Studying for Math Unit Tests
Here's the best way to prepare...
Let's start with what NOT to do...
- making up your own skill questions to answer
- hoping that you've correctly done questions from the textbook without checking
Here's what you should do...
Next: Check you answers! Some answers actually appear in the textbook. Others you can check with a friend, with a parent, or with your teacher (if you really aren't sure). If you don't check your answers, you may not realize that you are practicing a technique that will not result in the correct answer. Yikes!
You'll feel most prepared by studying a little bit each day...
Want some other suggestions?
Use the textbook as a resource. Find questions to practice in the mid-chapter and chapter reviews, as well as the skills bank and problem bank. Remember that the boxed numbers along the sides refer to the lesson numbers from that chapter.
Try the Nelson Mathematic website. It's an online way to try questions from many lessons in the textbook's lessons. Use this link: http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/mathK8/companion.html
Then click on the name of your textbook, the "Student Center" link, the "Try It Out" link, and then the chapter and lesson you would like questions for.