4th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
4th Grade ELA
4th Grade Random
4th Grade Reading
100

What are the people in stories referred to as?

what are characters?

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is 8 hours?

100

This is when 2 words means the same thing

 What is a synonym?

100

What is Mrs. Yaunsem's favorite animal?

What is a sea turtle?

100

The reason the author writes about something is called

What is the author's purpose?

200

What is the name of the person who writes the story? 

what is the author
200

The MOST important thing you should do when taking a test.

What is try your best?
200

This figurative language is being used in this sentence “The boy was like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

200

Number of continents in the world

What is 7?

200

This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.

What is the summary?

300

The vocabulary words listed in the back of the book is called?

What is a Glossary

300

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is skip it and come back to it later? OR Make an educated guess.

300

The "R" in RACE stands for_______

What is RESTATE?

300

Daily Double: 

This word is the name for sound words. Ex. Bang, Boom, Crash"

Onomatopoeia

300

What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake.

Sequence/Steps/Chronological

400

What the author is trying to teach you?

What is theme.

400

The multiple choice questions on a test are the fastest part and you should rush through it. True or False?

False. Take your time!

400

What does sensory details include?

What is details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel

400

What is white and black and read all over?

A newspaper

400

The person who tells a story is called what?

The person who is speaking in a poem is called what?

Who is the narrator?

Who is the speaker?

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?

 What is false?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!! This is what you call a story you write about your own life. 

What is an Autobiography

500

What is the preposition  in the sentence below.

Every year, we dance with my friends near the big pond.

Preposition: Near

500

A picture with labels is called what in a nonfiction book?

What is a diagram.

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What should you do if you are answering multiple-choice questions?

Process of Elimination
600

The first step when identifying main idea.

What is topic?

600

What are the names of your administrators at FES?

Who is Ms. Griffith and Mrs. Rogers?

600

The parts of a drama that let the actors/cast know what to do.

Stage directions

700

What the story is mainly about?

Main idea

700

How many sentences should you have in a writing prompt for each paragraph?

What is 3-5 sentences?

700

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

700

What day is your English SOL test?

What is Wednesday, May 8th?

700

What is the ending of a story called?

resolution

800

Name 3 character traits

responsible, kind, loving... answers may vary
800

What process should you use when answering multiple-choice questions?

Process Of Elimination. 

800

This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story.

What is main idea or central idea?

800

How many students are in your homeroom class?

What is 17 (Yaunsem)

What is 17 (Williams)

What is 18 (Brown)

800

To describe how things are alike and how they are different

What is compare and contrast?

900

How the author feels about a topic is known as...

What is the author's point of view or perspective?

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

What is going back and making sure you answered every question? 

900

What does the theme tell you?

The lesson learned or the author's message 

900

The last day of school

What is May 23rd

900

What are the paragraphs in a poem called? and what are the sentences called?

Stanzas and Lines

1000

Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor

Answers may vary

1000

Name a type of breakfast to eat on the morning of a test day.

healthy breakfast, non sugary 

1000

Setting tells what two things?

Time and Place

1000

What state is on Mrs. Yaunsem's bucket list?

What is Hawaii?

1000

Name one type of text feature.

headings/title/subtitles/pictures/graphs/sidebars/captions