Testing Tips
Question Types
Strategies
The Reading Queen
Review
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
100
"Paragraph 3 is mainly about..."
Main idea
100
What are the two questions you ask to determine main idea?
Who & What is the story mostly about?
100
What does T stand for in The Reading Queen, and what should you do?
Circle the TITLE
100
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
200
How much time do you have to take the test?
4 hours
200
The reader can conclude that...
Inference
200
A good summary contains...
All important events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
200
What does the P in 'The Reading Queen's Polka Dots are Cool' stand for and what do you do in this step?
'Prove your answer' by finding the information in the text Write the paragraph number next to the question.
200
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
300
When you have completed your entire test what should you do?
CHECK OVER IT!
300
Taylor thought the publisher had not read his book because...
Cause and effect
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
Find each event listed in the passage and put them in order.
300
What does the Q stand for and what do you do in this step?
Read each QUESTION carefully!
300
What is the strategy for summarization when reading a fiction story?
WHO WANTED BUT SO THEN
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
Draw main idea pictures! You can also underline important information, and take notes.
400
When words like, yesterday, winter, or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
the sequence of events
400
How do you go about answering context clue questions?
Go back to the text and read the sentences before and after the sentence the word is in.
400
What does the R stand for and what do you do in this step?
Read & reread! Don't forget to mark your main ideas or draw your main idea pictures!!
400
In poetry a section or 'chunk' of the poem is called a _______?
Stanza
500
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Always read ALL the answer choices, eliminate ones you know are incorrect, choose the BEST answer from the ones left. Don't forget to do the TWO FINGER CHECK when you are bubbling in your answer choice.
500
The reader can tell Johnny is.....
Character Analysis
500
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
What you know (background knowledge) + what is in the text A good inference must be based on the text
500
What does the C stand for and what do you do in this step?
Check your answer!
500
In a Non- Fiction story, where could you usually find the Main Idea (TEXT FEATURE)?
A sub- heading or sub- title
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