Supplemental TEKS Guide
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Our Supplemental TEKS Guide connects the standards you're teaching with the support your students need. Choose your grade level and search by TEKS code or keyword to discover the resources available for reading, writing, revising, or editing, including Triplet Slide Decks, interactive games, workbooks, children's books, songs, and practice tools. We'll direct you to the related resources across our website so you can spend less time searching and more time growing confident readers and writers.| TEKS | What it says | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Strand 3: Word Wisdom | ||
| 3.3(A)1 | use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation; | Reading Games |
| 3.3(B)6 | use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words; | Reading Games Children's Books |
| 3.3(C)2 | identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as im- (into), non-, dis-, in- (not, non), pre-, -ness, -y, and -ful; and | Children's Books Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) |
| 3.3(D)9 | identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text. | Triplet Slide Decks Children's Books |
| Strand 6: Comprehension | ||
| 3.6(A)2 | establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.6(B)1 | generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information; | Triplet Slide Decks |
| 3.6(C)3 | make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures; | Triplet Slide Decks Children's Books Extra Supports |
| 3.6(D)1 | create mental images to deepen understanding; | Extra Supports |
| 3.6(E)1 | make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society; | Extra Supports |
| 3.6(F)4 | make inferences and use evidence to support understanding; | Triplet Slide Decks Reading Games Extra Supports |
| 3.6(G)2 | evaluate details read to determine key ideas; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.6(H)2 | synthesize information to create new understanding; and | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.6(I)1 | monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down. | Extra Supports |
| Strand 7: Response Skills | ||
| 3.7(A)1 | describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts; | Extra Supports |
| 3.7(B)5 | write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text; | Triplet Slide Decks Writing Games and Practice Tools |
| 3.7(C)9 | use text evidence to support an appropriate response; | Reading Games Writing Games and Practice Tools |
| 3.7(D)2 | retell and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order; | Reading Games Extra Supports |
| 3.7(E)2 | interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating; | Reading Games Extra Supports |
| 3.7(F)2 | respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate; and | Extra Supports |
| 3.7(G)2 | discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning. | Extra Supports |
| Strand 8: Literary Elements | ||
| 3.8(A)5 | infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic; | Triplet Slide Decks Reading Games Writing Games and Practice Tools Children's Books Extra Supports |
| 3.8(B)2 | explain the relationships among the major and minor characters; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.8(C)1 | analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution; and | Extra Supports |
| 3.8(D)3 | explain the influence of the setting on the plot. | Triplet Slide Decks Children's Books Extra Supports |
| Strand 9: Genres | ||
| 3.9(A)2 | demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, legends, and myths; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.9(B)2 | explain rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements such as stanzas in a variety of poems; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.9(C)1 | discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, setting, and acts; | Extra Supports |
| 3.9(D)3 | recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: | Triplet Slide Decks Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.9(D)(i)2 | the central idea with supporting evidence; | Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.9(D)(ii)2 | features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding; and | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.9(D)(iii)1 | organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution; | Extra Supports |
| 3.9(E)3 | recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by: | |
| 3.9(E)(i)1 | identifying the claim; | Triplet Slide Decks |
| 3.9(E)(ii)1 | distinguishing facts from opinion; and | Triplet Slide Decks |
| 3.9(E)(iii)1 | identifying the intended audience or reader; and | Triplet Slide Decks |
| 3.9(F)0 | recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts. | |
| Strand 10: Author's Purpose and Craft | ||
| 3.10(A)2 | explain the author's purpose and message within a text; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.10(B)2 | explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose; | Triplet Slide Decks Extra Supports |
| 3.10(C)1 | explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes; | Triplet Slide Decks |
| 3.10(D)4 | describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes; | Reading Games Extra Supports |
| 3.10(E)4 | identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view; | Reading Games Extra Supports |
| 3.10(F)1 | discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and | Extra Supports |
| 3.10(G)4 | identify and explain the use of hyperbole. | Triplet Slide Decks Reading Games Extra Supports |
| Strand 11: Writing Process | ||
| 3.11(A)2 | plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping; | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(B)3 | develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by: | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)8 | revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity; | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)9 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: | Writing Games and Practice Tools Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) |
| 3.11(E)0 | publish written work for appropriate audiences. | |
| 3.11(A)(i)2 | plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(B)(i)2 | develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(B)(ii)3 | develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including a conclusion | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(B)(iii)2 | develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea with relevant details | Songs (Writing Process and Morphology) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(i)8 | revise drafts to improve sentence structure | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(ii)8 | revise drafts to improve word choice | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(iii)8 | revise drafts by adding ideas for coherence | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(iv)8 | revise drafts by deleting ideas for coherence | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(v)8 | revise drafts by combining ideas for coherence | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(vi)8 | revise drafts by rearranging ideas for coherence | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(vii)8 | revise drafts by adding ideas for clarity | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(viii)8 | revise drafts deleting ideas for clarity | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(ix)8 | revise drafts combining ideas for clarity | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(C)(x)8 | revise drafts by rearranging ideas for clarity | 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(E)(i)0 | publish written work for appropriate audiences | |
| 3.11(D)(i)8 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete simple sentences with subject-verb agreement | Writing Games and Practice Tools Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(ii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete compound sentences with subject-verb agreement | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(iii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including past verb tense | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(iv)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including present verb tense | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(v)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including future verb tense | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(vi)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including singular nouns | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(vii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including plural nouns | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(viii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including common nouns | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(ix)8 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including proper nouns | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) |
| 3.11(D)(x)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including adjectives, including their comparative forms | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xi)8 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including adjectives, including their superlative forms | Writing Games and Practice Tools Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including adverbs that convey time | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xiii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including adverbs that convey manner | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xiv)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including prepositions | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xv)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including prepositional phrases | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xvi)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including pronouns, including subjective [case] | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xvii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including pronouns, including objective [case] | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xviii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including pronouns, including possessive [case] | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xix)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xx)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including coordinating conjunctions to form compound predicates | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxi)8 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including coordinating conjunctions to form compound sentences | Writing Games and Practice Tools Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including capitalization of official titles of people | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxiii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including capitalization of holidays | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxiv)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including capitalization of geographical names | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxv)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including capitalization of geographical places | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxvi)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxvii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxviii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks, including commas in compound sentences | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxix)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation marks, including commas in items in a series | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxx)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxxi)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic rules | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| 3.11(D)(xxxii)7 | edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate high-frequency words | Children's Books 25 Game Books (Editing and Revising) Extra Supports |
| Strand 12: Composition Genres | ||
| 3.12(A)1 | compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and craft; | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(B)5 | compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft; | Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.12(C)0 | compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and | |
| 3.12(D)1 | compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters. | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(A)(i)1 | compose literary texts, including personal narratives, using genre characteristics | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(A)(ii)1 | compose literary texts, including personal narratives, using craft | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(A)(iii)1 | compose literary texts, including poetry, using genre characteristics | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(A)(iv)1 | compose literary texts, including poetry, using craft | Extra Supports |
| 3.12(B)(i)5 | compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea | Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.12(B)(ii)5 | compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using genre characteristics | Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.12(B)(iii)5 | compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using craft | Writing Games and Practice Tools Extra Supports |
| 3.12(C)(i)0 | compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics | |
| 3.12(C)(ii)0 | compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using craft | |
| 3.12(D)(i)1 | compose correspondence | Extra Supports |