What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

Answer the easy questions first.

If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to ________.

Read the questions before the passages.

When is the best time to start to study for a test?

Daily, starting a week before the test.

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.

cross off the choices you know are wrong.

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Test Taking Strategies

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A review of #testtakingstrategies before #STAAR test for #8thgraders

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1
What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?
Guess at what they mean and get started.
Reread them six times.
Put your head down.
Ask the teacher to explain them to you.
2
What does it mean to prioritize the questions?
Answer the hard questions first.
Answer the easy questions first.
Read the passages before the questions
Write the essay first.
3
Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?
So you finish the whole test.
So you answer only the questions you know.
So you remember to write your name on the test.
So you can finish the test before your classmates.
4
If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to ________.
Read the questions before the passages.
Read the passages first.
Highlight the main idea.
Organize your thoughts in a list.
5
When is the best time to start to study for a test?
Skip breakfast and study then.
On the bus on the way to school.
The night before the test.
Daily, starting a week before the test.
6
Why should you eat breakfast on test day?
So you will not be nervous.
So you can think clearly.
So you will not have to study.
So you will know all the answers.
7
When you're writing an essay for a test, what should you do first?
Write your thoughts as they come to you.
Leave the essay for last.
Make a brief outline.
Read through it for punctuation and grammar errors.
8
When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.
cross off the choices you know are wrong.
double check all your answers.
organize your thoughts in a list.
take a guess and move on.
9
In a true/false question, every part of the statement must be true for the answer to be true.
False
True
10
When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?
Don't move on until you answer it.
Take a guess and keep going.
Write a list of facts that you do know.
Mark it and come back to it.

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