Teacher Resources for Standardized Tests

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Here's an easy vocabulary lesson plan that will allow your students to use their vocabulary words while being creative, too. This vocabulary lesson plan is an easy way to assess their vocabulary acquisition.

Synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech - they'll have to know them all for those vocabulary words you handed them last week! This free vocabulary lesson plan includes a pdf of a concept definition map ready to go for quick, easy planning. Try out this vocabulary lesson plan!

Trying to get kids to learn vocabulary words is tough! This page offers a free creative vocabulary lesson plan with a pdf handout that's ready to go. Help those kids with their ACT, SAT, and PSAT vocabulary words, or just get them to learn the vocabulary words of the week with this vocabulary lesson plan.

If you're running short on time and need a quick way to assess your students' vocabulary, try this free vocabulary lesson plan about flash fiction, complete with objectives, materials needed and Bloom's Taxonomy category. Try this vocabulary lesson plan now!

Need a creative vocabulary lesson plan? Create antonyms, synonyms, and sentences with vocabulary words in non-traditional vocabulary word boxes. Great for studying those SAT/ACT words! This vocabulary lesson plan is an easy one to adapt to your classroom.

Coaching your students for the PSAT? This guide should shed some light on the toughest questions you can fathom. Help your students reach their potential.

Get your students ready for any curve ball the vocabulary on theSAT or ACT can toss at them. Batter up!

If your students are technologically savvy, (and which student isn't this day and age)this interactive SAT Vocabulary Quiz may be able to capture their interest better than your lecture on Greek roots. No offense.

Need to know how to find the main idea? Check out the information here. You'll see ways to see implied and stated main ideas along with the 3 common mistakes people make when searching for this elusive concept.

Here's another interactive quiz to help the kids with vocabulary. They'll actually get a kick out of getting the answers right with a set-up fit for a kid of the 21st century.

One of the most important reading skills is understanding vocabulary words in context. You don't have to memorize the entire dictionary to understand vocabulary words! By understanding the clues around the vocabulary words in question, you can get the definitions most of the time.

These four types of context clues will help you understand vocabulary words in context. If you can break down the types of context clues, you have a much better shot at getting to the meaning of the vocabulary words in the reading comprehension section of a standardized test.

To make an inference is to use an educated guess to get to the implied meaning of something. You have to know how to make an inference on most standardized tests, so it's good to practice! Here's the lowdown on how to make an inference when needed.

Got a vocabulary list a mile long to learn? Here's how to make your own vocabulary flash cards that will make that vocabulary learning a snap. Trust me - there is a right and wrong way to make vocabulary flash cards!

Finding the stated main idea isn't always as easy as it looks. Language can be confusing, and words can trip you up. If you use this method for finding the stated main idea, you'll have an easier time when it comes to the reading comprehension section of your test!

Sometimes finding the main idea is tough because it's an implied main idea - we have to infer the point the author is trying to make. Here are the 4 steps to finding the implied main idea, which should help you on any reading comprehension section.