Gearing Up for STAAR!!! TEST STRATEGIES

We are now beginning our final push to prepare the students for the upcoming STAAR test that the students will take in April. Here are the strategies that we are teaching the students to help them be prepared.  You are more than welcome to review these with your students at home as well as have the students practice them on homework assignments.

For Math the strategies are:

1) Underline the Question (cause it tells what must be found) then;

2. BOX important words in the question (mainly nouns)

3. Show your work (whether using pictures, numbers, or words)

For Reading the strategies are:

1. Read the questions and answers

2. Read the story

3. Read the questions again

4. Hunt for your answers in the story

5. Underline the answer in the story

6. Check your answers