Ultimate 5th Grade Reading STAAR Review

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

Which answer best SUMMARIZES the passage?

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

When should I take breaks during STAAR test?

• Only when I need water and restroom break.
• After every passage and questions that go with the passage.
• After every question.
• NEVER!

Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

• Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.
• Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.
• Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.
• Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

To infer is to

• just make any guess
• prove an answer with experience and text.
• guessing based on personal experience

words used in an imaginative way that express ideas that are not necessarily true.

• figurative language
• poetry
• line
• stanza

Poems have...

• paragraphs
• stanzas
• capital letters
• sentences

Living things adapt to their environment so they can survive.  An organism adapts when it develops a behavior that makes it more likely to survive.  It can also adapt by forming a physical characteristic or body part that helps it survive.  What does the word adapt mean in the first sentence?

• changing its eating and sleeping habits
• changing its behavior or its physical characteristics
• changing its environment or habitat
• giving birth to multiple offspring

Theme is the author's 

• story
• message
• characters
• setting

When I do not know the definition of a word or what it means, I should look ___________.

• at the board

• guess

• Dictionary

• ask the teacher

compares two things without using "like" or "as"

• hyperbole
• simile
• imagery
• metaphor