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NSCAS 3rd Grade ELA
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Text written about someone's life by THEMSELVES is which genre?
Autobiography
A journal
Biography
Personal Narrative
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A text that tells about a person's real life from birth to death?
Realistic Fiction
Personal Narrative
Biography
Historical Fiction
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What is this an example of? "She was as fast as a cheetah!"
Simile
Analogy
Metaphor
Alliteration
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What is an VERB?
A person, place, or thing
A word that describes a noun
A word that describes a verb
An action word
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Which Birchcrest students take the NSCAS tests?
Everyone
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th graders
What's NSCAS?
3rd and 4th graders
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What is the author's purpose of a biography?
Persaude
Describe
Entertain
Inform
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Which of these can you NOT do when you are done?
Cursive book
Whisper quietly to a neighbor
Take a nap
Draw on your whiteboard or scrap paper
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Poems are not written in sentences, instead they are called . . .
Paragraphs
Lines
rhymes
Pages
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What does a heading tell you?
Where something is found
What the topic of the paragraph is
What a picture is about
What a word means
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What does NSCAS stand for?
National School Centered Assessment Schedule
New Seats Coming April Seventeenth
Nebraska Student Centered Assessment System
Nebraska State Common Assessment Survey
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How do you know a passage is INFORMATIONAL?
It tries to get you to do something
It tells facts
It is written in stanzas
It is fun to read
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What position do you like best while testing?
In my desk but moved away from everyone for privacy and quiet
In my desk in my regular spot like a normal day
On the floor laying down or comfy
In a swivel chair anywhere
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This test...
affects my report card
helps Nebraska see how schools are doing
determines if I pass 4th grade
doesn't matter for anything
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What someone thinks about something is called what?
Their opinion
A fact
An idea
The answer
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If I find important details in a passage, I could use which tool?
Cross Out
Reference Page
Line Guide
Highlighter
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When do we start testing?
Tomorrow
Never
Next week
Today
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Words that have the same meaning are called . . .
Congruent
Simile
Synonyms
Antonyms
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An example of onomatopoeia is:
Wow!
buzzzz
HI!
Nurse Nancy
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Words that have the same first sounds or letters have . . .
Antonyms
Similes
Synonyms
Alliteration
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What is the author's purpose of a RECIPE?
Persaude
Inform
Explain
Entertain
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My teacher and parents will be proud of me if I
Do my best
Pick random answers
Mess around instead of taking the test
Copy my friends test
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Which of these are NOT important in preparing for the NSCAS?
Getting lots of sleep tonight
Worrying about how bad you are going to do
Eating a good breakfast
Coming to school with a positive attitude
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What is an adjective?
An action word
A word that describes a noun
A word that describes a verb
A person, place, or thing
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A story that tells about the past is what genre?
Historical Fiction
Personal Narrative
Biography
Realistic Fiction
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How do you know a passage is Persuasive?
It is fun to read
It is written in stanzas
It tells facts
It tries to get you to do something
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What will we NOT do before we take the test?
Cry
Eat our snacks
Take a deep breath
Take a bathroom break
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Poems are organized in...
Sentences
Paragraphs
Stanzas
Pages
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A made up text taking place in current time written to entertain?
Personal Narrative
Historical Fiction
Biography
Realistic Fiction
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Which of these is a good strategy to use if you don't know the answer to a question?
Ask my teacher what the answer is
Look at my neighbor's computer
Just pick a random letter
Reread
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How many days will we be taking the reading portion of the test?
4 days
2 days
3 days
1 day
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If I know choice A and choice C are wrong, I could
Take a breath and make a good guess
Use the Answer eliminator line
Pick B because my name starts with B
Pick D because D hasn't been the answer in awhile
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What is an ADVERB?
A word that describes a noun
An action word
A person, place, or thing
A word that describes a verb
