Transcript Item Sampler TCAP Test Taking Tips PPT 1st Semester Exam Study

Strategies for Taking
Standardized Tests
‘Twas the Night Before Testing
• Go to bed on time.
•Put a few number 2 pencils
with erasers in your backpack.
•Solve family/friend problems before
the testing date.
•Talk to your parents about any
concerns that you might have about the
test.
The Morning of Testing
• Start your day as you always do.
• Eat a good breakfast.
• Think of what you will do to relax after
you get home from school.
• Think Positively!
The Time is Now to….
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!!
“Jail” the Detail!
• Highlight, underline,
or circle the details in
the questions. This
helps you focus on
exactly what the
question is asking you
to do.
Mr. Detail
Be Slick and Predict!
• Predict what the
answer is
BEFORE you
read the choices.
“I think the
answer is …”
Slash the Trash!
• Read ALL of the
answer choices!
Eliminate any
choice(s) that you
know are not the
correct answer and
“trash” them.
The Process of Elimination
• After you have been through all of the
questions once, go back and find
questions you have some knowledge
about and eliminate choices that you
know are incorrect.
I know C isn’t
the answer!
The Process of Elimination
• If you can eliminate two wrong
answers, your chance of choosing the
right answer is greater.
Plug it in, Plug it in!
• Once you have chosen
your answer, plug it in
and make sure that it
makes sense! (This
works really well with
vocabulary questions.)
Be Smart With Charts & Zap
the Maps!
• Charts and Maps
provide information
that you can use to
answer questions!
Analyze ALL
information provided
before answering the
questions!
Extra! Extra! Read All About
It!
• If the directions say
read…. READ! Pay
close attention to
signal words in the
directions, such as
explain, interpret, and
compare or except,
not, and best
Be a Whiz…with the Grid!
• Beware! If the
answer is not
bubbled in exactly
right… YIKES! It
will be wrong!
• Make sure that all
stray marks are
completely
erased from the
answer sheet.
Keep On Keeping On!
• If you get to a couple
of questions that you
just don’t know, don’t
give up! Keep trying
your best!
• If you did not mark
that as a sure answer
question, go back at
the end.
If you SNOOZE, you LOSE!
• Don’t leave a
question
unanswered. You
will not have ANY
chance of getting
it right.
• You are not
penalized for
guessing.
Check It Out!
• When you have
completed the
test, go back
and check your
work!
• Use all the
time. It was
given for a
reason.
Practice for the Test
• www.pearsonaccess.com
• www.tn.gov (practice test and item
sampler)
• TCAP Coach book
• Test Preparation pages in the textbook
• Journey Across Time workbook
• Practice test booklet
Review Important Vocabulary
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Using PowerPoint games
Flash cards (created by the students)
Pass-It-On activity
I have…, Who has….
Concept Maps