Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests

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• Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests

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Twas the Night Before Testing

• Go to bed EARLY

• Solve family/friend problems
• before the testing date.

• Talk to your parents and teachers about any
  concerns that you might have about the test.

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Multiple Choice Questions

• Read the question and all answer choices before
  marking anything in your answer booklet

The circle graph below shows information about
the budget for a school party.
The total budget for the party is 1500. What is
the total dollar amount in the budget for
entertainment?
  A. 300
  B. 450
  C. 500
  D. 1050
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The Morning of Testing

• Start your day as you always do.
• EAT a good breakfast Take advantage of the free
  breakfast here at Glen Landing.
• Think of what you will do to relax after you get
  home from school.
• Think Positive!!!!!!

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Multiple Choice Questions

• DO NOT leave any questions unanswered. You have
  ¼ (25) chance of getting it correct but 0 if you
  do not answer it at all!

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Pace Yourself!

• Dont spend too much time on any one question. Do
  your best and then move on.
• If you are not sure of an answer put a ? next to
  the problem on the test booklet. You can always
  go back to it later.

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• After you have been through all of the
  questions once, go back and find questions you
  have some knowledge about (the ones you marked
  with a ?) and eliminate choices that you know are
  incorrect.

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Math Computation

• When using scratch paper on a math test, double
  check to make sure that you have copied the
  problem correctly from the test booklet!

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Math Computation

• Line up place value correctly on your scratch
  paper (thousands, hundreds, tens, ones) or the
  answer will be incorrect.

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Math Computation

• If your answer does not match
• one of the choices
• reread the problem
• Check to see if there is an equivalent value such
  as another fraction, percent or decimal
• recopy the numbers and try solving it again.

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• For example
• You get the answer of 10/15 and the
• following are the choices given

  A. 50
  B. 2/15
  C. 2/3
  D. 2.15
  A. 66.6
  B. 2/15
  C. 10/3
  D. 6.6
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Thank you, Mr. Know-it-all!

• Remember it's okay not to know
• everything unlike class tests,
• these tests will have some questions
• designed to challenge the limits of
• your knowledge at a grade level above
• your current grade.

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Remember.

• Do not get stressed about the test take on
  the challenge of showing them what you DO know
  and have learned throughout the years!

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When it comes to the test,I will not get
stressed!I will simplytry my best!
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When may you need to use these manipulatives? Usu
ally they will ask you to use them or will see
similar shapes. Ex. Draw a 40O angle use the
protractor Ex. Measure the distance from one
point to another using your ruler. Sometimes
you may not need to use them at all, it depends
on the test.
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Find the measure of the missing angle x.
DO NOT USE YOUR PROTRACTOR TO FIND THISMISSING
ANGLE IT IS NOT TO SCALE. THEY WANT YOU TO
SOLVE MATHEMATICALLY!!!
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• Use your protractor to draw a 40o angle.
• b. Draw another line connected to the angle that
  you drew to make a triangle.
• c. What is the measurement of the other two
  angles that were formed when you created your
  triangle?