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Test taking strategies and motivation for before the STAAR test
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When do we take the Reading STAAR?
Tuesday
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
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When taking your test, the most important thing you can do is.
Have a great attitude
Rush and finish before everyone else
Do your absolute best
Get nervous
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If I do my best on the test, I should...
Tell my parents I gave the test 100% effort!
Know that Mrs.Duggan is proud of me
Worry about how well I have done until the scores return
Feel proud of myself and relax
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When asked about the meaning of a word in context, I should first ....
look it up in the dictionary
Use the context clues and come up with my own definition
Skip it and come back to it later
try to sound out the word
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After I have completed my test and my teacher has taken up all my materials, I can....
Read a book silently
Doodle
Make faces at my neighbor
Sleep
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During the test, I can...
Raise my hand if I have a question
Stay seated
Remain totally silent
Tap my pencil and bug my neighbor
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What STAAR test do we have on Tuesday?
None
Reading
Science
Math
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When reading a selection, if I "zone out," what should I do?
Keep reading because I might run out of time
Take a deep breath and count to ten before I keep reading
Go back and reread any section I "zoned out" on
Go back to the very beginning and read the selection twice
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If I am having trouble understanding a poem, one strategy I can use is.....
Just give up and skip it
Focus on what I do understand instead of what I do not
Read the poem six times
Realize that the poem likely has some figurative language
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If a question asks about figurative language (simile, personification, etc), I should assume ..
It is symbolic, ie. Katy Perry's Firework
The Poem is too hard to understand
The poet is just showing off
The words mean exactly their literal meaning
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How can I do my best on the star?
Read the selection twice
Take my "jiffy jots" and prove my answers
Make sure I am the first one finished
Use my head knowledge instead of the text
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What is something I should NOT do before the STAAR test?
Skip breakfast
Stay up late the night before
Arrive to school late
Wear uncomfortable clothes and forget to bring a jacket
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When I am testing and feel like I am losing my focus, I should...
Put my head down and sleep for 30 minutes
Just keep going because I don't have enough time
Take a small five minute "mental" break
Give up
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If I have a question that asks about TWO different selections, I can prove my answer by...
I don't need to prove my answers
I can use a dictionary
I can find the answer in only one selection
I must prove my answer in both selections
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When reading a poem, I should .....
Circle all the figurative language
Sing it out loud
Read it and don't worry about strategies
Do my notes and prove my answers just like always
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True or False. It is ok to take all four hours to finish the test...
True
False
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If the STAAR test has a play as a selection, I should
Read it carefully
Look carefully and take notes on any pictures
Do my notes as I read
Pay attention to stage directions
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In reading a play, I must...
Visualize what is happening
Stand up and let everyone see my acting skills
Read all stage directions
Read the list of characters if given
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Why do I want to use my strategies?
I love to "go the extra mile"
I can use my strategies throughout school
Mrs. Duggan will be checking how long I tested
I can make better scores
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When we work on reading comprehension and test-taking strategies, we are....
Only doing it to get ready for the STAAR test
Learning strategies we can use in real life
Building our dendrites so we can be better thinkers
Wasting our time
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What is one thing that won't be on the STAAR test.
Expository text
Grammar
Poetry
Drama
