Testing Tips
If you have run out of options, what is the last trick you can do to find the right answer?
Plug it in, Plug it in! Work backwards
When is it a good time to plug it in plug it in?
When checking your answers OR when you have tried everything else
Is it okay to plug in answers on the first try?
Not on the first try but as a last resort
What do we have the reader read first?
The questions only, not the answer choices
True or False? You should have a teacher read the questions before you begin reading the passage?
True!
Should your teacher read the questions AND answer choices or ONLY the questions?
ONLY the questions
What is Process of Elimination?
Wrong, Better and Best!
Can a teacher read one thing at a time for you?
Yes ONLY if it is in the question
True or false: You should be thinking and speaking positively about the test rather than negatively?
True.
FIB or FACT? You DO NOT need a full nights rest and breakfast in your tummy to begin the test?
FIB! You DO need a full night's rest AND breakfast in your tummy to start the test
What is strikethrough?
It cross out wrong choices for you
What do we call key words?
Words that are in bold or show up more than once
What can you do if you find a hard word in the passage that is also in one of the questions?
What do you use to cross out a wrong answer?
Strikethrough
What should you do when you find a repeated word or a bold word from your question, in your passage?
True or False: You should be using clues from the question to form the story inside your head?
True