1. Grade 4th Grade Reading Assessment
Eligible Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division Fall 2011

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3. Same Verb Used at Depth of Knowledge Levels
1.6C determine what words mean from how the are used in a sentence either heard or read 2.5B use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple meaning words 3.4B use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words in distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs 4.2 B use context of the sentence (e.g., in-sentence example or definition) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple words meaning words B use context (e.g., in-sentence restatement) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words;
Verb
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Use
Using the words from the list, look up the definition in the dictionary.
How would you match the following words to their meaning?
Using a set of prefixes, suffixes, and root words students will create new “nonsense” words. Students will select one of their new words and develop a short paragraph that provides context clues to help a reader understand what the new word means.
Select words from the word wall and a create graphic organizers that demonstrates synonyms and word phrases that could be used to describe the words. In pairs create a madlib (ridiculous story created when you fill in the blanks with word or word phrases) leaving strategic blanks where the original vocabulary word would be used or placed. Students will exchange their madlib with another pair of students who will fill in the blanks using synonyms from their brainstorming. Students will discuss how the context of their stories changed and will write a short paragraph comparing/contrasting how the stories changed.
From a select group of words students will brainstorm possible uses of the words. They will create a radio, online, magazine, newspaper or television advertisement to sell one of the words to the class. Using a rubric students will evaluate each other on whether the context of their ad supports the use of word and whether the format selected supports the appropriate use of that word.

4. Same Verb Used at Depth of Knowledge Levels
K.7A Students are expected to respond to rhythm and rhyme in poetry through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word sounds
1.8A Students are expected to respond to and use rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry.
2.7A Students are expected to describe how rhyme, rhythm, and repetition interact to create images in poetry
3.6A Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).
4.4A Students are expected to explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse).
5.4A Students are expected to analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems
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5. Implications for Teaching
Let’s complete a “quick” analysis of the test design
Examining STAAR
Implications for Teaching
Number of
Non-linguistic Representation charts, pictures, photos, diagrams, captions, etc.
Information that is italicized, highlighted bolded, etc. ,
Identify the type of genres tested
Number of 3rd Grade Aligned SEs
Number of 2nd Grade Aligned SEs
Number of 1st Grade Aligned SEs
Number of Kinder Aligned SEs
Comments:
DOK Levels 1 2 3 4
Total

6. “Think Around” the question and capture all thoughts by jotting down what is being said.
In order for a 4th grade student to be able to master this question what does the student need to know?

7. Let’s look at Vertical Alignment
In order for a 4th grade student to be able to master this question what does the student need to know?
Let’s look at Vertical Alignment
2011 5th Grade STARR Mathematics Released Item~Question 1
5th Grade Figure 19 (4,3,2,1K) Reading/Comprehension Skills : Students us a flexible range of metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent reading to understand an author’s message. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts as they become self-directed, critical readers. The student is expected to:
Kinder
First Grade.
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
(D) Make inferences based on the cover, title, illustrations, and plot
(D) Make inferences
about text and
use textual
evidence to
support
understanding
(D) Make
inferences

8. CSCOPE Performance Indicators
Please note that Fig. 19 D is assessed through performance
indicators in every unit. Only a few were selected for this activity
2nd Grade CSCOPE Performance Indicators
3rd Grade CSOPE Performance Indicators
4th Grade CSOPE Performance Indicators
Unit 3 Second Nine Weeks.
After listening to two stories written by the same author, complete a story map for each. . With a partner, compare the story maps and discuss the literary elements in each story. Individually, select one character and list distinguishing features (e.g., traits, motivations, and feelings) to describe him or her. . (2.Fig19B, 2.Fig19D, 2.Fig19F; 2.3A, 2.3B; 2.9A, 2.9B)
Unit 4 Third Nine Weeks
Write multiple brief notebook entries to record thoughts, connections, and/or strategies that deepen understanding of text and media. Provide textual evidence to support ideas. ( 2.Fig19D, 2.Fig19F; 2.3A, 2.3B, 2.3C; 2.13A; 2.14C; 2.16A; 2.19C)
Unit 5B Fourth Nine Weeks
Unit 1 First Nine Weeks
Write multiple entries including thoughts, connections, and/or strategies that deepen understanding of fictional texts and media. Provide evidence from the text to support
ideas. (3.Fig19A, 3.Fig19B, 3.Fig19C, 3.Fig19D, 3.Fig19E; 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C; 3.11A; 3.20C)
Unit 3 Second Nine Weeks
Locate and read multiple texts on a topic of personal interest. Use text features to locate important information. On a poster, sort and categorize the information gathered from the texts. Include 2 or more relevant text features on the display. (3.Fig19A, 3.Fig19B, 3.Fig19C, 3.Fig19D, 3.Fig19E, 3.Fig19F; 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C; 3.4B; 3.12A; 3.13A, 3.13B, 3.13D; 3.25A, 3.25B; 3.26Aii, 3.26A
Unit 4B Third Nine Weeks
After reading and/or viewing an advertisement, identify the topic and author’s purpose. In a paragraph, identify what the author is trying to persuade you to think or do, explain how the techniques used influence the message and
provide text evidence. Share your paragraph with a partner or small group. (3.Fig19C, 3.Fig19D; 3.12A; 3.14A; 3.16B; 3.20C) 1E, 1H; 2F; 3E,iii, 3.26B, 3.26C)
Unit 2 First Nine Weeks
After reading a play or script, complete a graphic
organizer that describes the structural elements of
dramatic literature and provide text evidence including dial (4.Fig19D; 4.5A)
After reading an expository text, select a small section of the text to read aloud to a small group. Using appropriate conventions, describe how the information in the section is related (e.g., cause/effect, compare/contrast, sequential order and/or main idea/detail) and whether the author was explicit or implicit in showing the relationship between ideas. (4.1A; 4.Fig19A, 4.Fig19C, 4.Fig19D; 4.11C; 4.28Aogue.
Gather information about your topic by skimming and scanning, and taking simple notes on note cards from the resources listed on your three-column chart. Sort the information gathered into categories to focus (i.e. narrow) your research topic. Write a topic sentence that establishes the central idea about your narrowed research
topic.(4.Fig19A, 4.Fig19B, 4.Fig19C; 4.Fig19D, 4.Fig19E, 4.Fig19F; 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.11D; 4.18Ai; 4.24Ai, 4.24Aii, 4.24Aiii, 4.24B, 4.24C, 4.25A)

9. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Taught in
CSCOPE
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Supporting
4th Fig.19(D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
(Note: 4.7-)Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
Level 2-Making inferences and drawing conclusions from text. For example, in paragraphs 1-8, it describes all of Lady Birds’ concerns, but in paragraph 8 “The Highway Beautification Act” stands out as one of the main concerns.
What part of the SE is being tested?
Students need to draw conclusions and make inferences.
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Students must have good comprehension skills and be able to draw conclusions
(Students need to distinguish the good reasons from the best reasons given from the text).
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Drawing Conclusions (I)
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?\
The reader can tell that_____________________

10. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Taught in
CSCOPE
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Supporting
4th Fig.19(D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
(Note: 4.7-)Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
Level 2-Making inferences and drawing conclusions about the information. For example,, reading paragraphs 1-9 it gives the student an overview of what the rest of the passage will be about, but in paragraph 10, it highlights one of the most important points of inspiring others.
What part of the SE is being tested?
Students need to make inferences and draw conclusions about text.
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Students need to use their comprehension skills and draw conclusions in order to answer this type of question.
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
None
Contextual Vocabulary
Inspire
How is it being tested?
Which sentence shows that__________________?

11. Taught in CSCOPE Supporting 4th Fig.19D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
(Note: 4.7-)Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

12. Taught in CSCOPE Supporting 4th Fig.19E (3, 2, 1, K)
Summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order(Literary Nonfiction, Poetry and Drama)
(Note: 4.7-)Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

13. Taught in CSCOPE Supporting 4th Fig.19D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama
(Note:4.8)Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the author's use of similes and metaphors to produce imagery
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

14. Taught in CSCOPE Supporting 4th Fig.19D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama
(Note: 4.7) Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

15. Taught in CSCOPE 1st and 3rd nine weeks Supporting 4.4 A (3.4A, 2.5A)
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse)
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

16. Taught in CSCOPE 1st and 3rd nine weeks Supporting 4.4 A (3.4A, 2.5A)
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse)
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

17. Taught in CSCOPE 1st nine weeks Supporting 4th Fig.19D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama
(Note 4.4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse)
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

18. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Taught in
CSCOPE
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine weeks
Readiness
4.2B (3.4B, 2.5B, 1.6C)
Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:
(B) use the context of the sentence (e.g., in-sentence example or definition) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple meaning words;
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

19. Taught in CSCOPE 2nd, 3rd, 4th nine weeks Readiness
4.11 A (3.13A, 2.14A, 1.14A, K.10A)
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) summarize the main idea and supporting details in text in ways that maintain meaning;
DOK: Level (Evidence).
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

20. Taught in CSCOPE Readiness 4th Fig.19D (3, 2, 1, K)
Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding(Literal Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama
(Note: 4.11) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

21. Taught in CSCOPE Readiness
4th Fig. 19F (3, 2, 1, K) Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

22. Taught in CSCOPE Readiness
4th Fig. 19F (3, 2, 1, K) Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?

23. Taught in CSCOPE Readiness
4th Fig. 19F (3, 2, 1, K) Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.
DOK: Level (Evidence)
What part of the SE is being tested?
What do the students need to know in order to answer the question?
Academic Vocabulary
Write (S) if it is stated and (I) if it is implied
Contextual Vocabulary
How is it being tested?