Third Grade Texas Reading Passages for Comparing Selections, unit 4

Description

Texas reading test prep: 6 passages for third grade tested reading TEKS, including new question types, and 3 pages of questions to make connections across selections! 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, Multi-part question, and Short Constructed Responses)

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

**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 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, Argumentative
• Academic Vocabulary for each week

Answer Documents

• Student Answer Documents
• Teacher Key

Nine Week-Long reviews 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 questions (one for each day) to make connections across texts
• Aligned to tested TEKS/Readiness/Supporting Genres:
• 2 Fiction
• 1 Drama
• 1 Poetry
• 1 Expository
• 1 Persuasive

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