Test Taking Skills for th 6 Graders Miss

Test Taking Skills for th 6 Graders Miss Harrison’s Class

Be Positive • Go into a test with a positive attitude! • Having a positive attitude will enhance your outlook on tests and make you more prepared for test.

Organize • Have a nice clean and cleared desk. Have all of your required material out on your desk ready to go. • Organize your thoughts about the test. Know that when taking a test, organizing your plan on how to approach the test will help!

Read the Questions First! • Before starting to read the story, paragraph, or even a graph, read the questions first! • By reading the questions first it will help you identify and highlight specific things you might need to know in order to answer the questions for the test.

Lets review !

Highlight and Underline • Highlight and underline things inside of the story or paragraph that you think are important. Italicized words, descriptive words, plot, setting, character traits…ect. • Make sure to go back and check with the questions that you have previously read. •

Reread • If you don’t know an answer please go back and reread. Do not guess. Please remember that all answers are in the text. Take a few minutes out to go back and reread!

Lets Review

Look Back at Questions • While you are rereading, look back at the questions, especially if you think it is a question you will need to know! • Paragraph by paragraph should be read thoroughly. • After reading each paragraph take a few minutes out to go back and look at the questions, just in case you missed something you might need to know!

Process of Elimination • While you are answering questions, use process of elimination. This is where you would eliminate two possible answers. • These answers should be eliminated because they either have no relevance on the story or can not possibly be answers. • Before you eliminate these answers look back into the story to double check!

Lets Review!

Educated Guess • After you have done process of elimination it is time to make an educated guess. • With the two remaining answers you should look back into the story and reread the question. • Think of everything you have read and learned about the topic. • Make an educated pick based on facts from the story, hints the author has given you, and even previous knowledge.

Look Back and Review • When you THINK you are done, always go back and review. • Check to make sure that you have answered all of the questions • Make sure that you are confident in your answers • If you have an extended response, reread to look for capitalization or grammatical mistakes • Take your time!

One Last Thing……. .

Good Luck!!! • I know that all of you will do your very BEST!!!!