STAAR STRATEGIES

When taking your math STAAR, you should read the question

• Once

• Twice

• Three or More

• Zero Times

Before the test starts, you should ask for which tool?

• Highlighter

• a shoe

• the answer

• stapler

When solving a hard question on the math STAAR, which of the following would NOT help you?

• Using T or NT

• Drawing a Picture

• Re-Reading the Question

• Randomly guessing

Which might help you to figure out if an angle is acute, obtuse or right?

• guessing

• The finger trick

• looking at your neighbor's paper

If you feel very tired during the test, which would NOT be helpful?

• Ask for a bathroom break

• Drink some water

• Stretch

• Take a really long nap

If a question is asking you to measure something, you should immediately get

• Estimate

• The STAAR Chart

• Measure using your finger

• Pick your nose

If you forget how to find area or perimeter, what should you do?

• Just guess

• Do them both

• Look at your STAAR chart

When you see number words, what should you do?

• circle it and write the number above

• continue reading the question

• add them

• do the funky chicken

When you finish your test, you should

• turn it in as fast as possible!!!!

• check your work and your bubble sheet--FOR REAL

• take a nap and drool on your answer sheet

• scream IM DONE!

When taking the STAAR test, when should you bubble answers?

• Wait until the very end

• Bubble as you go