What should you do first?
A) read the passage
B) read the multiple choice questions
Read the questions and answer choices first.
100
What is the purpose of a highlighter?
You should highlight only important information. It is not used to "color" over the entire page.
100
Before you look at the answer choices, you should try and predict or solve the question.
True or False
True!!
100
What should you try to do before you read the answer choices?
Try to solve/predict the problem before looking at the answers
200
What should you do the morning of the test?
Eat breakfast
200
When a question asks you to find the summary, what should the answer choice include?
The main idea from each selection in nonfiction.
The character, problem and resolution in fiction.
200
If your teacher is picking up your test and says "Please make sure you have bubbled in all of your answer choices" over and over again, what is he/she trying to tell you?
That you skipped a bubble and you need to go back and make sure you have bubble in ALL of your answers.
200
If the question says "about" what does it want you to do?
Round or estimate the answer
200
What words or phrases should you circle or highlight in a multiple choice question?
What the question is asking you (key words) and where to find extra information.
300
How can you decrease stress levels?
Take mental breaks
Relax
Take your time
Read carefully
Complete questions in a good order for you
300
When you read a multiple choice question, you should try and answer it before you look at the answer choices.
True or False
True!!
300
How many hours do you have to take the tests?
4 Hours
300
When answering a griddable answer you need to what?
Make sure you are using the correct place value, do you need digits after the decimal point.
300
Which statement is true?
A) once you find the answer, circle it, and move on quickly to the next problem
B) read all the answer choices before circling the answer
B
400
When you feel yourself getting tired or bored, what can you do?
Take a mental break
Ask to go to the restroom and get water
400
What should you cirlcle or underline in a multiple choice question?
key words, what the question is asking you, where to find information
400
When you have finished your work and there is still time left, what should you do?
Go back and check over your answers.
400
When it says to use the Mathematics Chart Provided, what should you do?
USE IT-Make sure to measure using the correct unit. Inches or Centimeters
400
Why would you cross through answers in a multiple choice question?
you are eliminating choices, which will help you find the right answer
500
If you get stuck on a problem what should you do?
Skip the problem and then come back to it later.
Never stay on the same problem for a long period of time!
500
It is not important to go back and find text evidence in your passage.
True or False
False!!
500
How can you make your teacher happy on the day of the STAAR test?
Try your best.
Use your strategies.
Stay focused.
Take your time.
Double, triple and quadruple check your answers.
500
If you answer is not shown, what should you do?
A) Just mark the answer that is closest
B) Work the problem again
Work the problem again!
500
If you do not know an answer, you should just leave it blank.
True or False
FALSE!!!! You need to eliminate choices that you know are not correct and then choose the most reasonable answer left.