Essay
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True or False?
Your test may have Drag and Drop Questions.
TRUE! Many of the math questions may be Drag and Drop. You will answer these questions by selecting your answer and dragging it to the correct box. Some questions let you drag two or more answers choices into a box, while others only one choice.
Hint- Read each choice carefully BEFORE you start to Drag and Drop answers.
100
Use these buttons at of your screen to move back and forth between screens on the RICAS.
What are the "Back" button and the "Next" Button?
100
Your test will have ___________ choice questions. This means that there is a circle next to each choice and there is only one correct answer. Choose the answer you want by selecting the circle. Be sure to scroll to see all of the possible answers before you decide!
What is Multiple Choice?
You can click on the "eye" icon to hide any answers that are not correct as you decide.
100
On the night before the RICAS test, be sure to...
What is get a good night's sleep?
100
What are the three key parts of an essay Introduction?
What are the hook, bridge and claim/thesis statement?
200
You may get a fill in the ________ question. This means that parts of an equation are missing and you need to fill them in.
What is Fill in the Blank?
200
Name at least 2 of these RICAS tools from the toolbar...
What are...
200
True or False?
Some reading passages may include words that are not familiar to you. Some of these words may have a dotted line below them. When you select one of these words, its definition will be displayed for you.
What is True?
Be sure to read all definitions of unfamiliar words.
200
At home, on the morning of the test, be sure to....
What is eat a good, healthy breakfast on the morning of the RICAS test?
200
Your essay/written response should contain at least ________ examples/details/pieces of evidence from the text. Remember if there are two texts, you need to include details from BOTH texts.
What is at least THREE?
300
You will have to write equations on your Math RICAS test. You will use the _____________ Editor to do this! But...before you use the ____________ Editor you need to work out your equations on your scratch paper.
What is the Equation Editor?
300
A student sees this screen at the end of his test. He shouldn't do anything else, just turn in the test-True or False?
What is False?
Why? This student did not answer 2 questions. He needs to go back and do his best to answer the 2 questions that are in red circles. He should also check anything he bookmarked with a star.
300
Your test will have ___________select questions. These have more than one correct answer and have a square checkbox next to each choice. Answer these question by selecting the squares next to the answers you think are correct. There will be more than one response for these questions.
What are multiple select questions?
300
On the day of the test, be sure to....
What is drink water and stay hydrated?
300
So that you can fully understand what the prompt is asking, you should __________ it and plan your answer before you even start reading the text.
What is dissect the prompt?
You should copy the prompt on your scratch paper and dissect it using the symbols we learned in Writing Lab. A cloud around the type of writing, a box around the topic (what you are writing about) and underline any important details in the prompt.
400
True or False?
Some of the test questions are "Hot Spot" questions. Here's an example:
TRUE!
You will answer these questions by selecting your choice. Hot Spots may have more than one correct answer. You can change your answer by selecting a different one before submitting.
400
You will be asked to measure items on your scree during the Math RICAS test. To do that you will use the _________ tool.
What is the ruler tool? When selecting the ruler tool, you will need to choose centimeters or inches.
400
For your written answers on the ELA RICAS, you will use a Response Box. When you want to make a new paragraph for an essay, press ENTER twice. You can bold, underline or use italics as well.
Yes or No- You can use the Scroll Bar on the side of the Response Box to see your entire answer?
What is Yes? There is room to write longer answers. "E" is the counter- It tells you how many characters (letters, spaces and punctuation) remain in your answer. This space is about 2 full typed pages.
400
During the RICAS test, be sure to..
What is use your scratch paper to plan out your essay answers and to solve math problems?
400
When you are finished writing your essay, before you submit your answer, you MUST go read over your work to check to be sure your writing makes sense but also to check for and correct ________mistakes. Also be sure you included _________ to start sentences and proper nouns and and ________ at the end of your sentences.
What are spelling mistakes, capital letters and periods?
500
You may get this type of question:
What is Coordinate Graphing question?
500
To make key words stand out in a question or text, you can use the _________ tool. When you use this tool, anything you ________will be saved for the question or passage you are on so you can go back and find it again easily. This is a great way to note evidence you'd like to include in an essay.
What is the highlighter tool?
500
The MOST important thing to do when reading a RICAS question is to read ______________.
What is read the question carefully to be sure you understand what it is asking? You can read questions as many times as you need to.
500
On the RICAS, remember that...
You are awesome and you've got this! You will ROCK the RICAS.
500
If you were going to write and essay to the following RICAS prompt-What would your claim be?
What is...
Exchanging letters with Maureen changes Joe.