Reading Random
3rd Grade Reading
STAAR PREP
STAAR
3rd Grade STAAR WRITING
100

What is the main idea?

What the story is mostly about

The who/what and the main thing about the who/what

100

What is the cause?

the reason WHY something happens

100

What are types of author's purpose?

PIE- Persudae, Inform, Entertain

100

Explain Restating

Turn the question into a statement.

100

What is the strategy for an SCR?

RACE

200

Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym? 

Antonym

200

What is a free verse poem?

A poem that does NOT rhyme and no pattern

200

When would you use the RUNS for?

ALL reading passages!


200

Strategy for extended constructed response (ECR)


RACE

200

When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?


Paired passage. 


300

What does antonym mean?

Words that mean the opposite of another
300

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.

Stanza

300

If you see numbers in front of the sentences you must use RUNS. Ture or false

False- This is editing and revising you ONLY NEED number, ABCD, evidence

300

You are allowed to talk and look at other tests during STAAR

False

300

This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.

Ex:  The pretty girl played with the small cat.

an adjective

400

Fiction or Non-Fiction-- Passage about a talking rabbit that goes on an adventure across the world

Fictional passage

400

What are story elements?

Setting, characters, problem, solution, key events of a story

400

When completing a reading passage you must read it at least twice? True or False?

True: The more you read it, the more it will make sense

400

What are these instructions for?


-Restate the question

-Answer the question

-Cite text evidence

-Explain your thinkin


What is Extended constructed response?

RACE

400

The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. She felt aghast as she trembled away.

Using context clues, what does aghast mean?

scared or horrified

500
What do call a story/ passage that has a moral or lesson in it?

A Theme 

500

What does it mean to infer?

To make a smart guess based on what you know and what you read

500

You have until the end of the school day to work on the READING STAAR Test. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test.  Do your personal best! True or False?

True!

500

A biography is when someone else writes about that person? True or False

True

500

These phrases are examples of what?

The witch zapped her wand and then poof she turned into a frog.

Onomatopoeia-  is a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. For example: boom

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