STAAR Review

When you have a vocabulary question and you don't know the word, what should you do?

• look it up in the dictionary

• find your context clues in the sentence the word is in

• guess what you think is correct

• you don't need any strategies

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

When do you use this strategy?

• Short Constructed Response (SCR)

• Revising and Editing

• Extended Constructed Response (ECR)

• RACE

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Comparing two unlike things USING like or as

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things do you need to make an inference?

• context clues and key words

• text evidence and background knowledge (what you know)

• main idea and details

• you don't need 2 things, you just guess

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the authors purpose of the sentence below? Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the main purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?

• To provide evidence for the main idea

• To introduce the main idea of the paragraph

• To conclude the paragraph

• To offer a counterargument

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like apples.

• He go to school every day.

• They was playing outside.

• She has finished her homework.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a synonym for the word 'elated'?

• Sad

• Joyful

• Angry

• Confused

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

In the sentence, 'Despite the rain, the event continued as planned,' what is the function of the word 'despite'?

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Noun

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4