I circle the title, make a prediction, and write down the genre of the story.
What do I do first on the reading test?
100
I will take deep breaths and breath out slowly.
What is how I will relax?
100
The lines of the poem have the same sound at the end.
What is rhyme?
100
The big idea of a story.
What is the theme or message?
100
Something that can be proved in a reference text.
What is a fact?
200
I read the questions of the passage so I have a purpose to read.
What is what do I do second?
200
I will gently rub my temples ( each side of your head) when I get butterflies in my tummy.
What is a way ?
200
A comparison between two ideas using as or like.
What is a simile?
200
Using text evidence plus your background knowledge.
What is an inference?
200
A person's feelings or beliefs about a topic. Words such a interesting, boring, ordinary, best, worst, always, never etc.
What is an opinion?
300
I read everything in the story including the paragraph above the story, the directions, and any maps, charts, photos or captions. I make brief notes every once in a while to record my thinking.
What is what do I do as I read the story?
300
I will rotate my shoulders and stretch out my fingers. I can also massage my own hands.
What is a way to relax by moving but staying in my chair?
300
A comparison made using is or was instead of like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
I find the topic, the main ideas, and the important supporting ideas.
What is the summary of a nonfiction/expository text?
300
There are three reasons in particular that author's write for to persuade, to entertain, or to inform.
What is an author's purpose for writing a text?
400
I pace myself and remember to read the story and answer the questions at the rate of one story and question per thirty minutes.
What is how I use my time wisely?
400
I will remember that Ms. Kaufman and Ms. Fuller believe that I can pass the test.
What is I won't give up and I will keep going?
400
Using clues in the text to figure out what the author is asking.
What is drawing a conclusion?
400
I find the main characters, setting, problem, and situation.
What is the summary of a fiction text?
400
A figure of speech which is not literal. For example, it's raining cats and dogs, or it's the straw that broke the camel's back.
What is an idiom?
500
I go back to the text and prove my answers the best I can.
What is doing my best on the test?
500
After lunch I will work really hard, recheck any questions I'm unsure of, and keep going all the way to the end because all I can do is sit there. I can't draw, sleep, or read a book.
What is a way to stick to and finish the STAAR Reading test?
500
The words in parentheses or brackets that are written in italics that tell about the characters actions, feelings, or the setting of a play.
What are the stage directions?
500
I use a t-chart to compare and contrast two selections.
What is a strategy to use with paired selections?
500
Several ways to write a text such as cause/effect, problem/solution, or sequence.