Restart when you freeze on a quiz

For students

The first question feels hard. You start thinking you can’t do any of the quiz.

Use this practice quiz to mark one hard question and try another.

1. A class has 24 students. Six are out. How many are here?

2. What is 2 plus 3?

3. Which word is a color: red, chair, book?

For the counselor

2 min • Start. Say “This is practice. Mark question 1 as the one to come back to.”

6 min • Practice. Have students point to or mark 1, then try 2 or 3. Answers: 5 or red. Return to 1 and count back six from 24 to get 18. Explain that on a real quiz they can use this move if the directions allow it.

2 min • Check. “Show me what you mark and what you try first.” Sample: mark 1, answer 2, then return to 1.

Fictional examples are fine. Students can point, speak, or pass.