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STAAR ECR Yearly Plan

By What We Did Today in ELA

This is a month-by-month plan for teaching ECRs throughout the school year. It includes the 4 steps for ECR success as well as grade level calendars to pace out ECR instruction. Fill-in templates are also included for teachers/teams to create their

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Professional Documents, Professional Development

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ECR End of School Essay

By What We Did Today in ELA

Here's a End-of-Year activity that helps students reflect on their learning this school year while also reviewing the ECR question format and the essay text structure.This STAAR-like ECR informational essay prompt can be projected on your

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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ECR Essay for Back to School

By What We Did Today in ELA

Here's a Back-to-School activity that helps you learn more about your students while also reviewing the ECR question format and the essay text structure. This STAAR-like ECR informational essay prompt can be projected on your smartboard, assigned to

Subjects:

Writing-Essays, Back to School, Informational Text

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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ECR Beginning of the Year Activity

By What We Did Today in ELA

This activity is a great way to introduce the foundation of an informational ECR (writing a well-organized central idea) while learning more about your students at the beginning of the school year. These interactive discussion cards lead students to

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Writing, Writing-Essays, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

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STAAR ECR Correspondence Practice or Assessment - Requesting Information

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Correspondence writing is eligible for ECR STAAR Assessment beginning at 6th grade. Give your students more ECR practice using this informational text and STAAR-like ECR essay correspondence prompt to make ECR essay writing practice easy.You can

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ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Assessment, Professional Development

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STAAR ECR Argumentative Essay or Assessment - Bugs for Dinner

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Give your students more ECR practice using this argumentative text and STAAR-like ECR essay prompt to make ECR essay writing practice easy. You can project the slide on your smartboard or assign it to students for independent practice or a quick ECR

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ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Assessment, Professional Development

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STAAR ECR Argumentative Essay Practice or Assessment - A Big Dinner

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Give your students more ECR practice using this simple argumentative text and STAAR-like ECR essay prompt to make ECR essay writing practice easy. The reading selection is short to help students focus on writing.You can project the slide on your

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ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Assessment, Professional Development

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STAAR ECR Informational Essay Practice or Assessment - What is Bullying?

By What We Did Today in ELA

Give your students more ECR practice using this informational text and STAAR-like ECR essay prompt to make ECR essay writing practice easy. You can project the slide on your smartboard or assign it to students for independent practice or a quick ECR

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Assessment, Professional Development

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ECR Essay Goal Setting Sheets for Writing Conferences

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These ECR Goal Setting Sheets are perfect for goal setting writing conference notes. Written in the format of an ECR question prompt to aide students in connecting the conference notes to their ECR writing. This file includes 2 ECR Essay Goal

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ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

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Let's Talk About It! Literacy Station

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Are you noticing that some of your students need more conversation practice? "Let's Talk About It" is a literacy station that makes conversation fun.This download includes everything you need to get your Let's Talk About It! station created and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Games, Centers

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Author's Purpose TEKS Vertical Alignment K-5

By What We Did Today in ELA

A quick 1-page reference for the Author's Purpose TEKS at grades K-5.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Handouts, Professional Documents, Professional Development

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Author's Purpose Drag n Drop Anchor Chart

By What We Did Today in ELA

The Author's Purpose Drag n Drop Anchor Chart is a quick, easy, and interactive tool to help you design a quality anchor chart with student participation in a digital format. Just project the PowerPoint on your smartboard, then drag n drop the

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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STAAR ECR Essay Practice or Assessment - How Animals Communicate with Humans

By What We Did Today in ELA

Give your students more ECR practice using this simple informational text and STAAR-like ECR essay prompt to make ECR essay writing practice easy. The reading selection is short to help students focus on writing. You can project the slide on your

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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Folktales Drag n Drop Anchor Chart

By What We Did Today in ELA

The Folktales Drag n Drop Anchor Chart is a quick, easy, and interactive tool to help you design a quality anchor chart with student participation in a digital format. Just project the PowerPoint on your smartboard, then drag n drop the pieces as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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SCR Practice or Assessment - The Garden Club

By What We Did Today in ELA

Do your students need more SCR/ reading response practice? This simple fiction text and STAAR-like SCR prompt makes early SCR essay practice easy.You can project the slide on your smartboard or assign it to students for independent practice or a

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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STAAR ECR Essay Practice - How to Write a Claim/Central Idea Sentence

By What We Did Today in ELA

The claim/central idea sentence is the most important part of the ECR Essay. This slide deck has everything you need to get your students to ace writing a claim/central idea sentence. There are slides that address what prompts ask, what words to use

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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STAAR ECR Essay Practice Activity or Assessment - Matt's Big Day

By What We Did Today in ELA

Do your students need more ECR practice? This simple fiction text and STAAR-like ECR informational essay prompt makes early ECR essay practice easy. You can project the slide on your smartboard or assign it to students for independent practice or a

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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STAAR ECR Essay Frames

By What We Did Today in ELA

ECR Essay Frames are like MadLibs© for ECR essays! Essay frames are great for introducing ECR essay writing and/or as a scaffold for kids who need more support with ECR essay writing. Project them on your smartboard for classroom modeling or allow

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Professional Development, Lesson

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Typing Practice Cards for ECR Phrases

By What We Did Today in ELA

Typing practice cards to help their ECR essays! Turn these color-coded sheets into a ring of typing practice cards for studentswho need them. Ask students to decide which phrases they want/need to practice and create their ring based on their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities

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Text Structure TEKS Vertical Alignment K-5 for STAAR

By What We Did Today in ELA

A quick reference for the text structure TEKS for grades K-5. Although a specific text structure (or 2) are referenced in each grade level band, all the text structures mentioned in previous grade levels are also eligible for testing on STAAR.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Test Preparation

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Professional Documents

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