About the TEKS

Good morning!

You will notice in the Reader's Notebook pictures that I am including charts with the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) curriculum on them.

These are the actual standards the state requires I teach your child in fourth grade reading.  We have them for every grade and in every subject.

As part of a new initiative we are teaching students the exact wording of the TEKS so they know exactly what is expected of them to know by the end of fourth grade.

The charts we are learning include across the top the verb that the state wants the student's to be able to apply to each TEKS such as "Understand" or the biggest ones for reading "Analyze", "Infer", and "Conclude."  

In teaching these higher level thinking verbs we hope to improve test scores and student understanding of what they are learning and why they are learning it.  Each chart had something students should remember from our anchor lessons as well.

By providing this information I hope you feel more involved in what is going on in the classroom and are reassured we are learning the appropriate curriculum for fourth grade reading.

Thanks again for all that you do! :)