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Grade4

STAARReading

Teacher’s

Guide

Table of ContentsToday’s Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4How to Use This Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Making It Meaningful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Testing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Testing Tips (Spanish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Answer Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Answer Sheet (Spanish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Correlation to Assessed Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20References Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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The practice exercises in this resource have been designed to offer students the opportunity to prepare for STAAR Reading by providing questions aligned to the eligible TEKS, in a style and format that mirrors STAAR tests .

In order to succeed on STAAR, students must be able to correctly record answers on a separate answer sheet . While the practice exercises in the student book can certainly be used without the answer sheet, including its use as part of test preparation gives students practice with properly filling in bubbles and finding the correct location to record an answer for each test item .

How to Use This Resource

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STAARReading

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The student book includes practice exercises that cover informational

texts, literature, poetry, drama, and paired passages .

Grade4

STAARReading

Teacher’sGuide

Directions: Fill in each correct answer.

Answer SheetPractice Exercise ________________________________________________________

Answer SheetPractice Exercise ________________________________________________________

Directions: Fill in each correct answer.

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

7 A B C D

8 F G H J

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

7 A B C D

8 F G H J

Name: __________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Name: __________________________________ Date: ______________________________

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Correlation to Assessed Standards

Practice Exercise Title ItemNumber

Reporting Category

Student Content Expectation Readiness or Supporting

Before He Changed the World

(pages 5–8)

1 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness2 3 4.11(A) Readiness3 3 4.11(B) Supporting4 3 4.2(A) Readiness5 3 4.11(A) Readiness6 34.14

Supporting7 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness8 3 4.11(A) Readiness

Little Bugs, Big Stink(pages 9–12)

1 1 4.2(A) Readiness2 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness3 3 4.2(B) Readiness4 3 4.11(B) Supporting5 3 4.11(A) Readiness6 3 4.11(B) Supporting7 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness8 3 4.11(A) Readiness

Lighting the Way(pages 13–16)

1 3 4.11(A) Readiness2 3 4.13(B) Supporting3 1 4.2(B) Readiness4 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness5 3 4.11(A) Readiness6 3 4.11(A) Readiness7 3 4.11(C) Readiness8 1 4.2(B) Readiness

Hoop Dreams

(pages 17–20)

1 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness2 34.14

Supporting3 3 4.11(A) Readiness4 3 4.11(A) Readiness5 3 4.11(A) Readiness6 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness7 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness8 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness

They’re Back!

(pages 21–24)

1 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness2 3 4.2(B) Readiness3 3 4.11(A) Fig. 19(D) Readiness4 34.14

Supporting5 3 4.11(A) Readiness6 3 4.11(A) Readiness7 3 4.11(C) Readiness8 3 4.11(D) Readiness

The following chart correlates each question in the student book to its designated eligible TEKS.

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The Teacher’s Guide provides the resources and background information needed to

support students with the practice exercises, including reproducible answer sheets and a correlation to the assessed standards chart .

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Directions: Fill in each correct answer.

Answer SheetPractice Exercise ________________________________________________________

Answer SheetPractice Exercise ________________________________________________________

Directions: Fill in each correct answer.

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

7 A B C D

8 F G H J

1 A B C D

2 F G H J

3 A B C D

4 F G H J

5 A B C D

6 F G H J

7 A B C D

8 F G H J

Name: __________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Name: __________________________________ Date: ______________________________

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