STAAR Strategies

What is the first thing you should do when reading a selection?

• Look at the answer choices

• Number the paragraphs

• Name the Genre

• Just start reading

If you are stuck on a question what can you do?

• Raise your hand and ask for help

• Pick "C"

• Put your head down

• Look for answers to eliminate

What should you do before the test?

• Eat Breakfast

• Talk across the room to my friends

• Stay up late

When you see the word "revisions" in the directions, what does this mean?

• I should read the passage because I need to know specific details from it.

• I do not need to read the passage because it's only asking for basic mistakes.

Who you see the word "corrections" in the directions, what does this mean?

• I need to read the entire passage. These are the most important readings.

• I do not need to read the whole passage. Instead, I should just highlight the sentences that are in the questions.

What should you do if you do not know the definition to a key word?

• Use a dictionary to see if the definition makes sense for the task.

• Guess what it could mean.

What should you do the NIGHT BEFORE STAAR?

• Stay up all night studying

• Go to bed early

• Eat a healthy dinner

• Go see Shazam! in theaters

Which of these should you do THE MORNING of STAAR?

• Eat a healthy, good- sized breakfast

• Wake up on time

• Make sure to stop by Starbucks and get a venti frappuchino

• Put your favorite ringtone on your phone, so when it rings, everyone will know your phone is coolest.

What do you do if you're stuck on a question?

• Try to find the correct answer (give yourself time), and if you still can't figure it out, skip it and come back at the end.

• Give up & Guess.

• Keep working until you find the answer.

• Skip and forget to go back to it.

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