Test Strategies
Read the title and questions first, then read the passage.
What is the suffix of the word unbelievable?
able
What is it called when you compare to things using LIKE or AS?
Simile
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
Noun
You are about to read TWO passages back to back. What do you do before reading either of them?
Highlight the title and number the paragraphs
You are reading a passage. What tool should you use to help you remember an important sentence?
The highlighter!
Who is the speaker?
the person telling the poem or story
What text feature lists heading along with their page numbers? (at the beginning)
Table of Contents
This part of speech is an action.
Verb
You are reading a passage and come across a word you don't know how to read. What do you do?
Mark it (highlight or underline) and see if you can figure out what it means with context clues
You read a passage and are answering a question. You think you know the answer, but you are not 100% sure. What can you do?
REREAD!
What is the prefix of unhappy? What does it mean?
un means not
What is the author's purpose?
Why the author wrote the text.
This part of speech describes a noun.
Is the test timed?
No, you can take as long as you need!
Usually 2 answers are obviously wrong and 2 seem like they might be correct. What tool can you use to help you answer questions.
CROSSOUT/STRIKETHROUGH
What do we call "what a passage is mostly about?"
The Main Idea or central idea
What is dialogue?
What is a caption?
The writing under a picture.
How do you prove your answers?
By highlighting them in the passage.
You get stuck on a question that is really hard. What should you do?
Skip it and come back to it later
What do we call "the message or the lesson of a story?"
The Theme
What are the "paragraphs" in poems called?
Stanzas
What is a story that is fake called?
Fiction
What positive words will you say to yourself while you're taking the test?
I've got this!
I can do hard things!
Work hard, play hard.
I know how to do this!
I can read!
I'm brave, I'm strong, I'm smart, and I'm unique!