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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">October 25</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> is an ACT</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">n</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">ational testing date. I encourage all HS teachers to incorporate some sort of practice test and review into one of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> days or part of the day next week leading up to the test.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Some suggestions:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Give</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> a practice test</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">in class</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">and going over the answers and common mistakes (may need to have students answer every other question in order to have time to go over the answers and common mistakes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> in one class period</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial"> I recommend</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">every other problem in order to get to the ones at the end.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Go over some key formulas/concepts (area,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Pythagorean</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> theorem, special right triangles,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">similar triangles, exponents, square root</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">equations</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">, absolute value equations</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">, logs, trig functions, to name a few)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">S</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">ay a sp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">ecial reminder on Friday</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">to students to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> get some sleep, answer all</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">questions, take a calculator, and work hard</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">until</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> the very end</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> they w</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">ouldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">t want</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">hurt</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> the composite score because</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> slacked up durin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">g the last test (science reasoning).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Incorporate a p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">roblem of the day at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">beginning</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> of class</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">which</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">could be an ACT problem.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Even if not</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> all your students are taking</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> ACT on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> 25</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">, it wouldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">t hurt to take some time to give all your students this experience. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">You should be able to locate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">sample</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> test booklets in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> counselor</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">s office. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Your school administrator or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">counselor</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> may also have ACTive Prep, ACT software, with sample tests or go to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.act.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">www.act.org</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">The next</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">national</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> testing date is December 13</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> and I will try to send another reminder before then.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-us">Stacey Weinand</SPAN></A></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Coordinator, Mathematics and Science Partnerships</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">405.447.4103</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">sweinand@osrhe.edu</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">"We can do no great things; only small things with great love." Mother Teresa</SPAN></P>
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