StrategyoftheMonth

=March: Test Taking Skills=



[|Test taking strategies] [|Tips for Better Test Taking] ( includes general tips as well as specific tips for different types of assessments, i.e multiple choice, true/false, etc.

= = =**November is Writing across the Curriculum**=



Having a "do now" or a class starter that involves writing through the connection of prior knowledge and new knowledge can also increase the writing ability of all students.
=== Think about this: If students say they are tired of completing the same old questions on the benchmark tests, then make the writing count! Including Type 2 assignments in your class attached to a grade may be the motivating factor needed to improve student outcomes! ===



Ideas for Type 1 writing: NOTE: To make a Type 1 a Type 2, ask student to explain their thinking or support their thinking with the text they have read (i.e. #2 and 4 are Type 2)


 * 1) What were three of the most important points from our class discussion (yesterday, today)?
 * 2) Explain two ways that (blank) and (blank) are similar. (if from reading, ask for support from the text).
 * 3) Give two examples of how (blank) comes up in other non-mathematical situations?
 * 4) Give two reasons why this cannot be the correct answer for this problem (or question). Explain why.
 * 5) Describe two ways that (blank) occurs in everyday living.
 * 6) Tell me three things wrong with this (statement, piece of writing, picture, description, problem, solution, lab report, etc.).
 * 7) Describe three characteristics of (blank).
 * 8) What are three things you could change to make this (sentence, solution, comparison, proof, explanation, thesis, etc.) better?
 * 9) If you were summarizing today's discussion for someone who was absent, what two ideas do you think might show up on our end-of-unit test?