STAAR procedures
Strategies
Reading
Poetry
Text Features/Main Idea
100
Where you put the pink sticky note.
On the page with the stop sign.
100
When you see an underlined word that you don't know, what should you do?
Write a synonym above the word. PLUG IT IN!
Reread to make sure it makes sense!
100
When I am looking for the THEME or MESSAGE, what do I start the sentence with in my head?
The author believes
100
Which picture shows a poem and how do you know?
100
This genre may have characters, setting, problem, solution and DIALOGUE.
Fiction
200
True or False You should get a good night sleep and eat breakfast before the test.
TRUE
200
What should you write AFTER you read a fiction story, BEFORE you answer the questions? Look at your strategy chart. Tell me why it is important.
S
W
B
S
T
200
What does conclude mean?
To understand
200
What are the groups of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
200
True or False When I see a box with information in it, I should ALWAYS read it.
TRUE!!! If there are words on the page, I should read it.
300
Things I should bring the day of the test.
Water bottle with water only.
300
If you get to a question you don't know, what should you do?
Eliminate 2 answer choices. If you still don't know, circle the question and PUT A STICKY NOTE BESIDE IT. Keep answering questions for THAT STORY and then go back to that question BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT STORY.
300
In a non-fiction passage, what strategy do you use AS YOU ARE READING? Look at your strategy chart.
Turn the headings into questions, read the section, and answer the question.
300
What kind of poem does NOT rhyme?
Free verse.
300
What is a great text feature to look at to find the purpose or reason the author wrote a nonfiction text.
The title
400
True or False I should bubble my answers AS I GO!
TRUE!
400
What words do I circle in the question? AND
What do I write beside the questions after I find my answer?
Why, because
Paragraph numbers
400
True or False. The summary of a NON-FICTION has a SWBST.
FALSE. A nonfiction doesn't have a character, problem, and solution. Look at the headings and your answers. Put them all together, and that is your summary.
400
True or False I DO NOT need to chunk and baby gist a poem.
FALSE! If you read and think, you should baby gist.
400
Where should I look to find out what a SECTION is mostly about.
The Heading and the answer to your question (when you turned the heading into a question).
500
When I get really tired, what should I do.
Stretch, ask to go to the restroom, or get a drink but DON'T STOP USING YOUR STRATEGIES!
500
When should I use my highlighter on the READING STAAR?
Highlight the important parts of the questions.
Highlight the text evidence.
500
When answering a FICTION summary question, explain the strategy I use.
CPS for EACH answer choice.
Underline the character and put a check mark.
Underline the problem, put a check.
Underline the solution, put a check.
(Show an example)
500
Name the type of poem tells a story and has a Character, Problem, and Solution?
A narrative poem.
500
Who would have been the author of an autobiography of Donald Trump?
Donald Trump
because - Biography is the story of someone's life
Auto means self
So autobiography is the story of a person's life written by THAT PERSON (SELF).