FSA Questions
Reading Strategies
Test-Taking Strategies
Vocabulary
Reading Practice
100

Out of all the grades K-12, what grades will be taking the FSA ELA Reading Assessment on the computer?

Grades 7-10?

100

Should you read the entire text set twice before answering the questions?

No. Use the tools to mark the text so you don't have to read twice.

100

What should you do if you do not know the answer to a question?

Return to the text.

100

The relationship between the words enormous and tiny.

They are antonyms

100
The meaning of the idiom "it is raining cats and dogs."
What is "it is raining heavily, badly, or alot."
200

How many sessions for the FSA ELA Reading assessment

What is 2 sessions?

200

The topic of a paragraph, or section of a text. Or the point you are trying to make about that topic. What is this called?

Main idea. Claim. 

200

When responding to multiple choice questions, explain the process of elimination. 

When you strike through answers that you know are incorrect. Then, select the most logical answer based on a narrowed down selection of choices.

200
Since the boy hadn't eaten all day, he was extremely famished. This is a synonym for famished.
What is hungry?
200
Both oranges and apples are fruits that can be found on trees. However, oranges are tropical, while apples are moderate or subtropical. This is an example of what reading skill.
What is comparing and contrasting?
300

The amount of time students will have to complete each session of FSA Reading Testing

What is 85 minutes?

300
Clues in a text that help you figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words?
What are context clues?
300

What should you do when you are completely finished with your test?

Go back and check your answers. 

300
The boy who cried "wolf!" often fabricated. Therefore no one believed him when he was finally telling the truth. The word fabricated means this.
What is "lied?"
300

On Monday I take out the trash. On Tuesday I make my bed and clean my room. Everyday I help set the table. I also help my mom wash the dishes. The main idea of this passage is_____.

What is "I have a lot of chores."

400

What happens if you have an electronic device or are caught communicating during the FSA Reading assessment?

The test will be invalidated.

400

This is what you do when you retell the events of a story or retell what you read.

What is summarizing?

400

2 PART QUESTION 

True or False:

With multi-response "Part A/ Part B" questions, if you answer one part incorrectly, both parts will be marked as wrong? 

How do you make sure you answer both parts correctly? Explain.

TRUE!


Go back to the text and find the evidence to support Part A. Or eliminate the Part B answers that you know are incorrect before responding.

400

Complete this analogy:

Beautiful: ugly

Kind:__________

What is "mean."

400

You watch a taxi pull up to the house of your neighbors. Your neighbors happily get in the taxi with suitcases. What inference you can make about what you have seen.

My neighbors are going on a vacation or out of town."

500

Items such as cellphones, smartphones and Ipads that are not allowed during the FSA Testing.

What are electronic devices?

500

This reading skill means the same as "reading between the lines."

It happens when you use information provided in the text and your own background knowledge to draw conclusions.

What is an inference?

500

How do you make sure you understand what the test question is asking you to do? 

Unpack it! Read the question twice. identify key words in the question. 

500

The teacher chided the student for not turning in his homework on time.


To scold.

500
A theme in the story Cinderella.
What is "beauty comes from within"?