Third Grade Texas Reading Passages for Literary Genres, unit 1

Description

Texas reading test prep: 9 passages for third grade tested reading TEKS, including new question types! It’s great test prep for STAAR, and it covers all of the literary genres tested in third grade!

Each week in this daily spiral review includes one short passage that covers the new TEKS, and a test aligned question to answer each day. All of the passages are to prepare for Reporting Category 1: Reading. New question types included (Hot Text, Multi-select question, and Short Constructed Responses)

**UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW TESTED TEKS AND QUESTION TYPES FOR 2022!**

****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.*******

Included in this resource:

Teacher Tools: (9 pages)

• TEKS Coverage Alignment Guide: the first nine weeks covers TEKS related to the genres of Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Literary Nonfiction.
• TEKS Mastery Tracker (data collection page: printable and editable format in Adobe Reader)

Academic Vocabulary Word Wall: (16 pages)

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

Answer Documents (3 pages)

• Student Answer Document
• Teacher Key

Nine Week-Long reviews include: (26 pages)

• One half-page passage per week in various literary genres for a total of nine passages
• 5 questions (one for each day) aligned with tested TEKS
• Aligned to tested TEKS/Readiness/Supporting Genres:
• 3 Fiction
• 2 Drama
• 2 Literary Nonfiction
• 2 Poetry (one narrative, one free verse)

Accommodations (10 pages)

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

Reading & Writing Connections (12 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 ELAR STAAR!