Description
The ultimate Test Prep and Test Taking bundle includes a FUN Escape Room to review test-taking strategies and a Test Prep Collaborative poster to hang as a visual reminder.
Test Prep Collaborative Poster:
The Test Prep – Test Motivation Collaborative Block Poster can be used as a fun team building activity to instill confidence for the BIG test! Students work together to piece their Test Prep – Test Motivation “block” with their classmates. The result is a beautiful, fun, one of a kind pop-art to hang in the hall.
You can use the Test Prep – Test Motivation Block Poster as a bulletin board display, hang on the classroom wall, classroom door, hallway, school entrance, library, gym or any place you see fit. This poster will pop and students and teachers will stop to admire your work!
This is a relaxing but fun and engaging Test Prep – Test Motivation activity! I like to play music in the background while they are working and coloring. The Test Prep – Test Motivation Poster is designed so that each student colors their own block/piece of the poster. When everyone is done, they have to work as a team to put the block poster puzzle back together. Each poster has an abstract background to make your poster “pop”.
Students will need color pencils, markers or crayons, tape and scissors. This activity is great because they can put a personal art twist on their own block. The included teacher and student directions are very simple to follow. The possibilities are endless with this activity! My favorite part is watching the kids work as a team to try to piece it back together.
This is GREAT for community building and teamwork! Teachers should create a classroom that supports persistence, effort and even mistakes. Hanging the Test Prep – Test Motivation Block Poster is the perfect reminder for students.
How you choose to set it up in your classroom is up to you. Each student colors one “block” or section of a large poster. This product includes 25 “blocks” or pages to color. I do understand that most of you have less than 25 students, as do I. There are ALWAYS early finishers who are willing to color a second block. Some blocks will take more time than others due to picture detail. Often times, I even color a block with my students! Print the file ONE time for each class on 8.5×11 paper!
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
- Teacher Directions
- Student Directions
- 25 different blocks to color (1 per student)
- Example of a final version of poster
•The final poster size is around 36”x 36”
Test Taking Strategies Escape Room:
The Test Taking Strategies Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode basic test taking strategies/test prep to help them succeed on a test and calm their test anxiety.
Make reviewing testing strategies fun! The Test Taking Strategies Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.
What’s Included?
- 4 Reading Passages
- 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode
- 4 Decoders
- 4 Differentiated Decoders
- 10 Multiple Choice Questions
- Teacher Instructions
- Answer Key
- Hint Guides – How To Decode
- Completion Signs
Watch the video or click on the preview button to take a closer look at everything included!
Skills Used:
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Peer Collaboration
- Problem Solving
To prevent students from simply decoding the puzzles, ALL questions need to be answered correctly in order to solve the final code. This ensures understanding!
Benefits of Use:
- No Prep
- Print and Go
- Cross-Curricular
- Highly Engaging
- No Locks Needed
- No silly envelopes to stuff
- No fancy shapes to cut out
Give students a chance to decode puzzles, move around the room, and read passages, all while actively learning! Students will work in pairs (or individually) and race against the clock. A friendly competition always increases engagement. No prior knowledge is needed. Each code will reveal interesting facts about the topic.
Puzzle Types:
- Cryptogram
- Morse Code
- PigPen Cipher
- Polybius Square
Options for Use:
- Anticipatory Sets
- Unit Review
- Early Finishers
- Gallery Walk
- Stations
- Sub Plans
- Rewards
Click HERE to grab a F-R-E-E Color by Number Activity!
»»» Thinktivity™ Reading Passages : Click HERE
»»» Comprehension Challenge and CSI Spy Mystery: Click HERE
»»» Printable ESCAPE ROOMS: Click HERE
»»» Text Marking Detective: Click HERE
»»» Scavenger Hunts: Click HERE
»»» Digital Secret Message Activities: Click HERE
»»» Puzzle Breakouts: Click HERE
»»» Interactive Google Slides™: Click HERE
»»» Digital ESCAPE ROOMS: Click HERE
»»» Color by Number – Text Marking: Click HERE
»»» Digital Reading Passages: Click HERE
»»» Task Card Review Games: Click HERE
»»» Interactive Game Boards: Click HERE
»»» Reading Passages and Text Marking: Click HERE
»»» Back to School: Click HERE
»»» Collaborative Posters: Click HERE
»»» Digital Interactive Notebooks: Click HERE
»»» Grades 3 and 4 Escape Rooms: Click HERE
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Jeni Lill –
my students really enjoyed completing this assignment.
Dr Bs Learning Tree –
I used this resource to help my students prepare for state testing at the end of the year. They were very engaged in the activity and enjoyed reviewing the different testing strategies in a fun and interactive way!
Christina A –
This worked out well for my ASB students, the lesson was easy for students to complete and low prep.
Celeste O. –
This was a great activity to do with students that gave them different strategies to use when taking a test.
Cassandra P. –
What a fun way to go over test taking strategies. We did this right before we started testing and it really stuck with them. I use to complete a flipbook, however I love the independent nature of this and how competitive the students got.
Ariana Moreno –
Loved this resource it was a great resource to prep for the STAAR test!
Thank you so much, I cannot wait to use this resource this coming school year!
Kaylee L. –
This was very useful in prepping for state testing
Elizabeth Bandola –
I used this resource as a way to help prepare my students for state testing as well as a mental break from all the stress of state testing that was currently happening.
Abbey O. –
So easy to use. Instructions were thorough and students absolutely loved it!
Gifted Science Guru –
My students love Escape Rooms, and this one was well put together and kept my students occupied and engaged for 45 minutes. I can’t speak for whether it helped them do better on their SOLs than they normally would, but they were talking about it for the rest of the day. The poster coloring wasn’t able to happen because they were so engaged with the escape room, but that was fine by me.
Aim Hyre in Education- Amy Hyre –
This was a fun way to prep students for the state tests!
Cassandra O. –
My students loved the Escape Room! They were engaged and everyone was working hard to solve the case. I would highly recommend this resource to other teachers!
Emily M. –
I used this pack as a prep for their exam on what study skills they need to be successful students. I loved the material, and it took me very minimal prep. My students, however, needed lots of direction and support to get through the activities. Next time, I will divide it into a few lessons.
Ashley R. –
Great resource!
Tina P. –
This resource was a great supplement to our curriculum. My students enjoyed it and were highly engaged.
Macie H. –
Great test prep resource!
Katie M. –
This was a fun way to work together to spread positive mindsets before testing!
Megan D. –
Made test prep much more fun!
Cari P. –
Thank you for putting in the hard work!
Yolanda M. –
Thank you