STAAR Strategies

The night before the STAAR test what should you do?

• Stay up really late

• Go to bed early

• Don't go to bed

• Watch TV all night long

What should you do when you get to the testing room?

• Run around and scream

• Start crying

• Enter quietly and wait patiently for instructions

• Take a nap

What should you do with your supplemental aids (the papers to help you on the test)?

• Organize them and make notes on them

• Rip them up

• Nothing

• Throw them on the floor

How long should I take on the STAAR test?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 30 minutes

• As long as I need

How long should I take on a question?

• As long as I need to feel successful

• 1 minute

• 2 minutes

• 30 seconds

Should I read the passage first or the questions?

• I should just guess the answers

• Passage

• Questions

• Draw on the table

What does it mean if the teacher taps my shoulder?

• I need to take a nap

• I need to focus on my test

• I need to draw a picture

• I need to scream

What should I do if I need a break?

• Yell out

• Quietly raise my hand and ask for a break

• Take a nap

• Run out of the room

What do I do if I have a question?

• Take a nap

• Run around

• Scream

• Quietly raise my hand

What do I do the morning of the STAAR test?

• Eat a good breakfast and get to school on time?

• Eat sugar

• Get to school super late

• Eat 10 donuts