Fifth Grade Texas Reading Spiral Review Connections Across Genres, Unit 4

Description

Texas reading test prep: passages for fifth grade tested reading TEKS, including new question types! It’s great test prep for the ELA STAAR, and it covers all of the informational genres tested in fifth grade! 9 weeks of lessons: For six weeks, read a passage each week and answer one STAAR-aligned question each day. Then compare two passages and answer questions! 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 NEW TESTED TEKS AND QUESTION TYPES 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.*******

This is the third 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 covers TEKS related to the genres of Expository, Procedural, and Persuasive.

TEKS Mastery Tracker (data collection page: printable and editable format in Adobe Reader)

Academic Vocabulary Word Wall: (12 pages)

• Academic Vocabulary by Week Guide
• Academic Vocabulary Headers for each genre: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Literary Nonfiction, Persuasive, Argumentative
• Academic Vocabulary for each week – 46 cards

Answer Documents (2 pages)

• Student Answer Document
• Teacher Key

Nine Week-Long reviews 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 Poetry
• 1 Drama
• 2 Expository
• 1 Literary Nonfiction

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!