2005 Third Grade TAKS Reading Results

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2005 Third Grade TAKS Reading Results
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Reading TAKS in grade 3
Objective 4 The student will apply
critical-thinking skills to analyze culturally
diverse written texts. (3.9) Reading/comprehension
. The student is expected to (F) make and explain
inferences from texts such as determining
important ideas, causes and effects, making
predictions, and drawing conclusions (13)
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2005 Third Grade TAKS Reading Objective 4
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Sample Question TAKS Objective 4 Critical
Thinking (Cause and Effect)
Third Grade June 2004 Release TAKS Reading
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3rd Grade CLEAR ELA.R.3.05.e. Identify causes and
effects from a piece of text. 01 Define and
give examples of causes and effects.
02 Identify explicit cause-effect
relationships in a variety of texts. 03
Identify causes and effects in narrative texts
with regard to character and plot.
04 Identify causes and effects in
expository texts in sequence/chronological and
cause-effect text structures.
05 Identify causes and effects using graphic
aids (e.g. charts, tables, illustrations, etc).
TAKS in grade 3
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Identify causes and effects from a piece of text.

Identify causes and effects from a piece of text.
TAKS Objective 4 Critical Thinking Cause and
Effect
Demonstrates comprehension after a selection is
read.
2nd ELA.R.2.05.e. SLA.R.2.05.e.
1st ELA.R.1.05.e.
SLA.R.1.05.e.
Demonstrates comprehension after a selection is
read.
K ELA.R.K.05.c. SLA.R.K.05.c.
PK ELA.R. PK.05.b SLA.R. PK.05.B.
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TAKS Objective 4 Critical Thinking
Demonstrates comprehension after a selection is
read.
PK ELA.R. PK.05.b SLA.R. PK.05.B.

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02 Identify the following in narrative
text  Characters - main character(s)  Setting
- time and place  Main events - beginning,
middle, end  Problem/Resolution (outcome) 03
Understand that illustrations carry
meaning but cannot be read.
 
01 Narrative text (e.g. folktales, nursery tales,
cumulative tales, fairy tales, stories).Expositor
y texts (e. g. nonfiction periodicals,
newsletters, picture dictionaries, nonfiction big
books, nonfiction trade books, directions).
3rd Grade CLEAR ELA.R.3.05.e. Identify causes and
effects from a piece of text. 01 Define and
give examples of causes and effects.
02 Identify explicit cause-effect
relationships in a variety of texts. 03
Identify causes and effects in narrative texts
with regard to character and plot.
04 Identify causes and effects in
expository texts in sequence/chronological and
cause-effect text structures.
05 Identify causes and effects using
graphic aids (e.g. charts, tables, illustrations,
etc).
TAKS Obj. 4 Critical Thinking
03 Make inferences from text such as cause and
effect.
ELA.R.PK.02.B. Understand narrative text
structure. 03 05
ELA.R.PK.02.A. Recognize and distinguish a
variety of text forms and genres. 02
ELA.R.PK.05.B Demonstrates comprehension after a
selection is read. 01