1-5th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
2-5th Grade ELA
100

Daily Double

Name the different types of Text Structure.

What are Problem & Solution, Cause & Effect, Chronological Order, Sequence, Description, Compare & Contrast.

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is 8 hours?

100

This is when 2 words means the same thing

 What is a synonym?

200

A person who experiences an event is called? 

What is a primary source?

200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

What is no later than 8:00am
200

This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

300

What are the four tools you should use when you encounter an unfamiliar word? 

What are OG, Context Clues, Word Relationships, and Figurative Language?

300

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is skip it and come back to it later?
300

This is what you call a book that talks about a person’s life from beginning to end

What is an Biography?

400

What kind of language do we use to improve our stories?

What is Figurative Language?

400

How many times should you read through a text? 

At least 2 times 

400

Daily Double

What is the author's purpose?


Bonus Point: What is the acronym for the different types?

What is why the author has written the text.


P-Purpose  I-Inform  E-entertain

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?

 What is false?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!! This is what you call a story you write about your own life. 

What is an Autobiography

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What is the 1st and 2nd step in test strategies?

 What is read the title and read the questions highlighting key words.

600

This is a piece of literature that is based on imaginary people, events and worlds

What is Fiction?

700

What is the definition of Central Idea? 

What is-what the text is mostly about.

700

How many sentences should you have is a writing prompt asks you to write a " short response"?

What is 5 sentences?

700

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

800

Name 3 character traits

responsible, kind, loving... answers may vary
800

What is the amount of questions you can skip before submitting?

ZERO!!!! Answer all questions!!!

800

This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story.

What is a Summary?

900

Different parts of a text that help you understand the text better? 

What are Text Features?

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test? Be detailed in your answer. 

Review your answer choices by reading them? 

900

What is theme?

What is the moral or life lesson of the story.  Wise words of how to live your life. 

1000

Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor

Answers may vary

1000

What do you do if you run into an unfamiliar word? 

Use context clues to determine the definition. 

1000

Setting tells what two things?

Time and Place

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