Presented by: Mrs. Rex Taming Test Anxiety

What is Test Anxiety? Describe Feelings/Thoughts: Other Types of Anxiety: Friendships Life Changes (divorce, move, new school year, etc.) Performances (sports, theatre, music, dance, etc.) Other ideas?

What We’ll Do Today: Try out test anxiety tips Learn more about the signs of test anxiety (and how to prevent it from happening) Prepare for the OAA Have fun!!!

Tips These tips are worth a lot! What to wear… How much sleep you need… What to eat… How to breathe…

Emotion Zones High +High - Low +Low -

The Emotion Zone Test Which emotion zone is this person in? Would this be a good emotion zone for a test?

Memory Ways to remember information: Look up, visualize your notes “Headphones” to focus and “hear” past information Look up and to the left—activates past knowledge Great for spelling words Stress ball Speak with an accent or funny voice Great for remembering new information The power of lemon, peppermint, and cinnamon Peppermint the best because it also boosts energy

Memory Test I will say 10 words. I will not repeat them. See how many you can remember… Which words did most of us remember? Why? Study breaks. Attention is your age + 2.

How to Relax Music, “headphones” What do you like the best? Other ways to relax… “Thinking Cap” Stretch your calf muscle Breathe through your nose Massage your forehead, just above the eyebrow

Confidence! Smile Laugh Refocusing attention when nervous Routine “I am always calm and confident under pressure.” You can do it! Just believe in yourself, even if people tell you that you are not good enough. Someone made millions of dollars selling “pet rocks” By the time you are 18, you will have heard “no,” “don’t,” etc. over 300,000 times