STAAR Review 2023

STAAR

Last minute reminders

Multiple Choice

Context Clues Question:

I meandered through the mall, taking my time and looking at all the clothes in the windows.

What does the word meandered mean?

• hurried

• wandered

• ran

• jog

Make sure that you ask for scratch paper and

something to write with for your Web. You have to

raise your hand and ask once the test begins!

Wait quietly for teacher to stand next to your desk.

Multiple Choice

After the Teacher says "You may Begin", to ask for scratch paper, what do you do?

• Raise your hand, wait for the teacher to come to you, and verbally request scratch paper quietly

• Raise your hand and wait for the teacher to provide one to you

Multiple Choice

After receiving one scratch paper, you may ask for another one if needed.

• True

• False

This test does not have a time limit. Use

your time wisely.

Multiple Choice

You have the whole day to complete this test.

• False

• True

Use your dictionary!!!

Multiple Choice

If you do not know the meaning of a word, what tool is available to you?

• Zoom In

• Notepad

• Dictionary

• Line Reader

Multiple Choice

After you type in your Notepad or Sticky Note, you must Save your work or it will be lost.

• False

• True

Bring mints or something with peppermint.

This helps keep you awake.

NO GUM!

Multiple Choice

Can you have food or drinks at your desk during the test?

• No

• Maybe

• Only 1

Read all your answer choices carefully!

Use process of elimination.

Multiple Choice

After carefully reading your answer choices, what do you

do to eliminate answers you know are wrong?

• Guess

• Nothing

• Process of Elimination

Make sure you sleep enough. Do not sleep any
more or any less than you normally do. Too much
or little sleep makes you tired. If you normally do
not like breakfast, do not begin on this day. Your
body will not react well to any changes.

Multiple Choice

Tonight and tomorrow morning before the test, you should do what?

• Get plenty of sleep.

  Eat breakfast.

• Nothing

• Light a candle

• Go fishing

Leave your cell phones and smart watches at home
or show us that they are turned off. Backpacks will

be placed in the corner of the classroom.

Multiple Choice

When entering the testing site, after your teacher sits you in your assigned seat, make sure your cell phone is turned off and in your backpack.

Your phone left at home is even better.

• True

• False

Paragraphs in 10 point ECR should at least be four, well

written sentences. It should have 4 paragraphs. It

should include the transition sentence at the

beginning and end of the paragraph. Do not forget to

make a web.

Multiple Choice

When writing your ECR, how many paragraphs should you write?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

Multiple Choice

Before writing your first paragraph, what should you do?

• Indent 2 spaces

• Indent 5 spaces

• Indent 3 spaces

• Indent 1 space

Multiple Choice

What strategy should you use when creating your ECR? (Remember, you need your scratch paper to do this)

• Create a design

• Create a Web

• Write your paper

Multiple Choice

What must be included in your introduction?

Hint: This is what will help the reader know what you are talking about in the second and third paragraphs of your essay.

• Schema

• Verb

• Conclusion

• Thesis

Do not disturb or make eye contact with anyone when

you get up.

Multiple Choice

When exiting the room to use the Restroom, do not look at other students while testing is going on.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Not following instructions (no talking whatsoever, no looking around, not following cellphone policy) in the STAAR Test WILL RESULT with a referral.

• True

• False

You must raise your hand and quietly ask to use the

Restroom or go to the Nurse.

Sign out before exiting and sign in when re-entering

the Testing Room.

Multiple Choice

Before leaving the Testing Room and upon re-entering the Testing Room, you must sign-out and sign back in.

• False

• True

After you have completed your test, you may

ONLY read a book or go to sleep.

Under no circumstances, are you allowed to talk in the
Testing Site until Administration has announced release

for all students on campus.

Multiple Choice

Talking and looking at other students is strictly not allowed

until Administration has announced testing is over for

the entire campus.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

After you are finished testing, you are only allowed to read a book and/or sleep until Administration has announced testing is over for the entire campus.

• True

• False

Good luck!

Don’t forget to do your best!

Multiple Choice

When combining sentences, you can use

• Comma with a coordinating conjunction only

• Comma with a coordinating conjunction or a semi colon (even together)

• Comma with a coordinating conjunction or a semi colon (NOT TOGETHER)

Multiple Choice

A person, place, thing, or an idea is called a

• person

• verb

• adjective

• noun

Multiple Choice

When you have a Paired Passage, you must quote from both passages to receive full credit.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When quoting from the passage, what punctuation do you use?

• Quotation Marks

  " "

• Period

  .

• Comma

  ,

• Parenthesis

  ( )

Multiple Choice

What does A stand for in FANBOYS?

• An

• Ask

• A

• And

Multiple Choice

What is this punctuation called:

;

• colon

• period

• comma

• semicolon

Multiple Choice

What is it called when you are using context clues from the story and what you already know to come up with an idea?

• Inferencing

• Verbs

• Nouns

• Fiction

Multiple Choice

How many lines are in a Couplet (Poetry)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

In your writing, what makes your writing personal?

(Graders want to see this in your writing)

Hint: It's like your fingerprint!

• Gossip

• Your Schema, personal experience

• Lies

Multiple Choice

In the word "can't",

what letters does the apostrophe represent?

• NO

• NE

• N

• O

Multiple Choice

How many quotes do you need per passage in your ECR?

• One only from one passage.

• Two. One from one passage and another from the second passage.

• Three quotes

Multiple Choice

How many sentences should you have in each paragraph of your ECR? At minimum.

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 3

Multiple Choice

Author's purpose is

• is the reason for or intent in writing

• To cite

• To inference

Multiple Choice

First Person Point of View is

• I / we perspective

• you perspective

• she / he / they / it perspective