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STAAR Strategies May 051821
STAAR Strategies May 051821
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Test taking strategies and motivation for before the STAAR test #4thgrade
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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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What is something I should NOT do before the test?
Stay up late tonight.
Arrive to school a few minutes early
Eat breakfast
Wear clothes to keep me cool.
3
If the test has a play as a selection, I should
Pay attention to how the characters change.
Pay attention to stage directions.
All of these answers are important.
Notice the setting changes between scenes.
4
How can I do my best on a reading test? (More than one correct answer.)
Stop and jot a few notes about what is important as I read.
Reread if I need to.
Make sure I am the first one finished.
Prove my answers with text evidence or clues.
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If a question asks about figurative language (simile, personification, etc), I should assume ..
The words mean exactly their literal meaning.
The Poem is too hard to understand.
The poet is just showing off.
It is symbolic. For example: A Bird Came Down the Walk.
6
When do we take the English/Language Arts PEAKS?
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
7
During the test, I can...
Make myself comfortable.
Work silently and raise my hand if I have a question.
I can do all of the things listed above!
Take notes and cross off answers that I know are wrong.
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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 watching me the whole time.
Using strategies makes my teacher happy.
9
When reading a poem, I should .....
Read it more than once and make notes about each stanza.
Circle all unfamiliar words.
Read it quickly.
Sing it out loud.
10
When reading a play, I must...
Read the list of characters if given.
All of the above.
Read all stage directions.
Visualize what is happening.
11
If I do my best on the test, I should...
Feel good about myself and know my teacher is proud of me.
Go hang out in the restroom line.
Announce to the class, "I am finished!"
Worry about how well I have done until the scores return.
12
After I finishing reading a passage and answering the questions, what should I do?
Have a conversation with one of my friends.
Raise my hand and go wait in line for the restroom.
Hurry onto the next passage.
Reward myself with my snack/drink and take a quick brain break.
13
When taking your test, the two most important things you can do are:
Have a great attitude and believe in yourself!
Rush and finish before everyone else.
Believe you will earn your best score yet!
Get nervous.
14
After I have completed my test and my teacher has taken up all my materials, I can....
Dance
Draw
Relax and read a book silently.
Make faces at my neighbor so they will see that I finished!
15
When reading a selection, if I "zone out," what should I do?
Take a deep breath and count to ten before I keep reading.
Go back and reread any section I "zoned out" on.
Go back and skim the parts I may have missed.
Keep reading because I might run out of time.
16
If I have a question that asks about TWO different selections, I can prove my answer by...
Finding evidence from both selections.
I don't need to prove my answers
I can find the answer in only one selection
I can use a dictionary
17
If I am having trouble understanding a poem, one strategy I can use is.....
Make sure I read the poem at least twice
Highlight figurative language
All of the above
Read a stanza and close my eyes to picture what I read.
18
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
Use the context clues and come up with my own definition
Skip it and come back to it later
19
If the narrator includes the words I, we, our, or my, what point of view is the story?
First person
Third person
Second person
autobiography
20
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.
When I come across words in passages that I am unsure of.
Words in answer choices that I am unsure of.
21
What STAAR test do we have on Tuesday, May 18th?
Science
Reading
Math
None
22
Which of the following is an idiom?
My pencil bubbled with fury.
Terrace takes tricky tests and triumphs!
It was raining cats and dogs.
BOOM!
