Every teacher wants her students to fall in love with reading. However, with the STAAR reading test looming in April, students must practice reading passages. There are several ways to make reading passages fun in your classroom. Giving reading passage after reading passage is a sure way to bore your
The 2023 STAAR Reading test will include short and long response essay questions for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The question on every teacher’s mind is: How do you write a GOOD STAAR essay? TEA has said that they changed the STAAR Reading test, so questions are aligned to
Texas teachers are extremely curious about the changes made to the STAAR test for the 2022-2023 school year. The STAAR redesign includes several parts. Teachers across Texas find the changes to the STAAR test slightly overwhelming. However, there is no need to be worried. Understanding the changes will help ease
Every year, I search for Halloween and fall activities for my fourth-grade students. It can be a challenge to find Halloween activities for upper elementary students. Especially compared to the numerous activities out there for lower elementary students. Here are a few tried and true Halloween activities that I have
Unpopular opinion alert: I think teachers should teach to the STAAR test. What?!? Let me clarify, students don’t automatically know how to take the STAAR Reading Test successfully. I think third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade teachers need to teach specific STAAR reading strategies in order for their students
Does your school give you the freedom to teach reading anyway that works for your students? Or have you ever considered using novels in addition to your reading curriculum? If so, here are the top 5 reasons you should teach reading using a novel study. Even if you have a
What better way to wrap up the year than with an author study for elementary students? This unit is not only engaging, but also great way to connect reading and writing. Check out all of the ideas in this post in my Author Study Activities resource. An author study project
There are a variety of resources that you can use for your STAAR Reading review. However, you can’t just throw activities at students and expect them to get the point of every activity. It is important to keep students engaged in your STAAR reading review. Students who are actively engaged
Taking the STAAR reading test can be completely overwhelming for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. However, nerves can be soothed by teaching students STAAR reading test taking strategies. There are a variety of STAAR reading test taking strategies that teachers all over the state use. Be sure to think
Integrating subjects is a more effective way to teach. Many topics reach across subject areas which makes it easier for teachers to teach and students to learn. However, many teachers struggle with integrating social studies in reading and language arts. Luckily, social studies topics are discussed in many historical fiction
Grammar skills are necessary for revise and edit questions. This guide fits all the grammar TEKS into the first 6 weeks of school, so you can get introduce revise and edit questions by October.
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