English Language

Arts & Reading

TEKS

There will be a common assessment midway through our training

How to Make your

Foldable

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND READING

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND READING

English Language Proficiency

Standards

College & Career Readiness

Standards

40% of Texas college freshman require remedial courses in reading, writing & math

ELAR TEKS: Five Strands

Reading

Writing

Oral & Written Conventions Research

Listening & Speaking

Take a minute to flag your materials….

Reading Strand begins on page 5

Writing Strand begins on page 31

Oral & Written Conventions begins on page 43

Research Strand begins of page 55

Listening & Speaking Strand begins on page 61

TAGLINE

Strand

Component

Knowledge & Skill Statement

Student Expectation

Beginning Readiness

addressed in grades K - 3

print

awarene

ss

phonological

awareness

PHONICS

& strategies

Only 1 out 8 first graders who leave the grade level

below level will ever catch up with their

peers.

CAPS

PAPI

Romanett

es

But good teachers know that word study doesn’t stop in 3rd grade.

On Campus materials for teaching the

beginning readiness skills

Reading/Beginning Reading/Strategies K-3 (page13)notice that second grade 3A includes foreshadowing and 3B includes supporting answers with evidence from text

Reading/Fluency K-8 (page 13)notice that the TEK no longer specifies number of WCPM per grade level, so CISD will maintain what we already have in placealso notice the interchanging words text/stories due to different groups writing each grade level

Reading/Vocabulary Development K- 12 (page 13)notice that first grade 6A mentions verbs and nouns and it is never

mentioned again

Reading Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre K-12 (page 15)notice that kindergarten 6A mentions elements of a story and it is never mentioned again

The next few pages address poetry, drama, sensory language and media literacy