Strategies For Your Child STARR Reading and Math

STAAR Basics Reading Blueprint Category 1: Understanding Across Genres Category 2: Understanding/ Analysis of Literary text Category 3: Understanding/ Analysis of Informational Text Math Blueprint Category 1: Numbers, Operations, Quantitative Reasoning Category 2: Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning Category 3: Geometry and Spatial Reasoning Category 4: Measurement Category 5: Probability and Statistics

3 rd grade Reading Areas That Need Improvement

Weaker TEKS 3.RC(A) = Establish a purpose for reading a selected text based upon own desired outcome to enhance comprehension 3.2B = Ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other text and support answers with evidence from text 3.15A = Follow and explain a set of written multi-step directions 3.RC(B) = Ask literal, interpretive and evaluative questions of text 3.RC(C) = Monitor and adjust comprehension 3.RC(D) = Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding 3.RC(E) = Summarize information in text, maintaining meaning and logical order

Category 1: Understanding Across Genres Here are some examples of practice test questions: taar/ taar/ Students will need to know various types of genres and be able to read and understand them.

Category 2: Understand/Analysis of Literary Text A test question could look like this : 4. Which word best describes the feeling that the poet creates in this poem? – A thankfulness – B Surprise –C Confusion –D Unhappiness 3. Lines 11 through 16 are included in the poem because they — A list reasons why the speaker chose the dog B give examples of experiences shared by the speaker and the dog C explain why the dog began to ignore squirrels D tell why the speaker and the dog no longer run together

Category 3: Understanding/ Analysis of Informational Text A test question may look like this: 1 The author includes headings in bold print to — – A explain why the article was written –B describe why pictures were included in the article – C show which words are most important –D tell what information is in each section 5 Which words in paragraph 4 help the reader understand the meaning of stray? A a specific area B the small valleys C hard to locate D a busy time

Reading TIPS Make sure your child is reading and talking about what they read EVERYDAY! Ask your child questions where they have to explain. (Why? How?) Help to build your child's vocabulary by learning a new word each week and using it regularly. Encourage your child to go back into a passage and check for an answer.

3 rd grade Math Areas That Need Improvement

Weaker TEKS 3.12A = Use a thermometer to measure temperature 3.14A = Identify mathematics in everyday situations 3.10A = Locate and name points on a number line using whole numbers and fractions, including halves and fourths 3.12B = Tell and write time shown on analog and digital clock 3.14B = Solve problems that incorporate understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness 3.11C = Use concrete and pictorial models of square units to determine the area of two dimensional surfaces

Category 1: Numbers, Operations, and Quantitative Reasoning 2. Bobby ate part of a cracker during snack time at school. The picture below shows how much of the cracker Bobby has left. Which fraction shows how much of the cracker Bobby ate? A 2/1 B 2/3 C 1/2 D 1/3 3. Luther waited 50 minutes in line to buy tickets to a play. While waiting, Luther played his video game for 12 minutes and read a book for 25 minutes. The rest of the time, Luther talked to his best friend Chuck. How much time did Luther spend talking to Chuck? A 38 minutes B 25 minutes C 37 minutes D 13 minutes

Category 1 Continued… 4. Mr. Garza has three kinds of animals on his farm. He has 6 dogs. He has twice as many cows as dogs. He has 3 times as many sheep as cows. How many sheep does Mr. Garza have on his farm? te.tx.us/student.as sessment/staar/ te.tx.us/student.as sessment/staar/ Release test question #8

Category 2: Patterns, Relationships and Algebraic Reasoning (The student is to use the given numbers to find a common pattern) 22, 25, 28, ___, 34, 37, 40, ___, 46 V V V V V V V V The missing numbers are 31 & 43 tate.tx.us/stude nt.assessment/s taar/ tate.tx.us/stude nt.assessment/s taar/ Questions 5 & 6

Category 3: Geometry and Spatial Reasoning 1. Name the shape and tell me the difference in the number of faces? How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?

Category 4: Measurement What is the perimeter of the picture frame using customary units? Release Test Question #9

Category 5: Probability and Statistics What is the probability of Sally picking a coin that shows tails? A.Impossible B.Certain C.Least likely D.Most likely

MATH TIPS Talk about how numbers are used in the everyday world with your child! Study basic facts with your child. Quiz them and make it a game! Help your child with their homework, because it is practice for what we do in class.

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