Solar Eclipse Paired Passages : Set 3 – 3th-5th Grade

Description : Paired Passages: Set 3 – 3rd-5th Grade – This document contains a total of 14 pages. 

Practice passages which are TEKS-correlated, relevant, and interesting are like gold! Great news! You have just struck a GOLDMINE.

This item contains a SET OF 2 passages, a Passage Info Sheet with all of the current indicators for each passage, a set of STAAR 2.0 new question style questions for each passage, a chart showing all TEKS correlations, an answer key complete with correct answers and distractor answers labeled, 1 SCR, and 1 ECR prompt! 

The passage info sheets contains all of the following…

• Lexile level
• Word count
• Genre style
• Short theme
• Long theme or message
• Textual evidence to support the theme
• Central, controlling idea, thesis
• Textual evidence to support the key idea
• Two inferences
• Textual evidence to support the two inferences
• Specialized and academic vocabulary
• The plot or the structure

All of the questions are written to one of the four dimensions of thinking, which is an indicator of question depth on the new STAAR 2.0 test. You will also enjoy that all of the questions are TEKS correlated. There is an easy to follow chart with all of the questions and their TEKS correlations contained in this item. 

You will also receive within this download an item and Answer Choice Analysis Chart. This chart contains an acronym that helps you see which answers are correct and which ones are incorrect. As an added benefit, we have labeled each answer choice as correct or with its type of distractor. Another aspect of the STARR 2.0 assessment is that answer choices which are incorrect are incorrect for very specific reasons. These are called distractors. They are defined and labeled in this chart. 

This item is a downloadable PDF file which may be printed and used for the students within the purchasers classroom only.

After you have used some of our PDF practice passages, I am sure you will fall in love with their format and their content. If you would like to up your game and provide your students with an online, STAAR-like experience with all of the online tools they will have on the day of the test, then the Teach BIG online practice assessment platform is for you! Imagine having everything automatically graded and TEKS-correlated tutorial groups generated automatically as well!! Our platform offers a subscription which delivers new passages, new questions, a ton of new resources, teaching videos, and a digital daily curriculum. If you’re interested in reading all about it, please click on the Online Assessment Platform button within this store. There you will find detailed descriptions of our three easy-to-navigate levels. It is easy as learning your ABCs! 

Please note that all of our passages questions and answer choices and charts are all copyrighted material and belong to Teach BIG. They may not be used in trainings or meetings of any kind. They are designed to help teachers and students prepare for the new STAAR 2.0 assessment. 

As an added bonus, all of our passages, questions, and answer choices are available in Spanish as well. Please look for those items labeled as Spanish, or you can go to the Spanish collections button in the product section of the Teach BIG teacher store. 

Enjoy practicing with our passages, and don’t forget to make it engaging by adding activities and games from our store as you practice with your students!