Presented by:Mrs. Rex

Taming Test Anxiety

What is Test Anxiety?Describe Feelings/Thoughts:

Other Types of Anxiety:FriendshipsLife 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!!!

TipsThese 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 TestWhich emotion zone is this person in?

Would this be a good emotion zone for a test?

MemoryWays to remember information:

Look up, visualize your notes“Headphones” to focus and “hear” past informationLook up and to the left—activates past knowledge

Great for spelling wordsStress ballSpeak with an accent or funny voice

Great for remembering new informationThe power of lemon, peppermint, and cinnamonPeppermint the best because it also boosts

energy

Memory TestI 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 RelaxMusic, “headphones” What do you like the best?

Other ways to relax…“Thinking Cap”Stretch your calf muscleBreathe through your noseMassage your forehead, just above the eyebrow

Confidence!SmileLaughRefocusing attention when nervousRoutine“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