5th Grade STAAR reading review

Question 1

What is a good reason for reading the questions before the passage?

Accepted Answer

To help me preview what the text will be about.

Question 2

Emphasize means...

Accepted Answer

Give special importance

Question 3

If I am working on questions about both passages from a paired selection, I should...

Accepted Answer

Find the answer in both passages.

Question 4

If I don't know a word in the passage, question, or answer choice I should....

Accepted Answer

raise my hand and ask for a dictionary (READING test ONLY), use context clues to figure it out

Question 5

If I don't pass the reading STAAR test the second time...

Accepted Answer

I have to go to summer school and try again a third time.

Question 6

In drama, the scene changes when...

Accepted Answer

the setting changes

Question 7

Suspense is...

Accepted Answer

wanting to know what will happen next

Question 8

When I encounter an inference question, I should...

Accepted Answer

Find the TEXT EVIDENCE I used to make my inference

Question 9

If I don't pass the STAAR test the first time...

Accepted Answer

I have to take it again in May before the science STAAR

Question 10

Why did Mrs. Hernandez spend time teaching reading strategies?

Accepted Answer

So we can pass the STAAR test, So we can be more successful readers, To help us learn strategies that can help us on any test

Question 11

The night before STAAR I should

Accepted Answer

get a good night's sleep

Question 12

When taking any test the most important thing I can do is...

Accepted Answer

Know I gave it my absolute best, Believe I can do it

Question 13

When reading a poem, I should...

Accepted Answer

Think about what form of poetry it is, Pay attention to figurative language and poetic devices, Identify the rhyme scheme

Question 14

How can I do my best on STAAR?

Accepted Answer

Use all of my strategies, Look back at the text and prove all of my answers

Question 15

When I have a question about the meaning of an underlined word, I should...

Accepted Answer

Copy the sentence next to the question, Use context clues to help me determine the meaning

Question 16

The morning of the test I should...

Accepted Answer

eat a healthy breakfast, Turn off my cell phone and hand it to my teacher, Have two books to read labeled with a post-it and my name, Leave my iPad at home

Question 17

To help me process the text, I should

Accepted Answer

Annotate- write down my thinking and take notes, sketch images that I visualized while I was reading.

Question 18

Four hours is...

Accepted Answer

a gift that I should use wisely

Question 19

Another word for story or article is...

Accepted Answer

selection, passage, text

Question 20

When can you take a break?

Accepted Answer

Anytime as long as you remain seated and quiet

Question 21

Foreshadowing is...

Accepted Answer

to give a hint as to what will happen later in the story, to give a hint as to what will happen later in the story, to give a hint as to what will happen later in the story

5th Grade STAAR reading review

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5th Grade STAAR reading review

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