Testing Tips
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words
context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
When it says, paragraph 3 is mainly about... What are you looking for?
Main idea
Our campus mascot.
What is "eagle"?
How much time do you have to take the test?
All Day
What should you use to help analyze paired text?
a venn diagram
The author's feeling towards the subject matter in the text.
Mood
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as.
a metaphor
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
What is eat a healthy breakfast
When reading a question that specifies a certain paragraph, this is the most important thing a student should do.
Go back to the text!
When you use background knowledge + clues from the text.
Inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day is this type of text.
What is informational text
These two STAAR tests you will take in sixth grade
What are Reading and math.
Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?
What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in the 6th grade and is needed for PROMOTION to the next grade level
What strategy should you use when making the best answer choice?
What is process of elimination
What is the sequence of events
Plot
Instead of Main Idea it is what?
Central Idea
What day will you be taking the ELA STAAR?
April 10
The question is asking you to find this, if it is worded like this: "The details in paragraph 5 support the idea that - "
supporting details
Where can you get a good idea what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is the title?
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
Authors purposes serve three purposes
TO Persuade, inform, entertain
Steps to the PACE strategy.
Paraphrase/Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite your evidence
Explain the evidence