New TEKS Strand 4 for Instructional Staff

Drama is a new standard for Kindergarten.

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The vocabulary used for plot development in the new TEKS:

• Hasn't changed from the old TEKS to the new TEKS.

• Develops over time - problem/solution to problem/resolution and beginning, middle and end of the story to plot events.

• Looks more alignedand consistent using problem/resolution and plot elements starting as early as Kindergarten.

This TEKS moved from 3rd grade to Kinder & 1st grade - Recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do.

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Fact and opinion was moved back to 2nd grade and attached to persuasive.

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Multimodal text means:

• Texts that have three or more elements or ways to gain information.

• Texts that have more than one mode, such as print and image or print, image, sound and movement. Combine one or more of the following features in a print, physical, or digital form: language, visuals, sounds, gestures, and spatial features.

• Texts that allow you to use more than one of your senses to comprehend the text.

2nd grade will recognize characteristics of persuasive text including:

• Stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do.

• Stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do and distinguish facts from opinion.

• Stating what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do, distinguish facts from opinion, and recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

Inferring the theme of a text and supporting with text evidence is only for STAAR reading.

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This standard look very similar across the grade levels: The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.

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The standard changes focus from persuasive in Kindergarten-2nd grade to argumentative in 3rd-5th grades.

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Infer multiple themes within a text using text evidence.

This standard moved from 7th grade to 5th grade.

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