5th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
5th Grade ELA
5th Grade Random
5th 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 author's purpose? What is author's message?

Purpose- Why

Message-Lesson

100

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

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

200

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

what is the author
200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

No later than 8:15 am

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

This is what you call a book that talks about a person’s life from beginning to end

What is an Biography?

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

When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"

What is first person?

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

This is a piece of literature that is based on people, events and worlds that are not true

What is Fiction?

600

In this game, you can build in wood, brick, or metal. You have a maximum of 100 health and 100 shield.

What is Fortnite?

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

Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?

Fruit

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

What two colors make blue. 

Green and Yellow.

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

What is the last day of school?

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

Name all of your 5th grade teachers

Ms. Montalbano, Mrs. Lenz, Mrs. Marlow

1000

What is claim? What is a counter-claim? Provide Example.

Claim is the argument and Counterclaim is the opposite opinion of the claim.