5th Grade ELA
Test Taking Strategies
5th Grade ELA
5th Grade Random
5th Grade Random
100

Daily Double

Name the different types of Text Structure.

What are Problem & Solution, Cause & Effect, Chronological Order, Sequence, Description, Compare & Contrast.

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

These all go round and round.

What is the wheels on the bus?

100

How do you stop an astronaut's baby from crying?

You rocket!

200

A person who experiences an event is called? 

What is a primary source?

200

What time should you get to school on test days? 

What is no later than 8:00am
200

This figure of speech is being used in this sentence “The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

200

What is a group of flamingos called?

What is a flamboyance?

200

Number of continents in the world

What is 7?

300

What are the four tools you should use when you encounter an unfamiliar word? 

What are Context Clues?

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?
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"

What is Onomatopoeia? 

300

How many times does the average person laugh a day?

15 times!

400

What kind of language do we use to improve our stories?

What is Figurative Language?

400

How many times should you read through a text? 

At least 3 times 
400

Daily Double

What is the author's purpose?


Bonus Point: What is the acronym for the different types?

What is why the author has written the text.


P-Purpose  I-Inform  E-entertain

400

What are you going to do if you finish early?

Sit quietly
400

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe."


This is an example of--

alliteration

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

This is what you call when a large group of people move from one country to live in another

What is Immigration

500

" all religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree."

This is an example of  ----

metaphor

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What are you going to do if the question tells you where to look in the passage

Go back to the text and look

600

This is a piece of literature that is based on imaginary people, events and worlds

What is Fiction?

600

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?


A stamp

600

What is Scotland's national animal?

What is the unicorn?

700

What is the definition of Central Idea? 

What the text is mostly about.

700

How many sentences should you have is a writing prompt asks you to write a " short response"?

What is 5 sentences?

700

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

700

What are you going to do the night before your test?

Go to bed early!

700

Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?

Fruit

800

Name 3 character traits

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

What is the amount of questions you can skip before submitting?

ZERO!!!! Answer all questions!!!

800

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

What is a Summary?

800

How many years has Ms. Emard been teaching for?

Two years

800

This continent is found south of North America and is connected to Mexico

What is South America?

900

Different parts of a text that help you understand the text better? 

What are Text Features?

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

Review your answer choices

900

What is theme?

What is the moral or life lesson of the story.  Wise words of how to live your life. 

900

What do you call a person who stood against slavery? 

Who is an abolitionist?

900

Which planet is the only planet to spin clockwise?

What is Venus?

1000

Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor

Answers may vary

1000

What do you do if you run into an unfamiliar word? 

Use context clues to determine the definition. 

1000

Setting tells what two things?

Time and Place

1000

Who wrote the "I Have A Dream" speech?

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

1000

Daily Double 

What year was Ms. Emard born?

What is 1999?