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Types of questions
Testing Strategies
General
Calming Strategies
Smarter Balanced
100
A test question that you answer by writing a short response that includes an introduction, supporting ideas, and is at least 2 paragraphs long.
What is an essay question?
100
Answer choices designed to throw test-takers off track.  These are also known as distracters.
What are decoys?
100

Sets of questions or activities that measure your knowledge or abilities in particular areas or subjects.

What are tests?
100
According to Second Step, what 3 steps (also a song) will help you calm down?
What is Stop, Name Your Feeling, Calm Down?
100
The 2 subjects you will test on in the Smarter Balanced assessment.
What are English and math?
200
A test question that contains a question or an incomplete statement followed by 4-5 answer choices.  Only once choice is correct.
What is a multiple choice question?
200
A test strategy in which you eliminate or cross off any answer choices you know are wrong and then make a decision based on the remaining possibilities.
What is the process of elimination?
200
Type of question that asks you to show a relationship between two things by comparing them to a similar pair.
What is an analogy?
200
This is the process of inhaling deeply through your nose and exhaling quietly through your mouth.
What is deep breathing?
200
ELA stands for this.
What is English Language Arts?
300
A test question consisting of a statement with which you agree or disagree.  A true statement is true in every way, and a false statement is wrong in some way.
What is True or False?
300
To make short notes about thoughts or ideas on a topic in preparation for writing.
What is brainstorming?
300

Feelings of anger, fear, helplessness and disappointment when testing. Difficulty concentrating, thinking negatively and comparing yourself to others are common symptoms.

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What is test anxiety?
300
This is talking to yourself in a good, affirmative manner.
What is positive self-talk?
300
Do I need to use correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure in both English and math?
What is "yes"?
400
A test question consisting of two lists for which you need to pair items from one list with items from the other list.
What are matching questions?
400
To look for and correct errors in spelling, grammar, and sentence structure to make a piece of writing clear.
What is proofreading?
400

Words that tend to make a statement false because they leave no room for exceptions.  Examples - always, never, best, worst, everybody, no one.

What are extreme words?
400

Getting plenty of this is important: a condition in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes are closed, the postural muscles are relaxed, and consciousness is practically suspended. 

What is a good night's sleep?
400
This feature allows me to make the font larger and smaller.
What is zoom?
500
A test question consisting of a statement that is missing one or more key words.  You must provide the best words from memory or a word bank.
What are fill-in-the-blank questions?
500

Words that reverse the meaning of a statement. Examples - not and words beginning with prefixes non-, im-, and un-.

What are negative words?

500

Words that tend to make a statement true because they leave room for exceptions.  Examples: always, sometimes, most, a few, probably, unlikely.

What are qualifying words?
500

This is envisioning a calming scene in your faculty of consciousness and thought.

What is picturing your happy place?
500
After I submit a section or a test, am I able to go back and review my answers?
What is "no"?