What is the first step when reading a passage on the STAR test?
What do you do after you have read the question?
What should you do after you think you know the answer?
What is the biggest mistake kids make when they answer the STAR?
What are the most important words in the question?
What is the antonym for the word 'cause'?
What is the synonym for the word 'effect'?
What is a synonym for the word 'indicate'?
What is the synonym for the word 'directions'?
What is the antonym for the word 'before'?
Which words are most important in making a summary?
What is the first step in making a summary?
What do you do after you list the nouns?
How do you know which are the most important nouns?
What do you do after you choose the most important nouns?
He grew a tomato as a big as a pumpkin. Is it a simile or a metaphor?
Her smile is like the sunshine. Is it a simile or a metaphor?
The new substitute teacher was a monster! Is it a simile or a metaphor?
His laughter was music to my ears. Is it a simile or a metaphor?
My little brother so sticky he's like a big donut. Is it a simile or a metaphor?
What is the best way to read a long word?
What are the syllables in the word 'little?'
What are the syllables in the word 'information?'
What is a prefix?
What is a syllable?
Read the question first
Find the answer in the text.
You should read all the answers.
Choose the first answer that looks right.
Question words who, what, when, where or how.
The antonym for 'cause' is 'effect.'
The synonym for 'effect' is 'result.'
To show or demonstrate or point out.
The synonym for the word 'directions' is 'instructions'
The antonym for the word 'before' is 'after.'
The nouns are most important.
First, list the nouns
Choose the most important nouns
The nouns that are repeated are the most important.
Write a sentence using those nouns.
'As big as a pumpkin' is a simile
'Her smile is like the sunshine' is a metaphor.
'The new substitute teacher was a monster,' is a metaphor.
'His laughter is music to my ears' is a metaphor.
My brother is like a big donut' is a simile
Read a long word by breaking it into syllables.
lit-tle
in-for-ma-tion
A prefix is a part of a word that we put at the beginning of the word to change its meaning a little bit.
A syllable is a part of a word that has a vowel sound.
