Subject:
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Test Taking Strategies
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6
Brief Description: Students will learn some test taking strategies and create a comic to demonstrate their understanding.
Know Before You Start: This is a great lesson to present before a big test. Helpful test taking strategies include:
- Ask questions to clarify things you don’t understand the day before the test.
- Read all of the directions carefully to make sure you understand what is being asked.
- Complete the questions you know first, then go back to work on the harder ones after.
- On multiple choice questions, eliminate the choices you know are wrong first.
- On math tests, make sure to show your work.
- When you don’t know an answer, make an educated guess.
- Answer all of the questions, even the ones you’re not sure of.
- If you have extra time, go back and review your answers.
- The first answer that pops into your head is often right, so don’t change an answer unless you are sure that your first choice is wrong.
- Make sure you’ve completed the entire test. Make sure to check both sides of each page.
Hook:
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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What test taking strategies do you use?
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Do they work?
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Write student answers on the board, adding in any that they missed.
Activity:
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic showing some test taking strategies that they'll use when taking a test.
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The comic should be at least three-panels, include more than one character and be school appropriate. Remind students to be clear and concise when explaining the strategy.
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Remind students to have fun and be creative.
Closure:
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Share student comics out loud or display them for the class and/or parents to read.
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You can grade on creativity, the number of panels, number of characters, and the clarity of the strategy they're explaining.
Differentiation:
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Students can work independently, in groups, or with a partner.
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Allow students to use speech-to-text feature as needed.
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Provide printout of the sample comic for student reference.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
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