Reading STAAR Strategy

STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on - 
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

• summary
• main idea
• context clues
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

STAAR Question: The author organizes this selection by - 
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?

• main idea
• conflict
• supporting details
• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

STAAR Question: The playwright uses the sounds of rain and thunder throughout selection mainly to - 
What is a playwright?

• author of a poem
• author of nonfiction text
• author of dramas

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

STAAR Question: The author begins and ends the selection with this idea in order to emphasize that - 
Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize - 

• determine
• conclude
• point out 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

STAAR Question: What lesson does the narrator learn while spending time with her grandmother? 
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?

• main idea
• theme
• conflict
• character motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

The big idea or lesson from a reading is called the ______________________.

• theme
• compare and contrast
• resource materials
• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A word or phrase that has a similar meaning to another word or phrase is a(an)____________________________. 

• antonym
• synonym
• verb
• noun

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

 A type of writing that is used to describe or inform is _________________. 

• informational writing
• persuasive essay
• context writing
• personal narrative

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What a piece of writing is mostly about.

• summary
• main idea
• analogy
• characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the first thing you should do when you begin to read a passage?

• read each paragraph and write the main idea
• read the title, think, and make a prediction
• prove answers
• ask your teacher a question

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C