- Daily Review #8 - Monday 1-8
- Motion activity sheet (students were told to take text home to complete this assignment)
- Ch. 10 Quiz on Friday
- We will be making circuits with Dr. Shock tomorrow!!!
- Read 20 minutes
- Finish classwork p. 351 #1-7
Reminders:
- Please return pictures and/or money
- Please return report cards
- Kids First Coupon Book Design-A-Cover contest entries are due tomorrow! This form was sent home previously in the Bulldog Folder. We have a lot of great artists out there. Maybe the winner will be from Allen!!!
- TCAP is coming! Yesterday's post has information for what parents can do at home to help their children be as successful as possible for TCAP. Below I have included strategies to help students. We will be going over these things in class. Plus, they are awesome for any kind of test taking.
- For the Student:
Now:
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Pay attention in class. Your teacher
is teaching you the things you need to know. If you are talking or day
dreaming, you may miss something important.
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Do your homework. This is practice and
an opportunity for you to reinforce the skills you are learning.
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Establish a routine at night and in
the morning that includes 7-8 hours of sleep and a good breakfast. Drink plenty
of water to hydrate your brain.
Before the test:
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Wear comfortable, quiet clothes on
testing day. Leave loud jewelry at home. Make sure your hair is not in your
face, you don’t need any distractions during testing.
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Eat a HEALTHY breakfast. Try to avoid
a lot of sugar, it is cheap energy and it doesn’t last long. Eat protein,
grains, and fruit.
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Be on time, rushing can make you anxious.
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Relax.
This test is measuring what you know, not how smart you are. It is only one
measure of your education.
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Muscles tight? Got that “uh oh”
feeling in your stomach? Stop and breathe; in through your nose and out through
your mouth. Remember that this gets oxygen to your brain where you need it.
Tighten up all your muscles from your toes to your head and then loosen them
back up from your head to your toes. This will burn off that nervous energy
that has built up in your body. Once you relax, you will be able to remember
what you have learned and think through the problems given to you. (Don’t make
a scene- no theatrics, ok?!)
During the test:
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Read ALL of the directions first.
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Read each passage and the accompanying
questions.
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Read every possible answer--the best one could be last.
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Read and respond to items
one at a time rather than thinking about the whole test.
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Reread, when necessary, the
parts of a passage needed for selecting the correct answer.
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Differentiate between thought processes
involved in choosing correct answer versus choosing wrong answer (except, not).
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Don't expect to find a
pattern in the positions of the correct answers.
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Make “intelligent” guesses.
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Try to get the correct
answer by reasoning and eliminating wrong answers.
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Decide exactly what the
question is asking.
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Don't spend too much time
on any one question.
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Skip difficult questions
until all other questions have been answered. On scrap paper, keep a record of
the unanswered items to return to, if time permits.
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Make sure to record the
answer in the correct place on the answer sheet.
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Only change an answer if
you are sure the first one you picked was wrong. Be sure to completely erase
changed answers.
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Keep an eye on the time, work
as rapidly as possible with accuracy.
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After completion of the
test, use any remaining time to check your answers.
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Fill in the bubbles
completely and neatly. Avoid stray marks and doodling.
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Keep a good attitude. Think
positively!
