Questions
Sneaky trick questions WILL appear on the test. Use the sneaky trick on the following question.
Elyanna has 1/2 of her birthday cake leftover. She plans to share it with three friends. If Elyanna enjoys the leftover cake with her friends, each person will recieve this much of the leftover cake...
1/8 of the cake
There's a really important thing you can do tonight that will help you on your STAAR test. What is it?
GET SOME SLEEP!!! IT SERIOUSLY HELPS!
If you get stuck on a question you should...
A. Panic and stress
B. Skip it entirely and never answer it
C. Guess and move on
D. Flag the question and come back to it.
D
True or false: Your attitude and mindset are just as important as the content we have learned.
True! Be positive, stay focused, you got this!!!
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If you can read this backwards, type the word paper in the chat.
Paper
Coordinate Grid questions are pretty easy too! What are the steps for plotting the point (5, 2)
Five on the x-axis, two up parallel to the y-axis
True or False: You want to take your test on an empty stomach so that you can focus better
False! It's a long test. Get something in your belly! You can eat breakfast at home, eat breakfast at school, or bring snacks for during the test. Everyone gets Goldfish and mints!
True or False: It is very important that you do all of the questions in order. You should not skip around.
FALSE! Find the easy ones!!! Flag any you want to skip and come back to or review.
True or False: You are only allowed one piece of grid paper and one piece of notebook paper during your test
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?
21 (you're adding the previous two numbers)
During the test, what tool can you use as your own whiteboard on your screen?
The grid tool - make it transparent
It's really important that your Chromebook is ________ before you come in.
FULLY charged!
Highlighting key words, numbers, or information
What piece of paper will you get only on the math STAAR that gives you some information to help answer questions?
STAAR Formula/Reference chart
Elbow is to arm as ___ is to leg
Knee
When comparing and ordering decimals, what words in the question are very important to read carefully??
Least to greatest / greatest to least
Second, third, fourth... etc.
You will receive grid paper (the paper with a bunch of little squares) to use on your STAAR test. What are two things you might want to use the grid paper for?
make a multiplication chart, use it for a brain dump, coordinate grid
True or False: If you do your work and your answer is not in the choices, you should just pick the closest answer.
FALSE!!! Do the work again and see if you land an answer. If it doesn't work, do something else!!
At least twice-- as many times as you need.
Read carefully... whatever that looks like for you.
Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?
0
Knowing your place value is important for rounding questions: "tenths, hundredths, thousandths". Use your strategies to find the following answer.
Round 32.453 to the nearest tenth
32.5
True or False: You can keep your phone or smartwatch in your pocket or backpack as long as it is turned off.
FALSE!
True or False: You should rely on mental math and not worry about showing your work
FALSE!
What are the ONLY things you are allowed to do after you finish your STAAR test?
Read or rest
If dog = 4, 15, 7
then what is cat?
3, 1, 20