These rigorous, higher-level thinking questions are made in STAAR format, have multiple choice answers, and address these skills:
SET 1:
•Combining ideas
•Complete sentences – subject & predicate
•Expository text understanding
•Introductory & concluding sentences
•Personal narrative text understanding
•Plurals
•Pronoun-antecedent agreement
•Proper nouns
•Quotation marks
•Root words & affixes
•Spelling
•Subject-verb agreement
•Transition words
•Verbs
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18C, 4.20Ai, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21Cii, 4.22Ai, 4.22B
CCSS: L.4.1A, L.4.1B, L.4.1F, L.4.2, L.4.2A, L.4.2B, L.4.4B, W.4.1A, W.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.3C, W.4.3E
SET 2:
•Adverbs
•Capitalization – historical events, city/state, book titles
•Combining ideas
•Commas in compound sentences
•Comparative/superlative adjectives
•Complete sentences – subject & predicate
•Double consonants in middle of words
•Expository text understanding
•Homophones
•Introductory & concluding sentences
•Irregular plurals
•Personal narrative text understanding
•Plurals
•Possessives
•Prepositions
•Pronoun-antecedent agreement
•Quotation marks
•Root words & affixes
•Simple/compound sentences
•Spelling
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15A, 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18C, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Aiv, 4.20Av, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21Bi, 4.21Biii, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22Ai, 4.22Aii, 4.22Aiii, 4.22B, 4.22Bii, 4.22C
CCSS: L.4.1D, L.4.1E, L.4.1F, L.4.1G, L.4.2, L.4.2A, L.4.2B, L.4.2C, L.4.2D, L.4.3A, L.4.4B, W.4.1A, W.4.3, W.4.3C
SET 3:
•Adverbs
•Base words & affixes
•Capitalization – historical events & documents
•Combining sentences
•Commas in compound sentences
•Commas separating city & state
•Complete sentences – subject & predicate
•Concluding statements
•Correlative conjunctions
•Grammar/mechanics
•Homophones
•Reflexive pronouns
•Run-on sentences
•Simple/compound sentences
•Spelling
•Subject/verb agreement
•Supporting sentences with facts, details, & explanations
•Synonyms
•Topic sentences
•Transitional phrases
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20Aiv, 4.20Avi, 4.20Avii, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B.i, 4.21ci, 4.22B
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1a, L.4.1f, L.4.1g, L.4.2, L.4.2c, L.4.3a, L.4.4b, W. 4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.2e, W.4.3c
SET 4:
•Base words & affixes
•Central idea/topic sentences
•Commas in compound sentences
•Complete sentences – subject & predicate
•Concluding statements
•Grammar/mechanics
•Quotation marks
•Silent letters
•Simple/compound sentences
•Spelling
•Supporting sentences with facts, details, & explanations
•Verbs
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20Avi, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22Av, 4.22B
CCSS: L.4.1a, L.4.2, L.4.2a, L.4.2b, L.4.2c, L.4.2d, L.4.3a, L.4.4b, W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.2e, W.4.3c
SET 5:
•Central idea/topic sentences
•Concluding statements
•Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling
•Revise drafts for coherence, organization, use of simple & compound sentences, and audience
•Supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1a, L.4.1g, L.4.2, L.4.2c, L.4.3a, W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.2e, W.4.3c
SET 6:
•Adding & deleting words/sentences
•Combining sentences
•Concluding statements
•Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling
•Revise drafts for coherence, organization, use of simple & compound sentences, and audience
•Transition words/phrases
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1a, L.4.2, L.4.2a, L.4.2c, L.4.3a, W.4.1a, W.4.2e, W.4.3c, W.4.5