1. Uniform shirt
2. Uniform pants
3. Hoodie in case it is cold in the room
4. House shoes
5. Belt
6. You may untuck your shirt on test day

1. Bottle of water you can get in the cafeteria before school. DO NOT poke holes in the cap.
2. TAKS pencil with smiley face eraser
3. Hilighter
4. Overlay - You must ask for this if you want it. You may also bring your own.
5. Straight edge - You must ask for this if you want it.
6. Snacks - Your teachers provide snacks in the classroom throughout the day and there will be treats in the hall at the bathroom stations.
7. Lunch, but you may bring your own if you want
8. 7th grade will get dictionaries for the writing test

1. Check for your name and room number on the posters in each hall. Most of you should be in the same class where you took the math benchmark in January.

1. Passing and Commended rate
2. STAR3 Chart
3. Tally chart

1. Do your three passes
2. Take lots of breaks - go to the bathroom, drink water, take a mental break and think of your happy place, take a nap, stretch, etc.
3. Use your hilighter to mark key words or phrases
4. Use your overlay or straight edge to keep your place when you are reading
5. Keep your answer document clean - no hilighter marks, stray pencil marks, erase completely, no rips, no creases
6. DO NOT bubble your answers until at least 1:00
7. DO NOT turn in your test until at least 2:00
8. NO talking to anyone for the entire day, including the hallways, unless you have a question for your teacher - Then you may raise your hand and she will come to you
9. Be aware of the noises you make that could be distracting to the person next to you
10. If someone is distracting you, quietly let your teacher know
11. DO NOT write on anything except your test booklet and bubbling your answer document
12. Use pencil ONLY on your answer document

1. Turkey sandwich
2. Bag of chips
3. Orange
4. Carton of white milk
5. Chocolate chip cookie
OR... You may bring your own lunch and/or drink

OK drinks: water, gatorade, fruit juice, milk
NOT OK drinks: energy drinks, soda

1. Sleep
2. Read a book
3. NO talking even if everyone is done
4. You may still go to the restroom
5. DO NOT write on anything