Preparing for State Tests

The school year is moving rapidly along, and spring is on the horizon. With spring comes state tests. If you work in a public school, then you know the drama that goes along with this: sleepless nights, analyzing data, becoming a motivational speaker for your students, and  of course, planning, planning, and more planning.

This is when I like to do some reviewing with my kids. I like to hit the objectives hot and heavy.  I also make sure that I incorporate a lot of games because my middle school students get bored just talking about testing. I do vocabulary games, spelling games, and comprehension games. Making these games does take time, but I can often find text that I can use to create reading comprehension questions with. When I'm in a real crunch, I just purchase a few items from Teachers Pay Teachers and keep it moving.

Here are some to the games that me and my sensational six graders are using to get ready: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Have-Who-HasVocabulary-Game-for-Middle-School-Students-Set-7-3661372?aref=ddn88ew6




https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spelling-Scoot-for-Upper-Elementary-Middle-School-Students-Set-3-3024013



Here's games are quick and easy. Plus, they help me keep my kiddos from getting bored (Me, too!)



I know I don't teach 3rd grade. However, once I looked at the reading test that our state gives, I noticed some of the questions were very similar to the ones that are given my middle school students. So, I made this quick little reading comprehension set to help out the 3rd grade students and my middle school students. It works great. Plus, I get to use it as part of my social studies lesson since it is about pirates.