STAAR practice test - 8th Grade Reading

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By suggesting that VR technology helps lessen the amount of time students spend watching videos. 

By illustrating that VR field trips are better used for some subjects more than others. 

By demonstrating that VR technology allows students to overcome the barriers of time and distance

By showing that some schools have been willing to provide the equipment necessary for VR field trips. 

It is important for teachers to provide enjoyable reading material for students. 

Students need to discuss their VR field trips in order to benefit from them. 

Students value VR field trips more than other educational experiences.

Being fully involved in an activity helps students retain information. 

Parents may not want their children using VR technology. 

Students may have difficulties using or accessing VR technology on their smart phones. 

VR technology may be challenging for students and teachers to understand. 

Initial expenses of VR technology may be difficult to afford.

To investigate the effectiveness of traditional field trips in modern times. 

To highlight the kinds of topics that can be studied using VR. 

To explain why VR field trips are uncommon in schools today.

To highlight a method of improving student learning through the use of technology. 

Teachers responsible for designing lessons

Taxpayers who provide money for schools

School leaders who plan campus budgets

Parents concerned about their child's education

VR technology allows students to have life-like experiences that mimic those in the real world. A VR field trip differs from a video because students feel as though they are actually participating first-hand in the experience. Although some people worry about increasing students screen time, students find the VR experience interesting. 

VR techonology allos studnets to go places that would otherwise be impossible for them to experience through traditional fild trips. For example, students could explore the Lincoln Memorial or life on a farm. However, some critics have expressed concerns about the cost of VR technology and the amount of screen time associated with VR field trips. 

VR field trips can help students understand historic events and the natural world by allowing students to take part in simulations of real-life experiences, which increases students' interests in the topics. ORganizations such as NASA are beginning to provide these types of interactive educational experiences. 

VR field trips allow students to have unique, life-like experiences. Although such trips can be costly, they cpature students' interest and enhance their ability to remember information. VR field trips should be used in classrooms because they eliminate travel, time, and safety concerns while making the experiences available to more students.

A student can take part in the simulated experience through the use of special equipment, like headsets.  (paragraph 2)

These trips allow students to experience places they might otherwise never get to visit. (paragraph 3). 

Your breath catches in your throat when your eyes land on the large blue planet Earth. (paragraph 1)

For example, history teachers can use VR to help students understand historica events. (paragrahp 4). 

In fact, there are different types of community celebrations.

In fact, community celebrations show be viewed as essential. 

In fact, both children and adults have a great deal of fun at them. 

In fact, the size of a community is really not that important. 

Volunteers may have to start planning, depending on how large or complex it is, a whole year in advance for a celebration.

Depending on how large or complex a celebration is, volunteers may have to start planning a whole year in advance. 

Volunteers may have to start and begin planning a whole year in advance, depending on how large or complex a celebration is. 

Depending on if it is large or complex, volunteers may have to start planning a whole year of celebration in advance.

As a result, there can bet imes when those in charge are forced to take on too much. 

Furthermore, not everyone will want to do some of the jobs required for a community celebration. 

In addition, the weather may be a factor when deciding whether to hold an event indoors or outdoors. 

Similarly, a sign-up sheet is an efficient way to find out how many people are available to help. 

To explain the method researchers used to study horse behavior

To explain why many people believed horses communicate better than dogs do

To explain the reasons why horses in the study showed little interest in humans

To explain why researchers kept food away from the horses

There is some disagreement on whether horses need blankets in the winter

Horses have shown the ability to recognize and use written symbols 

Horses can learn to do some tasks in as little as 10 minutes a day.

Positive reinforcement has been shown to be an effective way to train horses. 

Horses become suspicious around unfamiliar people 

Horses use a special sense to understand human moods. 

Horses can make a limited number of facial expressions

Horses can tell how people are feeling by looking at them. 

horses have facial expressions that are too subtle for humans to notice

horses can be trained to perform a vairety of difficult tasks

horses recognize and understand spoken language

horses can alter their actions based on human behavior