NEW TEKS K-8

Proposed TEKS English I-IV

Dee Jordan

ELA Specialist

Region 7 ESC

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Reading & Writing

Direct Connection

Design of New TEKS

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Strands Work Together - listening, speaking, reading, and writing using multiple texts

• Developing and Sustaining Foundational Language Skills
• Comprehension Skills
• Response Skills
• Multiple Genres
• Author’s Purpose and Craft
• Composition
• Inquiry & Research

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Taking a Look at the Strands and Sub-Strands

• Developing and Sustaining Foundational Language Skills
• Oral Language (K-12)
• Beginning Reading and Writing (K-5)
• Vocabulary (K- 12)
• Fluency (1-8)
• Self-Sustained Reading (K-12)
• Comprehension Skills (K-12) - Multiple Texts
• Response Skill (K-12) - Multiple Texts
• Multiple Genres (K-12) - Multiple Texts
• Literary Elements
• Genres
• Author’s Purpose and Craft - Multiple Texts
• Composition (K-12)
• Writing Process
• Genres
• Inquiry & Research (K-12) - Multiple Texts

Implementation:

• K-8 in 2019/2020
• 9-12 in 2020/2021

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Online Draft of TEKS: Vertical Alignment

Draft Vertical Alignment Document

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First Reading of English I-IV

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