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Friday, February 26, 2016

PREPARING Students for the STAAR Reading Test!

PREPARING STUDENTS for the STAAR READING TEST 2016 Grades 3–8 Assessments
  1. Students SHOULD Independently Read The Grade Level STARR Reading Passages Cold Without Support.
  2. Then Read The STAAR Test Passages with a Partner.
  3. Read the STAAR passage again with their partners and do a Socratic Seminar Ranking Survey that includes annotating the 5 most important sentences that relate to the theme, main idea or topic.
  4. They use the information gleaned from Close Reading to help them answer the STAAR reading comprehension questions with their reading partner.
  5. They always annotate the passage or text with the corresponding number of the STAAR reading comprehension test question.
  6. Students consult with the teacher and confirm that they have selected the correct answer. I use the mini-conference to examine their thought processes and get a quick formative evaluation of their ability and critical thinking.
  7. When the two students have answered the question correctly and they have annotated text evidence that matches the answer they get a sticker or M&M'S. 
  8. STUDENTS READ THROUGH ALL READING TEST PASSAGES! 
  9. AFTER COMPLETING THE COMPLETE RELEADED TEST THEY MOVE ONTO THE TEST ONE GRADE ABOVE AND REPEAT THE CLOSE READING PROCESS.

STAAR READING Grades 3–8 Assessments

The links below open PDF versions of STAAR released tests for grades 3 through 8.
GRADE TEST FORMS ANSWER KEYS
3 2015 Reading 2015 Reading
4 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing
5 2015 Reading | 2015 Science 2015 Reading | 2015 Science
6 2015 Reading 2015 Reading
7 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing 2015 Reading | 2015 Writing
8 2015 Reading | 2015 Science | 2015 Social Studies 2015 Reading | 2015 Science | 2015 Social Studies


GRADE TEST FORMS ANSWER KEYS
3 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics
4 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Writing 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Writing
5 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Science 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Science
6 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics
7 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Writing 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Writing
8 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Science 2014 Social Studies 2014 Reading | 2014 Mathematics | 2014 Science |
2014 Social Studies


GRADE TEST FORMS ANSWER KEYS
3 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics
4 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Writing 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Writing
5 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Science 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Science
6 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics
7 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Writing 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Writing
8 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Science 2013 Social Studies 2013 Reading | 2013 Mathematics | 2013 Science |
2013 Social Studies

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5 comments:

  1. ArunaMarch 3, 2016 at 7:57 AM

    Hello, Thanks for this awesome site. Bute where is the "SEARCH" button, I cant seem to find one, I was looking for short stories to work the story elements. Please help

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    1. The Reading SageMarch 3, 2016 at 5:54 PM

      http://reading-sage.blogspot.com/p/test-prep-reading-passages-2nd-3rd-4th.html online passages
      http://reading-sage.blogspot.com/p/reading-fluency.html single page reading passages
      http://reading-sage.blogspot.com/2014/12/paired-reading-passages-ccss.html paired reading passages

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    2. The Reading SageMarch 3, 2016 at 6:49 PM

      HI THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS! THE SEARCH BOX WAS NOT WORKING, SO AFTER YOUR REQUEST I FOUND A FIX! THANK YOU! SEAN

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  2. ArunaMarch 15, 2016 at 9:08 AM

    Thank you for fixing the "Search" button. And I am grateful to you, this site has helped me a lot.

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    1. The Reading SageMarch 15, 2016 at 2:19 PM

      Story Elements Questions Stems | One Page Printable Short Stories PDF | Grade K-12th CCSS ELA Reading Literature: Story Elements |Text-Based Questions Stems Level DOK 2 and 3 | Amazing collection of printable short stories, fairy tales http://reading-sage.blogspot.com/2016/03/story-elements-questions-stems-short.html

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