Making "EOG Word Wall Chart" that features genre, text features, poetry terms, literacy concepts, figurative language, question stem vocabulary and verbs can help students gain an extensive EOG test vocabulary. Teachers can use EOG question stems during guided reading sessions, encourage direct listening-reading-thinking activity and implement SQ3R strategy in which the student learns to survey, question, read, recite and review, in all reading practices. "Making word diaries" by jotting down the word, its synonym, a sentence using the word and a picture or a mental model and using "graphic organizers" can help develop comprehension skills. "Making vocabulary charts" familiarizes students to an author's purpose questions including vocabulary words like "persuade," "explain," "entertain" or "inform." In "Chunking" activity, the student learns to read in detail and pull out key ideas.
"Character read and roll activity" and "character stick figure" help students to generate and assemble their ideas about the character in the "character trait chart." In this activity, the students discuss the character in a variety of words and get familiarized with the words found on EOG. "Pick a card" EOG activity is an interactive group game using vocabulary index cards with questions and answers. When students understand the question-answer relationship, or QAR, it improves the reading EOG scores. QAR concept charts and QAR maps are modeled with read-aloud techniques; in this activity, the students create their own questions by working in groups with a reading selection or guided reading book. The QAR concept map serves as a review.
The general effective strategies proven to help in improving reading EOG Scores include underlining details, eliminating wrong answers and circling key words in questions. First you underline the details as you read the reading comprehension passage; these details or key concepts are most likely to be asked about in the questions. Second, you read the questions and circle the key words in the questions that will help you look for answers in the passage. Third, you eliminate the answers that won't fit to arrive at the right one. The reading comprehension text and the following questions are approached by students using a variety of strategies. "Reading all given answer choices" and "crossing out wrong answers" gives you a better chance of finding the right answer. "Attempting known questions first" and flipping back to the passage to "verify the correctness of the answer" are other common strategies followed while taking EOG reading tests. Apply these strategies in lesson and practice tests to improve the reading EOG scores.
Reading a short story and discussing the key concepts and conclusions might help the students' comprehension skills. But EOG tests demand much more than reading comprehension strategies; your EOG scores will benefit from the many reading comprehension practice questions that you solve. These practice tests give the student a short passage on a topic followed by many pertinent multiple-choice questions. Taking these practice activities will sharpen the reading skills required to perform well in the EOG tests. You can access the old sample test papers from various online resources (see the Resources section). These practice materials that cover a variety of reading genres are listed by grade and help to hone your skills and improve reading EOG scores.