Are You Ready
How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?
5-6
8-10
20-22
What is 8-10 hours
What two subject areas are we testing this year for the PSSA?
Reading and Math
True/False; The PSSA is a timed test.
What is False?
You should do this for all the comprehension questions? We have done this all year with our reading tests. ________ and _______
highlight and number
What does synonym and antonym mean?
same and opposite
Why I should eat breakfast the day of testing?
So I am not hungry during the test and to help me focus.
True or False: The PSSA stands for the Pennsylvania State System of Assessment.
What is true
2
True or False: Take your best guess when unsure of the answer is a smart choice.
What is true.
What is the prefix in this word?
unforgettable
un
I should set my alarm clock for my normal time during testing since school starts at normal time during testing. True or False
True
How many days are we testing for Reading this year?
3
How many tests/sections do we take in one day?
1
How do you find the meaning of a word you don't know during the test?
Use the context clues
What does TAG stand when writing your TDA?
Title, Author, Genre
Take deep breaths, roll my shoulders, relax my grip on my pencil. These are all ways to reduce ________.
What are ways to decrease anxiety/stress.
True or False: If I do not know an answer, I should leave it blank or put an x on the question?
What is false?
This other test we have taken in the Fall and Winter this year helps to measure student achievement.
MAP
Take your time with these type of questions and write all you can for the response. You will do an organizer before you write.
What is a TDA
What does ACE stand for in your TDA AND how many times do you do this in your organizer?
Answer, Cite, Explain
3
What is the PSSA that we are not taking in 5th grade that you have taken in past years?
Science PSSA
True or False: If I am absent the day of testing, I will not be able to make it up.
What is false. You will make it up during PSSA make ups.
ALL students in grades 3-8 in the state of Pennsylvania take this test. True or False
False
This strategy helps you increase your chance of getting a right answer.
Process of elimination
What do you need when writing a TDA at the beginning of each paragraph AND what do you need to do with the formatting of your paragraphs so that we know you started a new paragraph?
transition and indent