SETS 1-6 BUNDLE 4th Grade STAAR Reading Review Task Cards New ELAR TEKS

With the implementation of the new ELAR TEKS this year, you need a resource to help your students prepare for the test. For school years 2019-20 and 2020-21, students will only be assessed on overlap standards (those standards that are included in both the 2009 TEKS and 2017 TEKS) per TEA; this resource is aligned to those overlap standards, and it will be updated if necessary in 2021 for the 2021-22 school year when more 2017 standards are assessed. (Note: only set 1 is updated to the new standards, but sets 2-6 will be updated and added to this bundle soon.)

We firmly believe that the best test prep starts in August. To effectively review, you should begin preparing students during the 1st 6 weeks of school, and our favorite way to test prep is with our STAR READY Task Cards©!

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This BUNDLE includes sets 1-6 for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th 6 weeks of school. Each set includes 24 task cards aligned with 4th grade reading TEKS and common core standards and are perfect for assessing where your students are and where you need to go for the each 6 weeks of school.

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

Set 1:

(aligned to New ELAR TEKS)

• Author’s purpose/message
• Character relationships, traits, interactions, & changes
• Characteristics of children’s literature
• Context clues to determine relevant word meaning
• Creating mental images
• Determining the meaning of words using root words & affixes
• Genres – drama, fairy tales, informational, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, procedural
• Imagery & figurative language (alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification)
• Main idea
• Making inferences & drawing conclusions
• Making predictions
• Plot elements
• Point of view (1st & 3rd person)
• Theme/lesson/message
• Using a dictionary/glossary
• Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:

• 2019 TEKS: 4.3A, 4.3B, 4.3C, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.6F, 4.8A, 4.8B, 4.8C, 4.9A, 4.9B, 4.10A, 4.10D, 4.10E
• CCSS: L.4.4.B, L.4.4.C, L.4.5, L.4.5.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.4, RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.6

Set 2:

(aligned to New ELAR TEKS)

• Author’s craft
• Author’s purpose
• Author’s use of language
• Cause & effect
• Character relationships, traits, interactions, & changes
• Context clues to determine relevant word meaning
• Determining the meaning of words using root words & affixes
• Drama elements
• Evaluating details to determine key ideas
• Figurative language – similes
• Genres – autobiography, biography, drama, informational, literary nonfiction, realistic fiction
• Imagery
• Making inferences & drawing conclusions
• Making predictions
• Plot elements
• Point-of-view
• Sequence & summarize events
• Text features
• Text organization/structure
• Using a dictionary/glossary
• Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:

• 2019 TEKS: 4.3A, 4.3B, 4.3C, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.6F, 4.6G, 4.8B, 4.8C, 4.9B, 4.9C, 4.9D, 4.9Dii, 4.10A, 4.10D, 4.10E
• CCSS: L.4.4.B, L.4.4.C, L.4.5.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.5, RL.4.6

**Updates for sets 3-6 coming soon!**

Set 3:

• Author’s purpose
• Cause & effect
• Compare & contrast
• Context Clues
• Drawing conclusions
• Fact& opinion
• Genres – autobiography, biography, expository, informational, letters, literary nonfiction, outlines, personal narrative, procedural, realistic fiction, webpages
• Imagery
• Implied purpose
• Main idea & supporting details
• Making inferences using textual evidence
• Media literacy
• Paired stories
• Sensory images
• Sequence & summarize events
• Text features
• Timelines
• Using a dictionary/glossary
• Venn diagrams
• Vocabulary

Standards Covered:

• TEKS - 4.2B, 4.2E, 4.3A, 4.3B, 4.10A, 4.10 Fig. 19D, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.11 Fig. 19D, 4.11 Fig. 19E, 4.12A, 4.13 Fig. 19D, 4.Fig.19A, 4.Fig.19B, 4.Fig.19F
• CCSS - RF.4.4c, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RI.4.9, RL.4.1, RL.4.3

Set 4:

• Analogies
• Author’s purpose
• Cause & effect
• Compare & contrast
• Context Clues
• Describe interaction of characters (relationships & changes)
• Drawing conclusions
• Fact & opinion
• Genres – advertisements, biography, drama, expository, historical fiction, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, procedural, realistic fiction
• Imagery
• Implied purpose
• Influence of plot’s main events on future events
• Making inferences using textual evidence
• Media literacy
• Paired stories
• Poetry – structural elements & form
• Sensory images
• Sequence & summarize events
• Text features
• Theme
• Timelines
• Vocabulary

Standards Covered:

• TEKS - 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3A Fig.19D, 4.4A, 4.5 Fig. 19D, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.10A, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.14B, 4.19F
• CCSS - RI.4.1, RI 4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.7

Set 5:

• Affixes & root words
• Analogies
• Characters – interactions, relationships, & changes they undergo
• Cause & effect
• Context Clues
• Drawing conclusions
• Fiction – structure & elements
• Genres – advertisements, biography, drama, expository, historical fiction, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, procedural, realistic fiction
• Imagery
• Implied purpose
• Influence of plot’s main events on future events
• Literary nonfiction – structure & elements
• Main idea & supporting details
• Making inferences using textual evidence
• Media literacy
• Outlines
• Poetry – structural elements & form
• Sensory images
• Sequence & summarize events
• Text features
• Theme
• Timelines
• Vocabulary

Standards Covered:

• TEKS - 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3A Fig. 19D, 4.6 Fig. 19E, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.7 Fig. 19D, 4.10A, 4.11A, 4.11C, 4.11D, 4.14 Fig. 19D, 4.14B Fig. 19D
• CCSS - RF.4.3.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5

Set 6:

• Affixes & root words
• Analogies, using knowledge of synonyms and antonyms
• Author’s purpose
• Characters – interactions, relationships, & changes they undergo
• Cause & effect
• Compare/contrast
• Conflict
• Context Clues
• Drawing conclusions
• Fact & opinion
• Fiction – structure & elements
• Genres – advertisements, expository, informational, literary nonfiction, poetry, realistic fiction
• Implied purpose
• Influence of plot’s main events on future events
• Literary nonfiction – structure & elements
• Making connections between literary and informational texts with similar ideas and provide textual evidence
• Making inferences using textual evidence
• Media literacy
• Poetry – structural elements & form
• Point-of-view – First or Third Person
• Sensory images
• Sequence & summarize events
• Text features
• Vocabulary

Standards Covered:

• TEKS - 4 Fig. 19F, 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.2C, 4.3 Fig. 19D, 4.4A Fig. 19D, 4.6 Fig. 19E, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7 Fig. 19D, 4.10 Fig. 19D, 4.11 Fig. 19D, 4.11A, 4.11B, 4.11C, 4.14 Fig. 19D
• CCSS - RF.4.3.A, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.6, RL.4.9

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.

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