Here we go! Time to prep for the test; it seems like every year, January is the test prep time! It’s a rat race of professional developments catered to “passing the test” that are suppose to in turn validate our schools existence for another year. Well since I’m a part of the system, here we go! I tried to develop bite sized parts for practitioners so take a look below! You might think I’m crazy but SINGING WORKS! Oh, and don't forget to celebrate often! I hope this helps! It’s a start, it’s only the beginning! This is elementary, for middle and high I strongly recommend using a trendy radio song theme for strategies in the classroom. 

Identifying the

format

 (Multiple choice, short answer etc)

Attached is a math number sense question.. How would you go about attacking this type of problem?

Pacing

Teaching students to monitor their pacing on reading tests will help with time management and will also aid kids in organizing their thoughts see video below! (Start off with 2 questions and build)http://www.ehow.com/video_12299821_teach-kids-pacing-reading-tests.html?pid=1&wa_vlsrc=continuous&wa_vrid=7ccbe647-1ceb-4579-9fc6-959cf1294a68&cp=1

Key words

Pertains to passages but helps to rewrite, rephrase for passages and helps to identify what the question is asking

Signal Words

(This can be tricky words ie.. However, On the other hand)

Since there are so many I suggest pick the top 10-15 most commonly used too many can be overwhelming.

POE

General guidelines for reading through the test (choosing the best answer out of the two good ones)

We’ve used the eraser to strike through the wrong answers for Process of Elimination.