SETS 1-3 BUNDLE - STAR READY 3rd Grade Reading Task Cards - STAAR / TEKS-aligned

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Don’t wait until right before the end-of-year STAAR or other state assessment to get your students ready for the test! Prepare them each 6 weeks of school with our STAAR Wars 3rd Grade Reading Task Cards! This bundle includes sets 1-3 for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 6 weeks of school; sets 4-6 coming soon!

Each set includes 24 task cards aligned with 3rd grade reading TEKS and common core standards and are perfect for assessing where your students are and where you need to go for the next 6 weeks of school.

These rigorous, higher-level thinking questions are made in STAAR format, have multiple choice answers, and address these skills:

Set 1:

•Alphabetical order

•Antonyms & synonyms

•Author’s purpose

•Character relationships

•Context clues

•Drawing conclusions

•Figurative language – similes

•Genres – biography, drama, fiction, informational text, myths, poetry, procedural text, literary nonfiction

•Imagery

•Making inferences using textual evidence

•Making predictions

•Media literacy

•Paraphrasing

•Poetry elements & structure – lyrical & free verse poetry

•Point-of-view (1st & 3rd person)

•Sensory images

•Sequence & summarize events

•Story elements – point-of-view, theme

•Summary

•Syllables

•Using a dictionary/glossary

•Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:

•TEKS - 3.1, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C, 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.4C, 3.4E, 3.5 Fig. 19D, 3.5A, 3.8, 3.8B, 3.8C, 3.10A, 3.11A, 3.16B, 3 Fig. 19A, 3 Fig. 19B, 3 Fig. 19C, 3 Fig. 19E

•CCSS - RF.3.3, RF.3.3A, RF.3.3D, RF.3.4C, RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6

Set 2:

•Alphabetical order

•Antonyms & synonyms

•Author’s purpose

•Cause & effect

•Character relationships

•Context clues

•Contractions

•Determining meaning of words using root words & affixes

•Drawing conclusions

•Genres – autobiography, biography, drama, expository text, fiction, informational text, literary nonfiction, poetry

•Main idea

•Making inferences using textual evidence

•Making predictions

•Media literacy

•Paraphrasing

•Poetry elements & structure – lyrical & free verse poetry

•Point-of-view (1st & 3rd person)

•Sensory images

•Sequence & summarize events

•Story elements – plot, point-of-view, theme

•Summary

•Syllables

•Using guide words

•Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:

•TEKS - 3.1D, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C, 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.4C, 3.4E, 3.5A, 3.6A, 3.7A, 3.8A, 3.8B, 3.9A, 3.10A, 3.16B, 3 Fig. 19A, 3 Fig. 19D, 3 Fig. 19E, 3 Fig. 19F

•CCSS - RF.3.3, RF.3.3A, RF.3.3D, RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.8

Set 3:

•Author’s purpose

•Cause & effect

•Context clues

•Drawing conclusions

•Genres – advertisements, drama, expository text, informational text, letters, literary nonfiction, persuasive, procedural, realistic fiction, webpages

•Identifying facts & details that support the main idea

•Imagery

•Making inferences using textual evidence

•Media literacy

•Sensory images

•Sequence & summarize events

•Synonyms & antonyms

•Text features

•Using a dictionary/glossary

•Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:

•TEKS - 3.2B, 3.4B, 3.4C, 3.12A, 3.13A, 3.13B, 3.13C, 3.13D, 3.16B, 3.Fig.19A, 3.Fig.19B, 3. Fig.19C, 3.Fig.19D, 3.Fig.19E, 3.Fig.19F

•CCSS - RF.3.4C, RI.3.1, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.8

Instructions are included for 4 methods of review: task cards review in centers/groups/pairs/individuals, a SCOOT game, Quiz-Quiz-Trade, and a "Be the Teacher" game.

We hope you enjoy them, and we’d love to hear your feedback! :)

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~Heather & Ashley

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