4th Grade STAAR Reading Test Prep Passages – Comparing All Genres Unit 3

Description

STAAR reading practice comparing all genres. This third unit of 4th grade test prep includes paired passages with multiple choice questions, including new question types, for the tested reading TEKS.

Fourth grade Texas reading test prep: reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions for fourth grade tested reading TEKS, including new question types! It’s great test prep for the RLA STAAR, and it covers all the literary genres tested in the fourth grade! Includes 9 reading passages with questions.

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. New question types included (Hot Text, Multi-select question, Multi-part question, and Short Constructed Responses)

These units build on each other, so this is designed to be the third nine weeks of instruction.

****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:

Nine weeks of passages include: (23 pages)

• One half-page passage per week in various literary genres for 6/9 weeks
• 5 questions (one for each day) aligned with tested TEKS
• 3 weeks of comparing and contrasting questions (one for each day) to make connections across texts
• Aligned to tested TEKS genres:
• 1 Fiction
• 1 Drama
• 1 Poetry
• 1 Expository
• 1 Persuasive
• 1 Literary Nonfiction

Teacher Tools: (9 pages)

• TEKS Coverage Alignment Guide: the third nine weeks review literary and non-literary genres included in TEKS : Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Expository, and Argumentative. It also includes comparing questions where the student must compare two selections.
• TEKS Mastery Tracker (data collection page: printable and editable format in Adobe Reader)

Academic Vocabulary Word Wall: (9 pages)

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

Answer Documents

• Student Answer Documents
• Teacher Key

Accommodations (10 pages)

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

Extensions and Recommended Readings (12 pages)

• Recommended titles for extending the learning about each passage and making connections
• Writing response for each passage

To grab the big bundle which includes all four nine weeks of test review, and save a bundle, too :), click here!

• First nine weeks of Fourth Grade TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade, 2nd Nine Weeks TEKaDay
• Third Grade TEK-a-Day
• Fifth Grade TEK-a-Day

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