5th Grade Analysis Essay

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1. Take the STAAR Reading 5th grade released test. Did you miss any of the questions? Why do you think some 5th graders would have trouble with it? (40-60 words)

I did miss several questions, but if I’m being honest I think the main reason why I missed those questions was because I got bored. The passages are tedious and I strongly believe that they are mainly testing my ability to take a test, rather than the knowledge I possess. I think this is the main reason why 5th graders are struggling to achieve good scores on these tests.

2. Read the STAAR Reading 5th Grade analysis document. List 4 of the TEKS for which fewer than 70% of students got the question wrong. (40-60 words)

TEKS 5.6 (E) Summarize and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts

TEKS 5.6 (D) Make inferences about …show more content…

TEKS 5.11 (C) Analyze how the organizational pattern of a text (e.g., cause‐and‐effect, compare‐and‐contrast‐, sequential order, logical order, classification schemes) influences the relationships among the ideas (13)

3. For each of the TEKS identified in #2, suggest a product or performance assignment that would help these students master that TEKS? Justify your use of each assignment (20-40 words each)

TEKS 5.6 (E) I will separate the students into groups of four. They will work cooperatively to finish a graphic organizer. This graphic organizer will include the main idea (the how and the why), significant details of the text and a brief summary.

TEKS 5.6 (D) I will divide the students into groups. Then I will pass out a sheet of paper with different sentences that will convey different tones. Students will need identify the tone by writing a few sentences that explain what tone is being used. Also, they need to back up their answers by providing textual