TEST TAKING TIPS
Night before the test:
- Get a good night rest (at least 10 hours of sleep)
- Eat a healthy breakfast. Brain food is power! (nutritious cereals, whole grains, fruits, yogurts, etc)
- Wear your lucky t-shirt or socks if you have any! This will help with your positive attitude!
- Get up early enough to avoid hurrying to get ready for school.
- Begin your day with a postivie attitude and smile. You will do great!
- Stay calm.
- Listen carefully to the directions the teacher gives.
- Ask questions if you are unclear.
- When you begin....READ CAREFULLY from top to bottom.
- Use your highlighter to bold important information.
- Read the ENTIRE question and look at all of the answer choices.
- If you are not sure of an answer to a multiple-choice question, try these tips:
a. get rid of some of the answers that you know are not correct and then make an educated choice
b. read through all of the answers very carefully and then go back to the question
c. if you get stuck on a question, skip it, mark it, and come back to it later
d. try to make your best educated guess after you have gotten rid of some of the answers. - On grid-in items, write your answer in the spaces above the grid, check that you've correctly written the answer and be sure to fill in all of the bubbles underneath each number you wrote.
- On open-ended items, be sure to show all of your work and reread your explanations to be sure that they are clear (provide specific examples and content vocabulary).
- Pace yourself. If you come to a difficult question, it may be better to skip it and answer other questions. Then come back and really focus on the difficult questions one at a time.
- Use your scrap paper or index card to take notes, do your work, or help you read.
- Before you turn your test in, CHECK IT OVER. Change an answer ONLY if you have good reason. *Generally it is better to stick with your first choice.
- Make sure you have marked an answer for every question, even if you had to guess.
- Make sure your answer booklet is clearly marked and erase any stray marks.