STAAR procedures (T/F)
Strategies
Reading
Poetry
Genre
100
You can get out of your seat during the test.
FALSE
100
When using the TQC strategy for nonfiction texts, what does the acronym TQC stand for?
Thoughts, Questions, and Connections
100
What is an opinion?
A personal belief about something that cannot be proven.
100
What kind of poem expresses emotions or feelings and sometimes sounds like a song?
Lyric
100
This genre may have characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Fiction
200
You should get a good night sleep and eat breakfast before the test.
TRUE
200
How many times should you read a poem?
At least TWICE, more than once.
200
What does predict mean?
To say an event or action that will happen in the future.
200
What are the paragraphs of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
200
This genre is a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end.
Mystery
300
Where can I go to find more information about the STAAR program?
TEA Website http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/staar/.
300
What should you do if you are not focused on your story or questions and you are zoning out during your reading?
You should take a quick break, drink some water, or stretch to get your blood flowing.
300
In a non-fiction passage, why do we include text features?
They help us understand what read.
300
What kind of poem tells a story?
Narrative.
300
This genre might contain photographs, diagrams, timelines and facts.
Non-fiction
400
Are breaks allowed during STAAR assessments?
Yes. Students are allowed to take breaks during the administration of STAAR assessments. Some breaks, such as water and snack breaks, are included in the time limit.
400
Should you try to prove your work for each question?
YES!
400
True or False. A summary describes the main idea in nonfiction text and beginning, middle/problem, and end/solution in fiction.
TRUE.
400
What is a comparison using like or as?
Simile
400
Contains lines, stanzas and might rhyme.
Poetry
500
In what subjects are students assessed under the STAAR program in third grade?
Students are tested in mathematics and reading.
500
Should you be thinking about the genre of your story before, during and after you read? Why?
Yes, because it will help you understand it better.
500
Gentle, caring and brave are all what?
Character traits.
500
Name the type of poem that is funny and can be silly?
A humorous poem.
500
A story of a real person's life written by another person.
Biography
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