Test Taking Strategies 1
What should you do to make sure you understand what the question is asking?
Reread the question/ highlight the important words
Bring all of your thoughts together to make a decision
Draw Conclusions
The first and last sentence of each paragraph
A _________ is a resource that lists SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS for various words.
Thesaurus
The type of literature/text you are reading (Nonfiction, fiction, etc.)
Genre
True or False: When you are done with the state test, you should close your booklet to show the teacher that you are done.
False
Retell the story in a quick way
Summarize
When you are trying to find the synonym or antonym what should you do?
An _____ is a resource that contains maps and other geological information
Atlas
Clues within the text that help us figure out hard words
Context Clues
If you know one of your answer choices is 100% NOT the answer, what should you do?
Throw it in the trash!
The most important thing, what the text is mostly about
Main Idea
True or False: If you are showing your work for a test question, you need to show your work in the box where the question/answers are.
False- DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOX
Most find the ______version of the encyclopedia to be much more user-friendly.
Online
The lesson in a story
Theme
If you are unsure of how to answer a question what should you do?
Look back in the text
The text you recently read is often called what?
Selection
True or False: Only answer the questions you know, skip all the questions you do not know.
False: Answer every question, even if you have to guess.
A book that is published yearly. It has facts, figures, and statistics.
Almanac
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently
Homophone/ Homonym
True or False: Instead of highlighting every single work in the passage or question, only highlight the important words.
True
Using your background knowledge plus clues from the text to figure out unsaid information.
Infer
What is the one of the most important things you can do when reading the passage?
Read the WHOLE passage and reread if you have to!
What reference material do farmers often use to help them predict the weather?
A farmer's Almanac
Using what you already know to help you tell what will most likely happen next
Predict