STAAR Test Taking

Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?

• I can stop when I find one that could be right

• It depends on the question

• Only the longest answer - it's always right

• Always read all answer choices

What is *NOT* a reason why you should take your time on the STAAR test?

• Taking time to find proof for answers will increase your chances of getting the correct answer

• Using a dictionary can help you get answers correct

• The test is so fun that you want it to last forever.

• You don't get to leave, talk, or use your phone anyway - so you might as well take that time to do your best on the test.

Why should you try to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast before the STAAR test?

• The test is long and tiring - you need to be alert and have energy to do your best

• So that you can speed through the test without reading all of it

• So that you will know what all of the words mean and not have to use a dictionary

• The test is so easy that you don't need to prepare at all

On testing day, you should:

• Be nervous and assume you will fail

• Be confident - it's a brand new test with no mistakes yet

• Not care whether or not you pass

• Be so confident that you do not take your time or use your testing tools/strategies

If you come across a really hard question, what should you do?

• Spend up to 30 minutes on that question right then - it doesn't matter if you end up not finishing the test

• Use process of elimination to narrow down answers

• Make it for Review to come back to the question later

• Use dictionaries, context, and other strategies and tools

Everyone has the ability to pass this test if they use strategies and tools.

• True

• False

Choose which of these are good strategies or tools for the STAAR test

• use a dictionary if you aren't sure what a word means

• go back in the story to find proof of your answer

• use context from the story to help with word meaning

• take your time

Sometimes multiple answers sound correct. When this happens, the correct answer is always...

• the longest answer.

• the answer that comes out first.

• the answer with the biggest word.

• the answer with the most evidence to support it.

During the STAAR English I test, I should have access to...

• a dictionary

• a pen or pencil

• scratch sheet of paper

• cell phone

In your essay, the introduction is made up of...

• Hook

• Additional Information

• Thesis Statement

• Opinion

• Fact