Dates and Times
How To
Reading Strategies
Question Types
Literary Terms
100

What day is the STAAR reading test?

May 11

100

What is the first thing you should do when you get your test?

Look for the section that you struggle with (double passage, poetry, etc)

100
What do you do with every reading?
Summarize.
100
Which questions should I answer first?
Questions that tell me what paragraph or sentence to go to.
100
What is conflict?
The problem of the text.
200

Which STAAR test is the most important?

All of them
200
Why should you summarize your reading?
It helps the reader understand what they are reading.
200
When you are reading a poem, what are the sections called?
Stanzas
200
Are there any pictures that I have to analyze on the test?
yes
200
What is plot?
The overall story or what is happening in the story.
300

Which STAAR test do you have this year?

Reading, Science and Math

300
Why should you summarize the questions?
It helps the reader understand what they are being asked to answer.
300
How do the headings of a nonfiction text help you?
They tell what's going to be in that section.
300
Will there be short answer questions on the STAAR?
No
300
What is setting?
The time and place the story occurs
400
What agency administers the STAAR test?
The Texas Education Agency
400
What should you do when two answers are correct?
Choose the best answer.
400

When you are confused about a word's meaning and the text isn't helping, what can you do?

Use a dictionary.

400
What is the largest category of questions on the STAAR? Informational Text or Literary Text?
Literary Text
400

What are 3 main reasons authors write?

To persuade, to inform, to entertain

500

How long do you have to take the test?

4 hours

500
When you think you have the answer, how can you make sure?
Go back to the text and find support.
500
What does it mean to jot the gist?
The reader is taking a text and putting it in their own words.
500

How many questions does the STAAR reading test have?

Approximately 40

500
What is the term for the reason a character does or says what they do?
motivations
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