STAAR task cards set 4 (1-12)

Which transition word or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 4?

• Suddenly

• Then

• Weeks later

• In the meantime

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• A teepee was built using long poles that were tied together at the top.

• A teepee was build using long poles because they were tied together at the top.

• Before they were tied together at the top, they were build using long poles.

• A teepee was build using long poles, the poles were tied together at the top.

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence below?

I was so sick that I thought the Teacher wouldn't care if I went to the nurse and skipped lunch.

• Change Teacher to teacher

• Change skipped to skiped

• Insert a comma after nurse

• The sentence should not be changed.

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence below?

They were getting hungry after the swim meet, so the coach desided the team should go to Dairy Queen.

• Change They were to They was

• Deled so

• Change desided to decided

• The sentence does not need to be changed.

How should sentence 5 be changed?

• Delete but

• Change he knew to they knew

• Insert a comma after planned

• No change should be made to sentence 5.

How should sentence 4 be changed?

• Change observation to observashun

• Change constructed to construction

• Change 1962 world's fair to 162 World's Fair

• Sentence 4 should not be changed.

How should the sentence below be changed?

• Change on to in

• Change was to were

• Add a comma after cold

• No change is needed.

Read the paragraph below and determine which detail Danica should add to follow and support sentence 5.

• My mom took us to see Folsom State Prison one year.

• Redwood trees area the tallest trees in the world.

• You can see the bridge from my dad's apartment.

• Many notorious gangsters and criminals were housed there, such as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly.

What would be the BEST change to make in the sentence below?

Celeste always comes to school with missmatched socks that are never the same.

• Change missmatched to mismatched

• Replace socks with shoes

• Replace never with always

• change school to skool

What change should be made to the sentence below?

After the moisture leaves the soil and evaporates, a storm may come and the rain is reabsorbed by the earth.

• Insert a comma after come

• Change evaporates to evaporating

• Change moisture to moischure

• Replace reabsorbed with falling