STAAR Strategies
What is the first thing you should do when you open a STAAR passage?
S- SCAN the story and determine what genre it is.
The dog ran down the street. What is the verb in the sentence?
What is ran?
His fur shined black as night. What is this an example of?
Simile
Remember that a simile uses like or as to compare two things
The Harry Potter books are examples of what type of literature?
fiction
What punctuation mark should end this sentence____
What is a question mark?
What does the "A" stand for in SMART strategies?
Add your notes by each paragraph
What are the nouns in the following sentence? Rex fell out the window.
What are Rex and Window?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
Edward Lee's alarm clock Is always on the fritz.
He lays it out upon the floor In many different bits.
Poetry
What punctuation marks do we use to show that someone is speaking?
quotation marks
What should you do AFTER you have finished all of your questions?
Go back and double check your work.
What is the adjective in the following sentence? Would Rex like a giant hamburger?
What is giant?
The cat was a shadow when it stalked its prey.
What is a metaphor remember that metaphors compare things but do not use like or as
Our science textbooks are good examples of what type of literature?
nonfiction
Correct this sentence:
Mrs. Aiken screamed "watch out" when the bees swarmed the playground?
Mrs. Aiken screamed "watch out" when the bees swarmed the playground.
After you read a question, what should you do first?
Magic Box, come up with my own answer before I look at the answer choices.
The pink dress floated lazily on the old clothesline. What are the adjectives in the sentence?
What are pink and old?
BOOOOM!!!!
onomatopoeia
A book about someones life
biography
! - what is this sign called? Why do we use it?
exclamation mark, to show excitement
What do these words mean?
Selection
Narrative
Synonym/Antonym
whole story
Story form
same/opposite
Mrs. Aiken and Ms. Shields are the best teachers ever!
What are the proper nouns in the sentence?
Mrs. Aiken and Ms. Shields
The pencil raced across the test.
personification
Give an example of a fictional book.
What is __________________?
Can you come to my huose and play this atfernoon.
Can you come to my house and play this afternoon?