Test Taking Strategies

Raquel Velasco

Selma USD

10 Test Taking Strategies1. Read the Directions2. Read the Questions

First3. Identify Clue Words4. Reread5. Underline the Text6. Plug and Play7. Mark the Trick8. Mark the Stinker9. Guess and Check10. 50 / 50

1. Read the Directions

Read these two passages about changes. Think about how the passages are alike and how they are different.

The Purest HeartA Story form China

1 In a forest in China, there lived a snake. The snake had a beautiful garden of flowers. One day the snake caught Chow Wing gathering the snake’s flowers for his three daughters. The snake was angry. “Chow Wing,” he hissed, “you must give me one of your daughters as a wife.” Frightened, the man agreed.

2. Read the Questions First

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

What was Susan's wish? A. She wished that she had a cat. B. She wished for another wish. C. She wished she could fly.

Susan shows that story is not real when she A. climbs a tree. B. floats off the ground. C. gets a cat down from a tree.

3. Identify Clue Words

5. Underline the Text

An important idea from the reading selection is that John Glenn made space history.

What detail from the selection supports this idea?

A. John Glenn received medals for his brave service in war.

B. John Glenn was the oldest person to travel in space.

C. John Glenn ran for president once in 1984.

4. Reread

6. Plug and Play

7. Mark the Trick

8. Mark the Stinker

9. Guess and Check

“I think the answer is A. I need to go back to the passage and reread to

check my answer.”

10. 50 / 50Choose the BEST answer.