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WorksheetsPSTAAR prep
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 50mins
Before I read any of the passages I will:
Organize
Verify
look at all the questions
If the story is Fiction/Nonfiction I Verify
Stanzas
Lines
Elements of the story
Genre/Sub Genre
Author's Purpose
How many questions I have to answer
If the passage is poetry I Verify by:
(a)
Verifying a passage should take me about
1-3 minutes
20 minutes
The longest out of VOE3
Organizing occurs
before I read in my head
While I read, jotting on my paper
After I read
After I finish the whole test
Organizing for Nonfiction means I will:
(a)
Organizing for Fiction Includes:
Jotting the plot map parts and where they occur
Jotting when characters show feelings, dialogue, actions and thoughts
Theme/lesson learned
text structure
Organizing for Poetry includes:
jotting plot parts
jotting speaker emotions shown
jotting figurative language
jotting sensory and imagery
E3 in order of steps stands for:
(a)
I do not need to write my answer on the paper given to me
True
False
When I finish answering the questions I need to use the "two finger rule" and check my answers on the computer with my answer sheet
True
False
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
What is the most important outcome of this test?
You try your best
You grow
You believe in yourself
All of the above
On the STAAR test, which of these can you do after you finish?
Read to SELF
Talk to a peer
Clean the classroom
Sleep
When you get to class the morning of STAAR, you can expect...
Posters/ Anchor charts to be covered up or taken down.
More people in our hall than usual
That you'll need to be quieter than normal.
To bring candy as a snack
To go to specials like normal
When testing on a paired passage, how do you read it?
read both passages then the questions
read one, answer one, read two, answer two, and then both
go to the questions first
there's no strategy on how to read a paired passage
What's the NUMBER 1 strategy that will absolutely help you pass the STAAR?
PIE
annotated notes
highlighting topic sentences
finding evidence for my questions
What skill are you being asked to use in this sentence?
Which of the following is the best synonym for the word emphasize -
What is a playwright?
What skill are you being asked to use in this question?
What skill are you being asked to use for this question?
What do you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?
Immediately ask for a dictionary and look it up.
Skip past the word and don't do back to figure out the meaning.
Stop reading completely and stare at the word until you know it.
Use your context clues to read around the word and think of what would make sense based on what is happening in the text. Use a dictionary to check if you are not sure at all.
How do I maintain my stamina throughout the test so I can do my best?
Sit for the entire time and don't ever stop.
Go one passage set at a time. Take a break after 1 or 2 passage sets to stay focused!
Take a break after every 6 questions, even if there are 8 questions in a passage set!
Answer 1 question then lay your head down. You've earned it.
Who is going to rock the PSTAAR and use EVERY STRATEGY they know?
Ms. Denning
Ms. Murphy
This kid
