STAAR Procedures (T/F)
Reading Strategies
Reading
Math
Math Strategies
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
Which place value is the digit 5 in 35,824?
thousands
100
Step 1: Important Information Step 2: Question Step 3: Method Step 4: Solve and Check
The four step problem solving model.
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
A baseball league bought 9 boxes of baseballs. Each box contained 36 baseballs. How many baseballs did the league buy?
324
200
*pictorial model *number line *partial sum *standard algorithm
Addition and Subtraction Strategies
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
Gina has 42 mushrooms to put into 6 salads. She wants to put the same number of mushrooms in each salad.
7
300
*strip diagram *array *equal groups *repeated addition/subtraction *number line *partial product
Multiplication and Division Strategies
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
Rounding 162 to the nearest tens 160 is your boundary number 170 is your boundary number 165 is ?
your midpoint number
400
*pictorial model *number line
Fraction Strategies
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
What kind of poem tells a story?
Narrative.
500
24 x 2 20 x 2=40 4 x 2=8 40+8=48
Problem solved using partial product
500
Be able to identify... *name *vertex *sides
Geometry
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