Reading Random
When reading, you should create _________ for each paragraph
hashtags
Which strategy helps you confirm your answer is correct?
Reread and find text evidence
A wrong answer choice uses words from the passage but doesn’t answer the question. This is called:
A distractor
Explain key idea
It's what the section or selection is mostly about
How would you combine these sentences?
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with it's habitat. It blends in with it's habitat because it looks like the shaded trees and tall grass.
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with it's habitat because it looks like the shaded trees and tall grass.
Is hot and cold a synonym or antonym?
Antonym
The pig ran out of the barn when he saw a garden snake near his trough.
What text structure is being used?
Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, Description, Compare/Contrast
Cause and effect
What is a prompt?
A statement or question telling you what to write about.
What is needed for your essay to be alive?
Central Idea
When you see two passages and have to compare and contrast them, what is it called?
What do you have to think about?
Paired passage.
You have to see what they have in common and their differences.
What does antonym mean?
The speaker of the poem is...
The narrator - the one telling the poem!
What is an ECR and the parts of an ECR?
Essay or Extended Constructed Response
Hook, Central Idea, Topic Sentence, Evidence, Add Commentary, Link it back, RCI, Thoughtful ending
You are allowed to talk and look at other people's screens during STAAR
False
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of america.
america needs to be capitalized (America)
What is theme?
The lesson, message, or moral of a story.
What should I do if I get stuck on a question?
1) Eliminate your off topic answers
2) Look at the story again.
3) Flag it for review and come back to it.
What do you do with your scratch paper on Reading STAAR test day?
Take notes, and record my answers!
What are these instructions for?
-write an essay
-check your punctuation and capitalization
-include a central idea
-include text evidence
-have an organized response
reminders for my ECR!
The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. She watched aghast as it slowly followed its prey and attacked.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
scared or horrified
What does it mean to infer?
Taking the clues from the story and coming up with a conclusion with that evidence
You have the whole day to work on the READING STAAR. Ask permission by raising your hand to go to the bathroom. Remain silent during and after the test. Take your time—no cell phones. Do your best! True or False?
True!
True or False: When I'm done with all the questions, I will hit 'end test' and click submit
FALSE
I MUST raise my hand when I'm done and inform my teacher
Write a sentence stem for a claim you will make to the prompt below.
Think about what you learned about owls. Explain why owls hunt at night.
Owls hunt at night because...
Owls hunt at night to...
Owls hunt at night...