3rd Grade STAAR Reading Test Prep Passages – Non-Literary Genres Unit 2

Description

STAAR reading practice for informational text. This 3rd grade unit includes non-literary passages with multiple choice questions, including new question types, aligned to the tested reading TEKS.

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 9 reading passages, 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. 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 is the second nine week unit. Each unit builds to provide you with a full year’s curriculum in the Third Grade Texas Reading Test Prep Bundle! They are PERFECT for spiral review, daily warm-ups, exit tickets, or small group!

****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 reading passages: (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
• 3 Expository (1 with procedural embedded)
• 1 Persuasive
• 1 Argumentative

Teacher Tools: (9 pages)

• TEKS Coverage Alignment Guide: the second nine weeks review TEKS related to the genres of Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Nonfiction and it adds the TEKS related to genres of Expository/Informational with embedded procedural text, Argumentative, and Persuasive
• TEKS Mastery Tracker (data collection page: printable and editable format in Adobe Reader)

Academic Vocabulary Word Wall: (13 pages)

• Academic Vocabulary by Week Guide
• Academic Vocabulary Headers for each genre: Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Expository, Argumentative, and Persuasive
• Academic Vocabulary for each week, color-coded by genre

Answer Documents (3 pages)

• Student Answer Document
• Teacher Key

Accommodations (10 pages)

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

Connections (12 pages)

* Recommended titles for extending the learning about each passage

* Writing extension for each passage

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

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