Testing strategies

1. Review- ALL year long! We all know that kids need practice! There are so many ways to review content year round: Morning Work Center Time Guided Reading or Small Groups Spiral Review I now teach virtual school, so I include one problem a day as a warm up every math class. Now, I plan on spending a bit more time incorporating my version of morning work or spiral review at the start of my live lessons everyday. My students can go into separate "breakout" rooms to work independently. I can…

There’s a new test in town, and it will replace the state’s long-standing FCAT.The new Florida Standards Assessment will test students on their knowledge…

Every teacher has their way of teaching things. One of those things is test taking strategies. There are a million things that you could say or do, but this year, I thought I would create a foldable for the kids that explains these strategies the Brazell way. I got the idea for a test taking skills foldable from this pin on Pinterest... http://savvyschoolcounselor.com/8-tips-new-test-takers-should-know/ My creative juices were flowing a little bit better than with the bulletin board I made…

FREE test taking strategies posters…you can also sign up for free teaching resources to help teach and model each test taking strategy.

Learn powerful and engaging reading test prep strategies that skyrocket student success on standardized reading tests and make test prep fun!

Let's talk about something we all deal with but don't always love - test taking. It's like that one veggie we know is good for us but doesn't always taste

Test taking can be stressful! But with a little pre-planning and thought, your students can be BIG TEST ready in no time. Click through to read the tips and ideas to help your elementary students adequately understand the test material and strategies they can use to do their best. Plus you can sign up for a FREE test-taking strategies checklist to help your students remember the steps they need to do for success. You also get a test prep foldable FREEBIE. {2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade…

There are many valuable test-taking strategies to teach upper elementary students before they take a standardized reading test. Check out this blog post to read about the test strategy that I think is most beneficial for students. It includes a FREE reading comprehension practice passage!

I've been blogging recently about how I prepare my students for the end of year reading test during small groups (you can read more about this here and here), so I thought that today I'd flip the script. Let's talk about the top 5 things I do during my whole group time to prep my