4th Grade STAAR Practice

GRADE 4

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Contents

Introduction to Texas Test Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

SCORING CHARTS

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Writing: Revising and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

READING

Reporting Category 1: Understanding and Analysis Across Genres

Section 1: Roots and Affixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Section 2: Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Section 3: Multiple-Meaning Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section 4: Dictionary and Glossary Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Section 5: Fictional and Real Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Section 6: Make Connections Across Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts

Section 7: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Section 8: Compare and Contrast Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Section 9: Elements of Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Section 10: Elements of Drama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Section 11: Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Section 12: Character and Point of View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Section 13: Sensory Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts

Section 14: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Section 15: Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Section 16: Text Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Section 17: Text Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Section 18: Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Section 19: Graphic Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

TEKS

4.2(A) 4.2(B) 4.2(B) 4.2(E) 4.7(A) Fig. 19(F)

4.3(A) 4.3(B) 4.4(A) 4.5(A) 4.6(A) 4.6(B), 4.6(C) 4.8(A)

4.11(A) 4.11(B) 4.11(C) 4.11(D) 4.13(A) 4.13(B)

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Reporting Categories 2 and 3: Cross-Category Skills

Section 20: Media Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Section 21: Make Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Section 22: Summarize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

WRITING: REVISING AND EDITING

Reporting Category 2: Revision

Section 23: Revise for Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Reporting Category 3: Editing

Section 24: Nouns and Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Section 25: Adjectives and Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Section 26: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Section 27: Pronouns and Conjunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Section 28: Complete Subjects and Predicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Section 29: Subject-Verb Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Section 30: Transition Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Section 31: Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Section 32: Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Section 33: Spelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

WRITING: WRITTEN COMPOSITION

Reporting Category 1: Composition Reporting Category 2: Revision

Section 34: Develop Drafts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Support a Central Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Stay on Topic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Revise Drafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Section 35: Writing Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

TEKS

4.14 Fig. 19(D), 4.10 Fig. 19(E)

4.15(C)

4.20(A)(i), (ii) 4.20(A)(iii), (iv) 4.20(A)(v) 4.20(A)(vi), (vii) 4.20(B) 4.20(C) 4.20(A)(viii) 4.21(B) 4.21(C) 4.22(A)

4.15(A) 4.15(B) 4.15(C) 4.15(C) 4.15, 4.17, 4.18

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ANSWER SHEETS

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Writing: Revising and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

ANSWER DOCUMENTS

Writing: Written Composition Planning Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Writing: Written Composition Answer Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

REVIEW ANSWER KEYS

Reading Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Writing: Revising and Editing Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Writing: Written Composition Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PRACTICE ANSWER KEYS

Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Writing: Revising and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Writing Rubrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Grade 4 TEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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Introduction to Texas Test Support

This book is designed to reinforce and provide additional practice for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) that are eligible for assessment on the Grade 4 STAAR Reading and Writing tests.

The book includes sections that familiarize students with the types of passages and items they may encounter on the Grade 4 STAAR Reading and Writing tests. For additional practice with full-length tests, use the Texas Treasures Benchmark Assessments.

The sections in this book are aligned directly with the TEKS that are eligible for assessment on the STAAR. Each section includes a review of the skill and a passage with items to practice the skill.

Each Reading section includes: A review of the skill Multiple-choice and/or short-response review items A practice reading selection in STAAR format and style Multiple-choice items in STAAR format and style

Each Writing: Revising and Editing section includes:

A review of the skill Multiple-choice and/or short-response

review items A practice selection that represents

student writing with errors in STAAR format and style Multiple-choice items in STAAR format and style

The two Writing: Written Composition sections include:

A review of composition skills with an introduction to the writing prompts found on the Grade 4 STAAR Writing test

Short-response review items 4 personal narrative writing prompts in

STAAR format and style 4 expository writing prompts in STAAR

format and style

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How to Use This Book

Each section in Texas Test Support addresses a specific skill to provide students with a chance for review and practice. You may choose to follow the order in which the sections appear, or you may prefer to move between the Reading and Writing sections. Alternatively, when other Treasures assessments indicate a need for further instruction in specific skill areas, you may choose the sections of this book that address those needs.

This book is not intended to be used as an assessment tool. Rather, its purpose is to provide review and practice with specific isolated tested skills and to familiarize students with the skills and questions they may encounter on the Grade 4 STAAR Reading and Writing tests. Its administration can therefore be viewed as instruction as opposed to formal assessment.

Review Answer Keys begin on page 223.

Practice Answer Keys begin on page 230. Use the Scoring Charts on pages viii and ix to record your students' scores on the practice questions. These charts can help you track the sections the students have completed, as well as your students' overall mastery of each skill.

Answer Sheets are provided on pages 218 and 219.

For the writing prompts, Planning Pages and an Answer Document are provided on pages 220?222. Please note that the Written Composition portion of the Grade 4 STAAR Writing test now allows only ONE page for student responses. If a student submits a longer composition, only the first page of content will be scored.

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Reading Scoring Chart

READING Tested Skills

Assessed ELAR TEKS

# Correct

Notes

Reporting Category 1: Understanding Across Genres

Roots and Affixes

4.2(A)

/ 6

Context Clues

4.2(B)

/ 6

Multiple-Meaning Words

4.2(B)

/ 6

Dictionary and Glossary Skills

4.2(E)

/ 4

Fictional and Real Events

4.7(A)

/ 3

Make Connections Across

Fig. 19(F)

/ 6

Texts

Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts

Theme

4.3(A)

/ 6

Compare and Contrast

4.3(B)

/ 3

Characters

Elements of Poetry

4.4(A)

/ 6

Elements of Drama

4.5(A)

/ 6

Plot

4.6(A)

/ 6

Character

4.6(B)

/ 4

Point of View

4.6(C)

/ 2

Sensory Language

4.8(A)

/ 6

Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts

Main Idea and Details

4.11(A)

/ 5

Fact and Opinion

4.11(B)

/ 6

Text Structure

4.11(C)

/ 6

Text Features

4.11(D)

/ 6

Sequence

4.13(A)

/ 6

Graphic Features

4.13(B)

/ 6

Reporting Categories 2 and 3: Cross-Category Skills

Media Literacy

4.14

/ 6

Make Inferences

Fig. 19(D)

/ 6

Summarize

Fig. 19(E)

/ 5

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