Reading Random
3rd Grade Reading
STAAR PREP
STAAR
3rd Grade STAAR WRITING
100
You should take these kinds of notes as you read the passage.
- who/what
- subject/what
- two-column/t-chart
100
What are types of Author's Purpose?
PIE'ED- Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe
100
What do you do when you do R in RULES?
Read the question twice.
100
What does it mean to retell a story?
Restating the biggest points of the story in order. Mention beginning, middle, end. Mention characters, problem, resolution, events.
100
What should you do before typing?
POWER--plan your writing, organize it with RACE or QA12345, write the draft, edit, revise, and then type it in.
200
Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym?
Antonym
200
What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse called (e.g., ABAB)?
- pattern
- rhyming
- rhyme scheme
- stanza
Rhyme scheme
200
What do you do when you get to U in RULES?
Underline/highlight/circle key words or important parts
200
What is the definition of main idea?
What can help you find the main idea?
Main idea is what the story or passage is mostly about. It is BIG PICTURE. Not tiny detail.
You can use the title and the first sentence of a paragraph.
200
What should you do if you don't yet know the right answer?
Eliminate the wrong ones and make the best guess you can.
300
Fiction or Non-Fiction-- Passage about a talking rabbit that goes on an adventure across the world
Fictional passage
300
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
300
What do you do when you get to L in RULES?
Look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary/in the story.
300
What is the theme of a story we have read in class?
The theme of _____ is _______.
300
Find the matching pronoun:
Shelley found ____ cat.
- the
- one
- Steve's
- her
her
400
The teaching point of a fable is the
- point.
- theme.
- main idea.
- key detail.
The theme is the moral or lesson of a fable.
400
What are literary elements?
Setting, characters, events, plot
400
What strategy can you use to answer short answer questions?
R.A.C.E
400
What should you do if you are not sure which answer is correct?
Flag it for later and come back to it.
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
Describe first person point of view versus third person point of view.
First person point of view is where the narrator is part of the story, so you hear only their thoughts and feelings. (I, ME, MY, WE)
Third person point of view is where the narrator is not part of the story, so you can hear and know all the characters feelings and thoughts. (HE, SHE, THEM)
500
What is the part that says "Penguins Can't Fly" called? 
It is the heading.
500
What can you use to answer essay questions?
QA12345
500
What kinds of answer choices are there on the test?
2 silly answers, 1 answer trying to trick you, and the correct answer.
500
This phrase is an example of _____.
The wind was howling so loud that it was hard to sleep.
figurative language (onomatopoeia, personification)