*ALIGNED WITH MOST UPDATED ELAR TEKS!*
**WE’VE ADDED SET NUMBERS TO EACH TASK CARD TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SETS.**

Don’t wait until right before the end-of-year STAAR or other state assessment to get your students ready for the test! Begin preparing them the 1st 6 weeks of school with our 1st set of STAAR Wars 3rd Grade Reading Task Cards! Each card in this set includes a QR code that links to the answer, making them easy to use for self-checking and reading centers/stations.

This product includes 24 task cards aligned with 3rd grade reading TEKS and common core standards for reading / literature / informational text / foundational skills and are perfect for assessing where your students are and where you need to go for the next 6 weeks of school.

These rigorous, higher-level thinking questions are made in STAAR format, have multiple choice answers, and address these skills:
•Alphabetical order
•Antonyms & synonyms
•Author’s purpose
•Character relationships
•Context clues
•Drawing conclusions
•Figurative language –similes
•Genres – biography, drama, fiction, informational text, myths, poetry, procedural text, nonfiction
•Imagery
•Making inferences using textual evidence
•Making predictions
•Media literacy
•Paraphrasing
•Poetry elements & structure – lyrical & free verse poetry
•Point-of-view (1st & 3rd person)
•Sensory images
•Sequence & summarize events
•Story elements – point-of-view, theme
•Summary
•Syllables
•Using a dictionary/glossary
•Using reading strategies to comprehend a variety of texts & support answers with textual evidence

Standards Covered:
•TEKS - 3.1, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C, 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.4C, 3.4E, 3.5 Fig. 19D, 3.5A, 3.8, 3.8B, 3.8C, 3.10A, 3.11A, 3.16B, 3 Fig. 19A, 3 Fig. 19B, 3 Fig. 19C, 3 Fig. 19E
•CCSS - RF.3.3, RF.3.3A, RF.3.3D, RF.3.4C, RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6

2 Methods for Review:

Task Cards:
Teacher Preparation:
• Download a QR reader to your smart device(s).
• Print & cut out each card (cardstock is recommended) per pair/group/individual.
• Laminate cards so that they can be used again and again (optional).
• Print an answer sheet per student/group/pair and pass out to students.
• Store cards in a plastic baggie or punch a hole in the top corner of each card and place them on a ring.
• Divide class into groups/pairs or have them work individually.

Students should:
• Read each task card.
• Record their answers for each one on the answer sheet with the corresponding number.
• Check their answers using a QR reader on a smart device.
• Shade/circle the check mark for each problem they answered correctly or the X for the problems they answered incorrectly.

SCOOT:
Teacher Preparation:
• Print & cut out 1 copy of each card (cardstock is recommended).
• Laminate cards so that they can be used again and again (optional).
• Print an answer sheet per student and pass out to students.
• Place 1-2 cards on each desk face down (depending on number of students & time available to play). You may want to put the # on the back of each card to make it clearer for students which question/answer they are working on.

Directions for Play:
• Students flip over the task card(s) and answer the question(s), writing the answer(s) on their answer sheet.
• When you yell “scoot,” they flip the card(s) back over and move to the next question/desk.
• Once everyone has gone to each desk and gotten a chance to answer each question, you can end the game.
• Review the answers they wrote on their answer charts. Allow a student to scan each QR code & check together as a class. Or, allow students to self-check their responses using a QR reader on a smart device in groups/pairs or individually depending on the number of devices you have available to use.
• Students should shade/circle the check mark for each problem they answered correctly or the X for the problems they answered incorrectly.

We hope you enjoy them, and we'd love to hear your feedback! :)