When reading a poem, I should .....

Read it more than once and make notes about each stanza.

When taking your test, the TWO most important things you can do are:

Believe you will earn your best score yet!, Have a great attitude and believe in yourself!

When should you use context clues to try to figure out a word you don't know?

All of the above. Using clues is a great way to figure out words.

If I have a question that asks about TWO different selections, I can prove my answer by...

I must prove my answer in both selections and give evidence from each one

How can I do my best on the FSA?

Prove my answers with text evidence or clues.

When the 10 minute warning is given, what should I do?

Both the ORANGE and BLUE answers are correct.

After I have completed my test, I can....

Reread the passages and double check my answers.

Why do I want to use strategies (highlighting, making notes about paragraphs, dictionary use)?

They help me do my best and understand the test!

If the FSA test has a play as a selection, I should

All of these answers are important.

When reading a selection, if I "zone out," what should I do?

Go back and reread any section I "zoned out" on

When asked about the meaning of a word in context, I should first ....

Use the context clues and come up with my own definition

During the test, I can...

I can do all of the things listed above!

If I do my best on the test, I should...

Know that my teachers are proud of me.

After I finishing reading a passage and answering the questions, what should I do?

Reward myself with some of my snack or drink and breathe.

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FSA ELA Test Strategies

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Test taking strategies and motivation for before the STAAR test #4thgrade

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1
When reading a poem, I should .....
Sing it out loud
Circle all unfamiliar words
Read it quickly.
Read it more than once and make notes about each stanza.
2
If I am having trouble understanding a poem, one strategy I can use is.....
Make sure I read the poem at least twice
All of the above
Highlight figurative language
Read a stanza and close my eyes to picture what I read.
3
If the narrator includes the words I, we, our, or my, what point of view is the story?
Third person
Second person
autobiography
First person
4
When taking your test, the TWO most important things you can do are:
Believe you will earn your best score yet!
Get nervous
Have a great attitude and believe in yourself!
Rush and finish before everyone else
5
When should you use context clues to try to figure out a word you don't know?
Words in questions that I am unsure of
All of the above. Using clues is a great way to figure out words.
Words in answer choices that I am unsure of
When I come across words in passages that I am unsure of
6
If I have a question that asks about TWO different selections, I can prove my answer by...
I can use a dictionary
I must prove my answer in both selections and give evidence from each one
I can find the answer in only one selection
I don't need to prove my answers
7
Which of the following is an idiom?
BOOM!
It was raining cats and dogs.
My pencil bubbled with fury.
Terrace takes tricky tests and triumphs!
8
How can I do my best on the FSA?
Prove my answers with text evidence or clues.
Use my head knowledge instead of the text
Read the selection twice
Make sure I am the first one finished.
9
When the 10 minute warning is given, what should I do?
Bubble in an answer for all remaining questions.
Panic
Make sure I have answered all of the questions.
Both the ORANGE and BLUE answers are correct.
10
After I have completed my test, I can....
Draw
Dance
Make faces at my neighbor so they will see that I finished!
Reread the passages and double check my answers.
11
Why do I want to use strategies (highlighting, making notes about paragraphs, dictionary use)?
They help me do my best and understand the test!
I like to doodle.
My teacher will be hovering over me.
Using strategies is a blast!
12
If a question asks about figurative language (simile, personification, etc), I should assume ..
The poem is symbolic.
The words mean exactly their literal meaning
The poet is just showing off
The poem is too hard to understand
13
If the FSA test has a play as a selection, I should
Pay attention to stage directions.
All of these answers are important.
Pay attention to how the characters change.
Notice the setting changes between scenes.
14
True or False. It is ok to take all the allowed time to finish the test...
False
True
15
When reading a selection, if I "zone out," what should I do?
Keep reading because I might run out of time
Go back and skim the parts I may have missed.
Take a deep breath and count to ten before I keep reading
Go back and reread any section I "zoned out" on
16
When asked about the meaning of a word in context, I should first ....
Skip it and come back to it later
Use the context clues and come up with my own definition
look it up in the dictionary
try to sound out the word
17
During the test, I can...
I can do all of the things listed above!
Make myself comfortable.
Take notes and cross off answers that I know are wrong.
Work silently and raise my hand if I have a question.
18
If I do my best on the test, I should...
Go hang out in the restroom line.
Announce to the class, "I am finished!"
Know that my teachers are proud of me.
Worry about how well I have done until the scores return.
19
After I finishing reading a passage and answering the questions, what should I do?
Raise my hand and go wait in line for the restroom.
Hurry onto the next passage
Reward myself with some of my snack or drink and breathe.
Have a conversation with one of my friends.
20
In reading a play, I must...
Visualize what is happening
Read all stage directions
Read the list of characters if given
All of the above.
21
What is something I should NOT do before the FSA test?
Stay up late at night.
Arrive to school a few minutes early
Eat breakfast
Wear clothes to keep me cool.

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