Test anxiety often interferes with learning and lowers test performance. Signs of anxiety include headaches, stomach aches, sweating, shortness of breath, and rapid heartbeat. Students can feel gloomy and fearful with thoughts of inadequacy and frustration. There are many obstacles that stand in the way of test anxiety. With state assessments looming, teachers are preparing…
Test Prep: Vocabulary Games
While you may not be able to predict exactly which vocabulary words will be on the tests your students will have to take, you can expand their vocabulary to help better their chances. Take the words that you have been studying all year and use them in the following activities. The vocabulary review games below…
Test Prep Center Ideas for Reading Comprehension
Reading is one of the most challenging subjects for students to grasp. While some instantly take to decoding, fluency, and comprehension strategies, many others struggle. As a teacher, your job is especially challenging, because state testing often places restrictions on what can and cannot be read to a student unless he has specific testing accommodations…