Test Taking Strategies

• ·Be slick and predict – cover answers and come to own conclusion first

• ·Extra, Extra read all about it – read all directions

• ·Slash the trash – cross answers out you know are not good

• ·Plug it in, Plug it in – fill in the answers and see if they work or make sense

• ·Be smart with the chart – make sure to read the chart before reading the question

• ·Zap the map – read the map before reading the question

• ·You snooze, you lose – don’t give up on the test

• ·50/50 – mark out two answers you know are incorrect

• ·Jail the detail – underline or highlight important data or facts in the question

• ·Not, except questions – cross out three positive answers (one answer will be different, three alike)