Category: STAAR Reading

Teaching Grammar in Upper Elementary

If you dread teaching grammar to your upper elementary students, these easy ways to teach grammar are for YOU! Texas 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers might have been pushing grammar lessons to the side. However, this year the STAAR reading test will have revise and edit questions, so students

ways to keep students engaged in your staar reading review

5 Ways to Keep Your Students Engaged in Your STAAR Reading Review

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

STAAR Reading Test Taking Strategies

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

Strategies for Answering STAAR Reading Questions

The STAAR reading test is difficult for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. It is their first time taking a standardized test, so giving students strategies for answering STAAR reading questions is necessary for them to be successful. Students can use the following strategies when answering questions on any reading

STAAR Reading Resource Round Up

Texas 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers dread the STAAR Reading Test each year. What if it was easier to prepare your students for the test? This STAAR Reading resource round up will highlight resources that will help teachers around Texas, so you can be assured that your upper elementary

Poetry Breakout

Teachers are always searching for engaging ways to review reading skills. A poetry breakout is the perfect way to review poetry skills in your third, fourth, or fifth grade classroom. Any type of breakout is easy to put together. Although, if you are searching for a poetry breakout that is

Understanding the NEW STAAR Reading Test

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers across Texas can expect BIG changes on the STAAR Reading Test starting in the spring of 2023 and beyond. What kind of changes are going to be made? TEA has released some information on the topic, but everything is NOT set in stone. All

STAAR Revise and Edit Practice

Third, Fourth, and Fifth graders across Texas will have to complete revise and edit questions as a part of their STAAR Reading Test. STAAR revise and edit practice is imperative for students to be successful on this section of the test. What will you do to prepare your students for

Revise and Edit Strategies

Fourth grade teachers around the state of Texas are rejoicing because the STAAR Writing Test is NO MORE! Although, we can’t completely forget about all elements of that test. Now, revise and edit strategies will need to be used by 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The 2022 STAAR Reading

STAAR Reading Online TIPS

Are your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students taking the STAAR reading test online this spring? This is different for sure, but it is a great time to make the leap into online testing. 3rd AND 4th grade students haven’t ever taken a STAAR test, so testing online is all

I love this resource! We've been breaking it up into weekly grammar lessons. I love how simple the notes page is for students to use, and the independent practice pages are wonderful for students to practice what they've learned.

Hands down my FAVORITE resource! I highly recommend it! It helped my students a lot. They also enjoyed the assignments. They were sad when we finished them. It also made teaching revision easy. Thanks to this I was at 90% passing rate in writing. I teach bilingual students.

Absolutely LOVE all the resources created by this seller! This is my first year to teach in the state of Texas and her resources have been so very helpful in making sure that all of the skills that I need to teach are being met. The lessons and activities are fun for the students and they are always engaged!

Hello Texas Passages!!! Each of these passages has brought a class discussion about different areas around Texas. The questions are strong and helped identify a need for more transition word practice. These are a great resource for any Texas Social Studies and/or Writing teacher.

Free Grammar Pacing Guide

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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Hi! I’m Christine. I help Texas 3rd-5th grade teachers to build confident readers and writers with TEKS aligned, engaging ELA printable and digital resources.