4th Grade - STAAR Wars Writing Bundle
Don’t wait until right before the end-of-year STAAR or other state assessment to get your students ready for the test! Prepare them each 6 weeks of school with our STAAR Wars 4th Grade Writing Task Cards! This bundle includes sets 1-6 for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th 6 weeks of school!
Each set includes 24 task cards aligned with 4th grade writing and language TEKS and common core standards and are perfect for assessing where your students are and where you need to go for the next 6 weeks of school.
Instructions are included for 4 methods of review: task cards review in centers/groups/pairs/individuals, a SCOOT game, Quiz-Quiz-Trade, and a "Be the Teacher" game.
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, 4.22BCCSS: 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© 2015 Watson Works, LLC. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or distributed in any form or by any means (mechanically, electronically, recording, etc.) without the prior written consent of Watson Works, LLC. Purchasing this product in digital form from the Watson Works store on TeachersPayTeachers.com licenses one teacher to use this product in his/her classroom or for personal use. Additional licenses must be purchased for additional teachers to use this product. Made in the USA. All rights reserved.