Read the directions written on the test and read the question and all answer choices before marking anything.
What is following directions?
100
Never leave any question on a test blank.
What is doing my best?
100
SAT's
What is the one test you shouldnt guess on?
100
Approximating your answer.
What is estimating?
200
8-10 hours of sleep
What is going to bed early?
200
Answer the easiest questions first, but be sure to go back to those questions you skipped.
What is answering a question?
200
Using everything you know to attempt to answer the question
What is an educated guess?
200
Choose an answer for every question!
What is using all your strategies?
200
Reading titles, units, and labels.
What is questions with graphs, charts, and tables.
300
Test scores are used to evaluate your progress and become a permanent part of your record.
What is a test score used for?
300
Use all your time! There are no extra points for finishing early.
What is using time wisely?
300
ANSWERS WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE USUALLY WRONG/FALSE: ALL ALWAYS MUST NONE EVER EVERY
ENTIRELY BEST WORST ONLY EVERYONE
What is an absolute words?
300
Most people are not unafraid of snakes
What is a double negative?
300
In first two paragraphs of the story !
What is finding the big idea?
400
Set out clothes the night before. Get to school a few minutes earlier than you usually do.
What is avoiding the morning rush?
400
Eliminate items that are correct but don’t answer the question.
What is determining the best choice?
400
WHEN THE ANSWER IS NOT CLEAR, LOOK FOR CLUES ( CONTEXT, TENSE, WORD TYPE, GRAMMAR) IN THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER CHOICE.
What is looking for clues?
400
Not None No one Hardly Scarcely
What is a negative?
400
Look at the scale, key, and legend.
What is questions with a map?
500
Test scores determine your placement in various programs such as AVID, Honors, Algebra , and some extra curricular activities.
What are your test scores used for?
500
If you can’t figure out which answer is correct, try to eliminate (get rid of) the answers that you know are wrong.
What is elimination?
500
Who? Person What? Thing
Where? Place When? Time Why? Reason Which? Choice
How? A way something is done
How many ? Number
What is looking for clues?
500
If you reach a hard question and can’t make your educated guess, an easier one is just around the corner. Write a light ? next to the question you are skipping and move on to the next question.
What is not misbubbling?
500
Answers about where and when the story takes place are found at the beginning.