5th Grade STAAR Reading Spiral Review Passages – Non-Literary Genres Unit 2

Description

STAAR reading practice for informational text. This second unit of 5th grade spiral review includes nine non-literary passages with multiple choice questions, including new question types.

Texas reading test prep: 9 reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions for fifth grade reading TEKS, including new question types! It’s great test prep for the RLA/ELA STAAR, and it covers all of the informational genres tested in fifth grade! This resource introduces informational/nonliterary genres and reviews literary genres.

Each week in this daily spiral review includes one short passage that covers the tested 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, Multi-part question, and Short Constructed Responses)

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

This is the second unit in the Fifth Grade Texas Reading Test Prep Bundle! They are PERFECT for spiral review, daily warm-ups, exit tickets, or small group!

Included in this resource:

Teacher Tools: (9 pages)

• TEKS Coverage Alignment Guide: the second nine weeks reviews TEKS related to Fiction, Drama, Poetry, and Literary Nonfiction and introduces TEKS related to the genres of Expository, Procedural, Persuasive, and Argumentative.
• 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, Poetry, Drama, and Literary Nonfiction.
• Academic Vocabulary for each week – 66 cards

Answer Documents (3 pages)

• Student Answer Document
• Teacher Key

Nine Passages with comprehension questions include: (26 pages)

• One half-page passage per week in various literary genres
• 5 questions (one for each day) aligned with tested TEKS
• Aligned to tested TEKS/Readiness/Supporting Genres:
• 1 Fiction
• 1 Literary Nonfiction
• 1 Poetry (narrative)
• 1 Drama
• 3 Expository
• 1 Argumentative
• 1 Persuasive

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 ELA STAAR!

To grab the big bundle which includes all 30 passages for the full year of practice, and save a bundle, too, click here!

• Third Grade TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade TEK-a-Day

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