TAKS-Strategies.com Online

The author of this blog has put together a web site designed with the end in mind of helping TAKS teachers looking for online resources. Click Here to Visit TAKS-Strategies.com.

If you have any suggestions for the site, email vega at taks-strategies.com . Thanks for your support.

Online TAKS TEST

Teachers, you can have your students take released TAKS tests online to measure what TEKS need to be re-taught. Click Here

Essential TAKS Skills

This what you need to teach your students and this is what your students need to master before the big day.

Vocabulary and Word Identification

Root words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Context Clues
Multiple-meaning Words
Synonyms
Antonyms

Text Structures

Purpose for Reading
Form and Function
Fiction and Non-fiction
Expository Text

Literary Elements

Genres
Literary Terms
Problem/Plot/Solution
Characters
Setting
Theme
Culture

Comprehension

Background Knowledge
Prove your answers
Retelling
Summarization

Critical Thinking (HOTS)

Main Idea
Inference/Drawing Conclusions
Predictions (see PLORE)
Cause and Effect
Fact and Opinion

2006 TAKS Reading Expectations Grade Three

This time of year, teachers want to know what TEKS will be tested in February. Well, it's really no surprise that the TEKS tested this year are the same TEKS that have been tested since the inception of the TAKS in 2003. For those new teachers teaching TAKS for the first time, and for veterans too who may need a reminder, here are the student expectations for 2006.

TEKS:

3.9 (F)
3.11 (H)
3.5 (E)
3.7 (B)
3.9 (C)
3.9 (H)
3.11 (A)
3.11 (J)
3.8 (D)
3.9 (I)
3.7 (B)
3.11 (I)
3.9 (J)
3.9 (C)
3.9 (F)
3.5 (E)
3.9 (F)
3.7 (B)

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