Reading Test Strategies

What do you do when you first begin a new passage?

• Lay your head down and give up.

• Figure out what type of text it is.

• Draw pictures all around it.

• Get a dictionary to look up every unknown word.

What do you do as you read a passage?

• Think about your reading by asking questions, highlighting important parts, and jotting quick notes out to the side.

• Write down every single thought you have.

• Outline every paragraph with your pencil.

• Highlight all of the words that look important.

What do you do when you come to a passage that is on an unfamiliar topic?

• This is the end. Just give up and start crying.

• Think negatively the whole time you read it.

• Focus and jot about your thinking more. Make connections to what you do know to understand!

• Avoid the passage by going to the bathroom many times.

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.

Which strategies apply to a reading STAAR test?

• highlight key words

• skim the text for the key words

• read and re-read

• CER

• talk to your friends

Which is something you WILL do on the Reading STAAR test?

• reread the text

• hashtag and highlight

• read the question carefully

• all of the above

 It's important that I ________________________. 

• give my best effort and keep a good attitude.

• Take my time

• Read the stories, stop and jot and use process of elimination to answer the questions

• All of the above

If I do not know a multiple choice answer, I should

• Leave it blank,

• it won't count against me

• Read each answer, eliminate, and make the best guess

• Make a pretty picture out of the bubbles

During the test, I should _________________. 

• Move as quickly as I can.

• Skip around the test.

• Take my time and stay focused.

• Think about what I'm going to do at recess. 

Which of the following is true?

• It is always a good idea to read the test questions before reading the passage.

• It is never a good idea to read the test questions before reading the passage.