Strategy 1
Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?
A. I can stop when I find one that could be right
B. Always read all answer choices
B. Always read all answer choices
What are sentences always supposed to have in them?
Capital letters and punctuation
On testing day, you should:
A.Not care whether or not you pass
B. Be so confident that you do not take your time or use your testing tools/strategies
C. Be confident - you have learned a lot this year.
C. Be confident - you have learned a lot this year!
True or False
Summarizing is a retelling in your own words, a short version of the main ideas, events and details.
True
Based on paragraph 1 from the text “More Than Meets the Eye”, what can people learn from a Dr. Seuss book? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Is this an SCR OR ECR?
SCR
What should you do when you come across a word you don't know while reading?
Use your context clues
What is *NOT* a reason why you should take your time on the STAAR practice test?
A. The test is so fun that you want it to last forever.
B. You don't get to leave, talk, or use your phone anyway - so you might as well take that time to do your best on the test.
A. The test is so fun that you want it to last forever.
True or False: You must read the entire passage on Reading sections.
True, the questions will be about the entire passage.
False, the questions will only be about parts of the passage.
True, the questions will be about the entire passage.
What do you do when you visualize?
You create a picture in your mind by using the words and clues from the text.
Is this an SCR OR ECR
Prompt: Read the article “Let’s Change the Playground Now!” Based on the information in the article, write a response to the following:
Explain whether you think schools should spend money to improve their playground.
Write a well-organized argumentative essay that uses specific evidence from the selection to support your answer.
Remember to --
Clearly state your central idea
Organize your writing
Develop your ideas in detail
Use evidence from the selection in your response
Use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar
Manage your time carefully so that you can --
Review the selection
Plan your response
Write your response
Revise and edit your response
Write your response in the box provided
ECR
If you don't know the answer of a question, you should:
a. pick your nose
b. stare at the computer or somewhere else for over an hour
c. flag the question and come back to answer.
d. Give up
c. flag the question and come back to answer.
Which is NOT a strategy you can use on tricky words?
a.use the dictionary
b.replace the word with a synonym
c.,plug in your answer choices
d.ask your teacher
d.ask your teacher
What is the purpose of predicting when reading?
Answers will vary example:
To help you understand what you're reading.
How does summarizing the text help you understand it better?
A. It helps you remember the main ideas and important details.
B. It makes the book shorter.
C. It makes the text more colorful.
D. It helps you skip over difficult words.
A. It helps you remember the main ideas and important details.
SCR stands for (a)
a.short constructed response
b.short cited reading
c.short calculated response
a.short constructed response
Which of the following is NOT a good reading comprehension strategy?
A. Making predictions about what will happen next in the text.
B. Visualizing the story to better understand the text.
C. Skipping over words you don't know.
D. Summarizing the text in your own words.
C. Skipping over words you don't know
Yes or No
Should I get a good night's sleep before I take the reading STAAR practice?
Yes
A play usually written in acts and scenes?
a.Poetry
b.Drama
c.Plot
d.Biography
b.Drama
The theme of a story is the...
A. message
B. sequence of events.
C. short summary of what the story is about.
A. message
What does ECR stand for?
a.essay constructed response
b. extended constructed response
c. elevated critical reply
d.elevated critical reply
b. extended constructed response
If I finish my test quickly, I will probably ______.
a. get a very high score
b. Talk to my neighbor
c. Not do as well as others who take their time
d. Mrs.Williams will be upset
c. Not do as well as others who take their time
or d :)
Cause: Francisco only read one of the paired passage. He only guess on the last questions.
What could be the effect?
He will probably have a bad grade and his teacher might get upset.
When is STAAR Reading
What is Wednesday (April 10)
What are paired passages?
Paired passages are passages that are connected in some way.
Reorder the following ECR organizer in the correct essay form.
Body Paragraph 1
Conclusion
Body paragraph 2
Introduction
Introduction
Body paragraph 1
Body paragraph 2
Conclusion