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Test-Taking Strategies for Three Subject Areas Lesson PlanTest-Taking Strategies for Three Subject Areas Lesson Plan
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Scholastic
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3rd - 8th
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21 Century Skills
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Test-Taking Strategies for Three Subject Areas

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Sometimes a test page loaded with text can make a student's face go blank. Help them decipher what a text question is asking with a series of tips focused on reading comprehension, vocabulary, and language arts mechanics.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

test preparation, test-taking strategies, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, Vocabulary

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the extension activities as lesson assessments or group activities
  • Incorporate the test-taking strategies throughout the year, emphasizing them before standardized testing
  • Include in a literacy center or when working individually with English learners

Classroom Considerations

  • Strategies are helpful but do not include specific examples
  • Uses Super Strategies for Succeeding on the Standardized Tests: Reading/Language Arts Sara Davis Powell

Pros

  • Applicable to any subject, particularly the tips about reading instructions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.4.1 RL.5.1 RI.3.1 RI.4.1 RI.5.1 L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1 L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a

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