STAAR Tips
What should you do the night before the STAAR test?
Get a good night's sleep, of course!
How would you figure out the meaning of an unknown word on the test?
Context clues
or
Dictionary
What type of question is this?
Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
A. inferenceB. Main Idea
Are personal narratives fiction or nonfiction?
Nonfiction
Remember, we read the personal narratives of Rosa Parks and Richard Blanco at the beginning of the year.
What day will you be taking the 5th grade reading STAAR test?
Thursday, April 18
How much time do you have to take the test?
All day
How many questions are on the test?
around 40
This means you should at least complete 6 questions per hour to finish by the end of the day.
What does a good fiction summary contain?
(Think narrative arc).
C haracters
C onflict
C limax
R esolution
What is a group of lines in poetry called?
stanza
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
metaphor
What should you do the morning of the STAAR test?
Eat a healthy breakfast
When you read a question, and you don't know the answer, which of the following should you do?
A. eliminate the obviously wrong answers
B. skip the question
C. make a good guess
D. choose A,B,C, & D
A
C
When a reader takes what he already knows, combines it with what he's read, and comes up with a new idea, this is called a(n) ______________.
inference
An article about the dangers of playing video games all day would be what genre?
Nonfiction
or
Informational
What will your teacher/test monitor be doing during the STAAR test?
creepy walking around the room
Why is the STAAR test important to students?
It is needed to promote to the next grade.
or
It shows mastery of the 5th grade skills.
or
Passing the test allows you to take electives in 6th grade.
It's 9:30 in the morning and you've finished the test. What should you do before you submit?
A. read through it again, and again, and again - you have all day
B. quickly submit
A!
Where can you access a dictionary during the test?
You'll have a red dictionary on your desk.
or
Use the online dictionary embedded in the test.
What genre is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the author's imagination as they fill in the gaps. Characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it's both).
Historical fiction
What is the collective noun for a group of fish?
School
What should you leave at home on the morning of the test?
Backpacks or
Cellphones/Electronic Devices or
Bad attitude!
Where can you get a good idea (main idea) what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
The title
THEN
The STAAR test will ask questions about what?
Grammar
or
Spelling
or
Revising & Editing
What are the objects called that are used when performing a drama on stage?
props
What can you do once you've finished your test?
Read or rest - nothing else.