WBT helps for state test

In Spain, the Bilingual Programme has state test, these are what we know as trinity or the Cambriedge test.

I want to share with you all, some great ideas that WBT has offered me and making me reach heaven, yes that is just what I said "Reach Heaven!"

The most appealing thing about WBT is that students can practice 20 minutes time daily to simply teaching the mechanics of the test.

Are you ready to find out about the ones I am using?

                       Then, give me an "Oh yeah!!" 

The "Prove it" method brings up critical thinking. What we are looking for is to have students provide reasons to their answer and force them to turly understand. 

How do I use this? I am going to use the "because clapper"

I use it to understand grammar skills. We can do this orally or on a class set whiteboard. For example:
     *Right or wrong: 
            e.g. Mary plays football. Is this in past?

            Students will use this sentence frame: "It is wrong/right because.....

The "Doofus, trickster and smarty" method which turns a dry reasoning technique, process of elimination, into a lively game. 

How do I use this? Kids have to label each answer into the Doofus answer which is totally wrong, the trickster answer which is desingned to fool kids, and the smartly answer which is, of course, right. Once this is done, then use "Prove it" with the "because clapper"

Let me show an example:

Have a look at the page above. There is a question and three answers. Kids will do as follow using this sentence frame:
"A" is the Trickster answer because the answer should be in past.

"B" is the doofus answer because we don´t use a question to answer another question.

"C" is the Smarty answer because it is in past and shows the enjoyment "Fun".

The "Double underlining" method will help our students to get in the path of "Read to understand"This is the most difficult part of their test but now I can help them feel that reading for information can be easy just by learning to double underline and at the same time I can monitor their progress.

Here is an example. 
We give them this reading:

They read to underline key words and phrases:

Then, they reread and double underline the most important words and phrases:

The "Headings" method is used after doublelining. Students are asked to divide the reading into three parts and briefly summarize it before answering to the questions.

Going back to the reading already doublelined students should divide it into three parts:

1.- Where do we find soil?

2.- What is it made up?

3.- What is humus?

These are just some of the good ideas WBT has.....

Woooohoooooo!