Testing Tips
Strategies
Wild Card
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
What is Get plenty of sleep
100
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs
What is context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
100

The volume that students will eat their lunch

volume level 0 = silence.
It is considered an irregularity for students to talk on a STAAR day.

200

What happens if I am late on the day of STAAR?

Tardy students will be reported to a separate testing room.

200
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
What is write notes off to the side?
200

How to find the room number a student is testing in.

Admin will post it outside the main office.

300
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
What is eat a healthy breakfast
300

Name one STAAR testing strategy

Crossing off, reading questions first, annotation, come back, use the dictionary, context clues

300

What is the only drink a student can have while testing?

Water in a closed bottle.

400

Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?

What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 8th grade 

400
What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?
What is process of elimination
400

Can students bring a snack on testing day?

Yes, but it will be kept near the teacher, with a post-it on it, and will be returned to you at lunchtime.

500
What should you leave at home or be prepared to give to a teacher or test proctor before the test?
What are cell phones or electronic devices?
500

Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?

What is the title of reading the questions before the text.

500

What happens if ANY electronic device goes off (makes a sound) on a testing day?

Admin, the testing coordinator, and security need to be contacted to investigate.
(Phones given to the teacher must be turned off and have a post it on it.)

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