Fourth Grade Texas Reading Test Prep for the Whole Year Bundle

Description

A full year of Texas reading test prep: passages for fourth grade tested reading TEKS, including new question types! It’s great test prep for the ELA STAAR, and it covers all of the genres tested in fourth grade! There are four nine weeks units that include a total of 36 weeks of lessons. All of the passages are to prepare for Reporting Category 1: Reading. New question types included (Hot Text, Multi-select question, Multi-part question, and Short Constructed Responses)

**UPDATED TO REFLECT ASSESSED CURRICULUM GUIDES FOR 2023!**

****This resource is a .zip file that contains pdfs and two versions of an editable data tracker that you can edit with Adobe Reader. Be sure that you have the software that will enable to you to open these files.*******

There are four nine-week units in this bundle. Each unit builds to provide you with a full year’s comprehensive curriculum! They are PERFECT for spiral review, daily warm-ups, exit tickets, or small group!

This bundle includes…

• Fourth Grade 1st Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade 2nd Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade 3rd Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade 4th Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day

Included in this resource:

• 1st nine weeks: TEKS related to the genres of Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, and Drama.
• 2nd Nine Weeks: review of Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Nonfiction, plus Expository, Informational, and Argumentative with embedded procedural texts. All TEKS have been introduced throughout the first two nine week units.
• 3rd Nine Weeks: review of tested TEKS and genres, plus introduces connections: read a passage week 1 and answer questions. Then read another week 2 and answer questions. For week 3, you’ll compare the two!
• 4th Nine Weeks continues the review and connections questions aligned to 3.6E.

Teacher Tools: (31 pages)

• TEKS Coverage Alignment Guide
• How to use this resource Guide
• TEKS Mastery Tracker for each nine week unit (data collection page: printable and editable format in Adobe Reader)

Academic Vocabulary Word Wall: (46 pages)

• Academic Vocabulary by Week Guide
• Academic Vocabulary Headers for each genre: Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Expository, Drama, Persuasive, Argumentative.
• Academic Vocabulary for each week

Answer Documents (8 pages)

• Student Answer Document
• Teacher Keys

36 Week-Long reviews include: (66 pages)

• One half-page passage per week in various literary genres for 30 weeks
• 5 questions (one for each day) aligned with tested TEKS for 30 weeks
• 6 weeks of connections/comparing questions
• Passages and questions aligned to tested TEKS Genres:
• 7 Fiction
• 5 Poetry
• 3 Drama
• 5 Literary Nonfiction
• 6 Expository
• 2 Persuasive
• 2 Argumentative

Accommodations (32 pages)

Large Print Version: each text in a full-page version for students who need the accommodation

Reading & Writing Connections (40 pages)

• Recommended titles for building background knowledge about the topics of each passage
• Writing response for each passage – perfect for practicing for the Extended Constructed Response portion of the ELA STAAR!

Accommodations (40 pages)

* Large Print Version

Each text in a full-page version for students who need the accommodation

Extensions and Recommended Readings (48 pages)

* Recommended titles for extending the learning about each passage

* Writing extension for each passage