How do I prepare students for the STAAR test?
How do I prepare students for the STAAR test?
Resources that fit
Units that build the skills STAAR samples
Middle grades math and reading units with tiered practice and written justification built in; tap any cover for the full preview, contents and price.
Algebra Basics – Daily Warm-up Exercises for Expressions & Variables | Math Starter Resource | GRADE 5–9
Algebra Basics – Ratio, Proportion and Percentage | Math Foundations Workbook | GRADE 5–9
Binomial Distribution & Probability Experiments – Grades 7-10
Algebra Basics – Real Numbers Explained | Number Sets and Foundations Workbook | GRADE 5–9
Algebra – Daily Warm-up Exercises | Bell Ringers & Quick Practice | GRADE 5–9
Step by step
How to do it in the classroom
- Teach readiness standards to masterySpend the most instructional time on readiness standards, and use supporting standards to revisit them in fresh contexts.
- Practice on a screenSTAAR is online, so run some tasks in the tools students will meet: equation editor, drag and drop, hot spot.
- Write a little every weekShort constructed responses now appear across subjects, so make a five-line written answer a normal weekly habit.
- Use interim data to regroupRun the interim, then reteach your two weakest reporting categories in small groups instead of reviewing everything again.
What's covered
What each download contains
These are teaching units rather than test packets, which is why they hold up from September through April.
- Worksheets on four levels
- Editable PowerPoint slides
- Full answer keys
- Lesson plan with timings
- Print and digital formats
Make it work for everyone
Differentiation and progress evidence
Use the lower tiers in your intervention block and the upper tiers for on-level instruction, so nobody sits through a task they mastered in October. Keep one dated sample per tier in a student folder. When a parent or an administrator asks what happened between the December interim and April, the folder answers before you do.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
How much test prep is too much?
If a whole week disappears into practice tests you have traded instruction for familiarity. Little and often works better: fifteen minutes on an unfamiliar item type or a constructed response, two or three times a week, on top of a full TEKS-based lesson. Depth of teaching moves scores, and drilling formats does not.
What in the STAAR redesign actually changes my teaching?
Three things matter day to day. No more than three quarters of the points come from multiple choice, so students have to produce answers rather than pick them. Writing is assessed at every tested grade. And passages are cross-curricular, so a reading test can lean on science or social studies knowledge students may not have.
Are these official STAAR practice materials?
No. Teach Lessons has no connection to the Texas Education Agency and nothing here is approved by them. The units are written to the concepts and skills the TEKS covers, which is what STAAR samples. For released items and the on-screen practice tools, use the state's own Texas Assessment site alongside these.
Build the skills, not just the format
Start with one unit and let it carry a whole reporting period.
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