3rd Grade STAAR Reading Test Prep Passages – Comparing Selections Unit 4

Description

STAAR reading practice for comparing texts. This 3rd grade unit includes paired passages with multiple choice questions, including new question types, so students practice making connections across selections.

Third 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 of the genres tested in 3rd grade! Includes 6 paired selections, compare/contrast questions, and more!

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 fourth nine weeks of instruction, but it can be used at any time!

****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

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

• Third Grade 1st Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Third Grade 2nd Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Third Grade 3rd Nine Weeks TEK-a-Day
• Fourth Grade TEK-a-Day
• Fifth Grade TEK-a-Day

This product, once purchased, is licensed to be used in one classroom. Additional users must purchase additional licenses.