Testing Tips
Question Types
Strategies
Target
Review
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR test?
Go to bed early, and get plenty of rest.
100
Paragraph 3 is mainly about........ What kind of question is this?
Main Idea
100
What strategy helps you to be sure you are monitoring and understanding your reading one paragraph at a time?
RCRC !!! Read - Read one paragraph Cover - Cover the paragraph Retell - Who was it mostly about? What was the most important thing? Check - Check to see if you understood what you read before you go on.
100
What does the "T" stand for in TARGET, and what do you do in this step?
TITLE Read, think about, THEN underline the title. The title often lets the reader know about what the story is mainly about.
100
What does the "T" stand for in TARGET, and what do you do during this step?
TWO FINGER TOUCH! After you bubble the answers for each story, do the TWO FINGER TOUCH, to be sure you bubbled each answer choice correctly. After you finish the whole test, go back and do the two finger touch again for the whole test.
200
How much time do you have to take the STAAR test?
4 hours
200
The reader can tell..... The reader can conclude..... most likely These key words are clues that this is what kind of question?
Inference Use the clues (hints or facts) the author has given you in the story, and your background knowledge (what you know from your past experiences) to make an inference.
200
A good summary contains......
BME The most important event or detail from the BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END of the story.
200
What does the "A" stand for in TARGET, and what do you do in this step?
ALL FIVE FINGERS! Look for pictures and captions, charts, graphs, diagrams and underlined words
200
What is a character in a story?
A person or animal in a story, play, poem, movie, etc. Note: In a Fable, the characters are all animals. Characters can be animals OR people.
300
When you have completed your entire text, what should you do?
Do the TWO FINGER TOUCH to be sure you bubbled correctly, then go back and check over your test.
300
Tyler thought the publisher had not read his book because....... What kind of question is this? (What skill?)
Cause and Effect Something (cause) made something else happen (effect.)
300
What does an author mean when he asks what the setting of the story is?
WHEN - morning, night, spring, summer, fall, winter WHERE - back yard, beach, in the woods, at school The beginning of a story usually lets the reader know when and where the story takes place (the setting.)
300
What does the "R" stand for in TARGET, and what do you do in this step?
READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST! Read the questions before the story, so you know what to be looking for in the story when you read. Box important clue words. Sneak a Peek!
300
A poem doesn't have paragraphs. What do you call a group of lines in a poem?
Stanza
400
What should you do at home the morning of the test?
Eat a good breakfast, so you won't get hungry during the test. Don't skip breakfast! A good breakfast is fuel for your brain, and it will help you do better on the test!
400
When words like first, next, last, or finally are used in a story, it helps the reader understand the ......
sequence of events
400
How do you go about answering a "context clues" question?
Box the word Box the paragraph Look for clues - Read the sentences before and after the unknown word to look for clues of the meaning. PLUG IT IN - Substitute answer choices and see which one makes the most sense. MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS - Some words have more than one meaning. Which meaning makes sense in THIS story?
400
What does the "G" stand for in TARGET, and what do you do in this step?
GO BACK AND READ THE STORY, using RCRC! Make sure you understand each paragraph by using RCRC to monitor your understanding. If you can't retell the paragraph, READ IT AGAIN before yo go on. Leave TRACKS, to show where you've been and what you understand!
400
In a non-fiction selection, where can I usually find the main idea of the text?
sub-heading or sub-title
500
What do you do when your teacher writes "15 minutes" on the chalkboard, and you haven't finished taking your test?
You bubble the remaining circles on the scantron, then go back to where you left off, and keep reading and answering the questions. Try to answer as many questions correctly, as you can in the remaining time.
500
How did Carly feel at the end of the story?
character analysis, (or character feelings) Can a character's feelings change throughout a story? Remember: Be sure to pay attention to words like: beginning, middle, or end, in this kind of question. Box the word so you don't get confused! Remember: A character feeling question may also ask you to compare two characters feelings.
500
The reader can conclude........ when drawing a conclusion, what should the reader do?
Add up all the facts in the passage, and read between the lines to draw a conclusion.
500
What does the "E" in TARGET stand for and what do you do during this step?
ELIMINATE and PROVE your answers! Put an "x" after the ones you know are incorrect and eliminate them. Put a check after the correct answer and write the paragraph number that PROVES YOUR ANSWER.
500
Biography
The story of a real person's life told by another person, would be which genre of literature?
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