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Duplicate of Duplicate of STAAR
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Test taking strategies and motivation for before the STAAR test #6thgrade
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In reading a play, I must...
Read all stage directions
Stand up and let everyone see my acting skills
Read the list of characters if given
Visualize what is happening
2
When asked about the meaning of a word in context, I should first ....
look it up in the dictionary
try to sound out the word
Skip it and come back to it later
Use the context clues and come up with my own definition
3
What STAAR test do we have on Monday?
Science
Math
Reading
None
4
When taking your test, the most important thing you can do is.
Rush and finish before everyone else
Get nervous
Do your absolute best
Believe in yourself!
5
When answering questions I should...
Put notesby each answer so my teacher can see how busy I was
Guess
Go back to the passage to check my annotation
Pick the answer that has vocabulary I don't understand
6
True or False. It is ok to take all four hours to finish the test...
False
True
7
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
I can use a dictionary
I don't need to prove my answers
I can find the answer in only one selection
8
When do we take the Reading STAAR?
Thursday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Monday
9
When reading a poem, I should .....
Annotate and prove my answers just like always
Read it and don't worry about strategies
Sing it out loud
Circle or highlight all the figurative language
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Why do I want to use my strategies?
I can make better scores
Mr. P will be checking how long I tested
I can use my strategies any time I read
I love to do my best and to be successful
11
What is something I should NOT do before the STAAR test?
Arrive to school late
Wear uncomfortable clothes and forget to bring a jacket
Skip breakfast
Stay up late the night before
12
If I am having trouble understanding a poem, one strategy I can use is.....
Focus on what I do understand instead of what I do not
Realize that the poem likely has some figurative language
Read the poem six times
Just give up and skip it
13
If I don't know the meaning of a word, I should:
Ask my teacher
Skip over it
Use context clues to figure it out, then check a dictionary
Google it
14
When we work on reading comprehension and test-taking strategies, we are....
Learning strategies we can use in real life
Building our brains so we can be better thinkers
Only doing it to get ready for the STAAR test
Wasting our time
15
After I have completed my test and my teacher has taken up all my materials, I can....
Doodle
Sleep
Make faces at my neighbor
Read a book silently
16
If the STAAR test has a play as a selection, I should
Read it carefully
Act it out for my teacher
Pay attention to stage directions
Do my annotations as I read
17
How can I do my best on the star?
Use my head knowledge instead of the text
Read the selection twice
Make sure I am the first one finished
Take my notes and prove my answers
18
During the test, I can...
Stay seated
Tap my pencil and bug my neighbor
Remain totally silent
Raise my hand if I have a question
19
If a question asks about figurative language (simile, personification, etc), I should assume ..
The words mean exactly their literal meaning
It is symbolic and not literal
The poet is just showing off
The poem is too hard to understand
20
If I do my best on the test, I should...
Know that my teachers are proud of me
Tell my parents I gave the test 100% effort!
Worry about how well I have done until the scores return
Feel proud of myself and relax
21
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
22
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
