Are You Ready
Test Anxiety
CMAS
Strategies 1
Strategies 2
100
How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?
What is 8-10 hours
100
True/False: Being nervous before a test is a bad thing
False
100

True/False; The CMAS is a timed test.

What is True.

100
True/False; You should always read the answers to the question before the reading the story or passage.
What is False
100

This strategy has you plug in answer choices to see if you can come up with the correct answer.

What is Working Backwards.

200
You need to eat this every morning before school and the CSAP
What is breakfast.
200
What is test anxiety?
What is when some people might feel shaky, sweaty, or feel their heart beating quickly as they wait for the test to be given out. A student with really strong test anxiety may even feel like he or she might pass out or throw up.
200

When does CMAS start? (Day and time)

Tuesday at 9:00 am

200
What should you do after finishing your CSAP?
What is to double check that all questions were answered.
200
This strategy has you round or approximate the answer.
What is Estimate or make an educated guess
300
When should you start preparing your body for the test?
What is a week before.
300
True/False -- Chewing gum can help reduce test anxiety?
True
300

What CMAS test do you take as a fourth grader?

Reading and Math

300

Tricky Words do what to a question?

What is confuse or change the meaning.

300
This strategy helps you increase your percentage of getting a right answer.
What is Eliminating Wrong Answers
400
What chemical levels are increased in your body due to normal test anxiety.
What is adrenaline.
400
Name one way that test anxiety can be reduced
What is by keeping a positive attitude throughout the whole test and try to stay relaxed
400

What test will you also have to take as a fifth grader?

Science

400
When you come up with an answer in your head first before you look back at the answer choices, it is your ____ response.
What is GUT
400
Part of this strategy applies if 2 or more of the answers apply.
What is All or None Answers
500
_______ and _______ affect the way you concentrate, boost your memory skills and levels of alertness.
What is/ vitamins and minerals.
500
APE stands for;
What is Assert Prove Explain
500

What does CMAS stand for?

Colorado Measure of Academic Success

500
Do not change your answers unless you have;
What is MISREAD or MISUNDERSTOOD what question was asking for.
500
This strategy has to do with sleep, eating healthy and exercise.
What is How to Feel Great.
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