100% Aligned with STAAR Standards for Reading Comprehension! These books are designed to prepare your students for the Reading portion of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). Many states measure achievement in reading by assessing student progress on benchmark objectives identified in their state standards. The state of Texas is one of those states. This book provides teachers with a variety of reading passages and questions that help assess student knowledge of reading standards tested on the STAAR. This practice book provides reading passages that consist of narrative text, expository text, and mixed passages. Expository passages include informative, biographical, autobiographical, and how-to selections. Mixed passages put two different kinds of writing together in one selection. Questions follow each passage. Each question is designed to assess a specific STAAR standard. Teacher Editions contain an answer key which tells you the type of passage, higher level vocabulary found in each passage, each standard tested along with its correct answer, and a list of possible extension activities. Teacher Editions also include a bibliography and a reading benchmark standards matrix showing which passage assesses which standards. Each of these workbooks provides hours of on-grade-level reading comprehension practice. Passages range in readability to allow for differentiated instruction. The grades 3-8 Reading Comprehension titles are great test preparation tools. These books are also great for home schooling!

These workbooks have been designed to serve as test preparation tools for students getting ready for the STAAR assessments.Each question is now aligned to the Texas reading objectives.The passages have also been modified to match the format and content that students can expect to see on the STAAR.Each of our grades 3–8 titles also offers a guided introductory section designed to help students learn strategies to succeed on assessment tests.A variety of grade-level-appropriate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry passages are each coupled with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Students are given the opportunity, through the open-ended questions, to practice their writing skills, although not part of the STAAR Reading Test.In grades 5–8, students will find some passages about Texas, as well as general interest passages.Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions.Our new reading comprehension books are even more effective test preparation tools than ever before! Great for home schooling as well!

These workbooks have been designed to serve as test preparation tools for students getting ready for the STAAR assessments.Each question is now aligned to the Texas reading objectives.The passages have also been modified to match the format and content that students can expect to see on the STAAR.Each of our grades 3–8 titles also offers a guided introductory section designed to help students learn strategies to succeed on assessment tests.A variety of grade-level-appropriate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry passages are each coupled with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Students are given the opportunity, through the open-ended questions, to practice their writing skills, although not part of the STAAR Reading Test.In grades 5–8, students will find some passages about Texas, as well as general interest passages.Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions.Our new reading comprehension books are even more effective test preparation tools than ever before! Great for home schooling as well!

100% Aligned with STAAR Standards for Reading Comprehension! These books are designed to prepare your students for the Reading portion of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). Many states measure achievement in reading by assessing student progress on benchmark objectives identified in their state standards. The state of Texas is one of those states. This book provides teachers with a variety of reading passages and questions that help assess student knowledge of reading standards tested on the STAAR. This practice book provides reading passages that consist of narrative text, expository text, and mixed passages. Expository passages include informative, biographical, autobiographical, and how-to selections. Mixed passages put two different kinds of writing together in one selection. Questions follow each passage. Each question is designed to assess a specific STAAR standard. Teacher Editions contain an answer key which tells you the type of passage, higher level vocabulary found in each passage, each standard tested along with its correct answer, and a list of possible extension activities. Teacher Editions also include a bibliography and a reading benchmark standards matrix showing which passage assesses which standards. Each of these workbooks provides hours of on-grade-level reading comprehension practice. Passages range in readability to allow for differentiated instruction. The grades 3-8 Reading Comprehension titles are great test preparation tools. These books are also great for home schooling!

The fully aligned Rise & Shine STAAR Prep Science workbooks - now available for grade 5 and 8 - provide students with hours of practice in all areas covered by the Texas Standards. Our STAAR Science titles are 100% aligned with STAAR standards for science. Each workbook is directly aligned to the STAAR objectives. The questions match the format that students can expect to see on STAAR exams. Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the STAAR science exam format before walking into the test. Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the STAAR exam. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as targeted skill for those questions. Our science workbooks are the most effective test preparation available today.Great for home schooling as well!

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COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS/SBACReading Comprehension Develops Reading Skills Essential to Success on New Common Core Assessments Connecticut has adopted the Common Core State Standards. The Common Core Standards for Reading include:• Key Ideas and Details• Craft and Structure• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas• Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityNow practice in all these skills is available in Queue's new CCSS/Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Reading Comprehension Workbooks. It's time to start getting your students ready for these new standards, and the new tests that will go along with them. And there is no better preparation for this brave new world than these outstanding workbooks! Great for home schooling!Available for Grades 3–5