ELA
Test Taking Strategies
MATH
MER Random
100

What are the people in stories referred to as?

what are characters?

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is at least 8 hours?

100

400-256

 What is 144?

100

The school mascot

What is tiger?

200

What is the name of the person who writes the story? 

what is the author
200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

No later than 9:00am; 8:30 for breakfast

200

3,042-271

What is 2,771

200

The name of the street where your school is located.

What is Mulberry?

300

Name a book you have read in this class.

What is: 


Thunder Rolling in the Mountain, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Boys' War, or The River Between Us, etc.

300

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is chose the best answer and bookmark it?

300

9x8

What is 72?

300

Daily Double: 

Lunch sounds like what at MER

What is "mmm that sounds delicious"?

400

Name an element of a story

What are characters, setting, conflict/problem, solution/resolution

400

The writing task on a test is the fastest part and you should rush through it. True or False?

False. Take your time!

400

431 x 210

What is 90,510?

400

The name of the place of our field trip.

What is J.A. Biztown?

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You can skip a question without answering. True or False?

 What is false?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!! If a rectangle has a length of 9 inches and the width of 5 inches what is the area of the rectangle?

What is 45 square inches?

500

The name of the school choir.

What is Voices of Promise?

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What should you do if you are answering multiple-choice questions?

Process of Elimination
600

A cube has a length of 5 centimeters, width of 6 centimeters, and a height of 2 centimeters, what is the volume of the cube? 

What is 60 centimeters cubed?

600

In this game, you can build in wood, brick, or metal. You have a maximum of 100 health and 100 shield.

What is Fortnite?

700

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

CONGRATS
700

How many sentences should you have if a writing prompt asks you to write a response?

What is at least 3-6 sentences or a paragraph?

700

What is the formula to find the area of a rectangle?

What is a  Length x Width?
700

The promise the tells that means to keep trying and never give up.

What is perseverance?

800

Name  a sensory detail.

What are taste, touch, smell, hear, sight
800

What do we earn if everyone is here every day of the test?

Dance party

800

 Round 987 to the nearest ten.

What is 990?

800

The school secretary

Who is Ms. Clark?

900
The theme of a story does this.

What is the universal message or lesson?

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

What is raise your hand? 

900
Three friends share 1/2 a slice of cake. How much cake does it friend get?

What is 1/6 of a slice?

900

The name of the song during morning announcements.

What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?

1000

Give an example of figurative language

Answers may vary

1000

Name a type of breakfast to eat on the morning of a test day.

Answer varies, any healthy breakfast

1000

There are 72 bags of Takis for 9 classes. How many bags of Takis does each class receive?

What is 8 bags per class?

1000

The name of the teacher that assisted Mrs. Coleman in the beginning of the year.

Who is Mr. English?