Reading Random
What do you do when taking your reading STAAR test?
Name at least 2 things you should do.
Take notes on important information.
Read the story or text 3 times.
Look up unknown words.
Read the questions and answers more than once.
When you don't know what a bolded or underlined word means what do you do?
Use a dictionary
What are types of author's purpose?
Persuade, inform, entertain.
How can we find a summary of a story.
finding the beginning, middle, and end with the problem and solution
How do you start a sentence?
With a capital letter
Are hot and cold synonyms or antonyms?
Antonym
Give an example of a text feature.
Photograph, bold word, Picture, Graph, Map, Label, table of contents, captions,
When would you use the RACES strategy and what does it stand for?
When it has the word EXPLAIN.
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite text evidence
Explain your thinking
Sum it up give your conclusion
Strategy for extended constructed response
R restate the prompt in a question
A answer the question
C cite your evidence
E explain your evidence
S Sum it up
You should do process of elimination for all questions. True or false?
True
What does antonym mean?
Words that mean the opposite of another
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
When completing Reading STAAR you must prove your answers by underlining in the text where you found them and next to the question listing what paragraph you found your answer in. True or False?
True: This is a strategy for the READING STAAR
True or False, You are allowed to talk and look at other tests during STAAR
False
What is FACT? What is Opinion?
Fact- something true
Opinion- something not true
Drama(play) or poem?- a story that has characters, scenes, stage directions and dialogue.
DRAMA
What does setting mean?
where or when the story is happening or taking place.
When completing Reading STAAR test it is best to take a 1-2 minute brain break after completing a passage and questions. True or False?
True: When you take a break and relax that allows your brain an opportunity to rest and "forget" the information you just read before continuing to a new text.
What is Main Idea?
What the whole story is about.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What are reasons an author writes a story or text?
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
What does it mean when a question is asking about IMAGERY?
Imagine it in our heads, pretend it is happening to us, make a picture in your head
You have the whole day to work on the READING Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time—no cell phones. Do your personal best! True or False?
True! Until 3:00
When talking about sensory details, what does it mean?
details that describe sight, touch, smell, hear, and taste.