I have created a SMART board unit for how to approach a test, but I like to start earlier in the year thinking about the types of questions, how they relate to the REAL reading work we do and what they look like. We have been using the anchor posters introduced earlier in the year to review what we have learned.
We spent time learning many vocabulary strategies this year. Our biggest hurdle has been to remember that last tip -- the word has to make sense AND cannot change the meaning of the sentence.
This poster will be changing. Our district has been calling these questions "general" questions this year. We talk a lot about inferring to answer these types of questions and some general questions do not necessarily need inference. Time to get back to the drawing board!
This poster was the beginning of sequencing questions. Now we are learning about sandwich style questions and what we can do to be sure we are not tricked be distractors.
Detail questions or Right There questions, whatever you call them these are plentiful!
Looking for the repetition! This falls under our "general" questions now, but main idea is such a challenge for some of my kiddos over the years I will keep this poster on.
Again, the final tip is the one we need to spend the most time looking at.
What have you been using to prep for state testing? When do you test? What are you looking forward to doing to get back to normal?
(Sorry about the shadows in the pics! My camera died - I had to rely on the phone!)
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