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TAAS Objectives and Related TEKS

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DOMAIN: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

The student will respond appropriately in a written composition to the purpose/audience specified in a given topic.

(4.15) Writing/purposes. The student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes and in a variety of forms.

Provide samples of different forms of writing.

The student is expected to:
(B) write to influence, such as to persuade, argue, and request (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(C) write to inform, such as to explain, describe, report, and narrate (4-8)

Research projects.

The student is expected to:
(D) write to entertain, such as to compose [humorous poems or] short stories (4-8)

Share poetry and short stories through read alouds. Discuss.

The student is expected to:
(E) exhibit an identifiable voice in personal narratives and in stories (4-5)

The student is expected to:
(F) choose the appropriate form for his/her own purpose for writing, including [journals,] letters, [reviews, poems,] narratives, and instructions (4-5)

The student will organize ideas in a written composition on a given topic.

(4.19) Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing.

The student is expected to:
(B) develop drafts by categorizing ideas, organizing them into paragraphs, and blending paragraphs within larger units of text (4-8)

Graphic Organizers from NewsBank's Big 6 tools.

The student is expected to:
(C) revise selected drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining, and rearranging text (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(D) revise drafts for coherence, progression, and logical support of ideas (4-8)

TAAS Objective 3 - Grade 4 Writing
The student will demonstrate control of the English language in a written composition on a given topic.

(4.16) Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation. The student composes original texts, applying the conventions of written language, such as capitalization, punctuation, and penmanship, to communicate clearly.

Publication center. House student written work on display in the library.

The student is expected to:
(B) capitalize and punctuate correctly to clarify and enhance meaning, such as capitalizing titles, using possessives, commas in a series, [commas in direct address,] and sentence punctuation (4-5)

(4.17) Writing/spelling. The student spells proficiently.

Dictionary /Thesaurus instruction.

The student is expected to:
(D) spell accurately in [final ] drafts (4-8)

(4.18) Writing/grammar/usage. The student applies standard grammar and usage to communicate clearly and effectively in writing.

Read orally to students.

The student is expected to:
(A) use regular and irregular plurals correctly (4-6)

Ruth Heller's Books

The student is expected to:
(B) write in complete sentences, varying the types, such as compound and complex, to match meanings and purposes (4-5)

The student is expected to:
(C) employ standard English usage in writing for audiences, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun referents, and parts of speech (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(D) use adjectives (comparative and superlative forms) and adverbs appropriately to make writing vivid or precise (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(F) use conjunctions to connect ideas meaningfully (4-5)

The student is expected to:
(G) write with increasing accuracy when using apostrophes in contractions, such as it's, and possessives, such as Jan's (4-8)

Share stories that use punctuation correctly with apostrophes such as contractions.

The student is expected to:
(H) write with increasing accuracy when using objective case pronouns such as "Dan cooked for you and me." (4-5)

(4.19) Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing

Student writing center.

The student is expected to:
(E) edit drafts for specific purposes such as to ensure standard usage, varied sentence structure, and appropriate word choice (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(H) proofread his/her own writing and that of others (4-8)

Dictionary /Thesaurus skill lessons

TAAS Objective 4 - Grade 4 Writing
The student will generate a written composition that develops/supports/elaborates the central idea stated in a given topic.

(4.18) Writing/grammar/usage. The student applies standard grammar and usage to communicate clearly and effectively in writing.

Hyperstudio project.

The student is expected to:
(D) use adjectives (comparative and superlative forms) and adverbs appropriately to make writing vivid or precise (4-8)

Share stories that use adjectives and adverbs, Ruth Heller books, to help tell the story. Have students identify these parts of speech and discuss how they could use them in their writing.

The student is expected to:
(E) use prepositional phrases to elaborate written ideas (4-8)

(4.19) Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing

The student is expected to:
(B) develop drafts by categorizing ideas, organizing them into paragraphs, and blending paragraphs within larger units of text (4-8)

Graphic Organizers.

The student is expected to:
(C) revise selected drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining, and rearranging text (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(D) revise drafts for coherence, progression, and logical support of ideas (4-8)

TAAS Objective 5 - Grade 4 Writing
The student will recognize appropriate sentence construction within the context of a written passage.

(4.18) Writing/grammar/usage. The student applies standard grammar and usage to communicate clearly and effectively in writing.

The student is expected to:
(B) write in complete sentences, varying the types, such as compound and complex, to match meanings and purposes (4-5)

The student is expected to:
(F) use conjunctions to connect ideas meaningfully (4-5)

(4.19) Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing.

The student is expected to:
(C) revise selected drafts by adding, elaborating, deleting, combining, and rearranging text (4-8)

TAAS Objective 6 - Grade 4 Writing
The student will recognize appropriate English usage within the context of a written passage.

(4.18) Writing/grammar/usage. The student applies standard grammar and usage to communicate clearly and effectively in writing.

The student is expected to:
(C) employ standard English usage in writing for audiences, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun referents, and parts of speech (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(D) use adjectives (comparative and superlative forms) and adverbs appropriately to make writing vivid or precise (4-8)

The student is expected to:
(H) write with increasing accuracy when using objective case pronouns, such as "Dan cooked for you and me." (4-5)

TAAS Objective 7 - Grade 4 Writing
The student will proofread for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors within the context of a written passage.

(4.16) Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation. The student composes original texts, applying the conventions of written language, such as capitalization, punctuation, and penmanship, to communicate clearly.

Student writing center.

The student is expected to:
(B) capitalize and punctuate correctly to clarify and enhance meaning, such as capitalizing titles, using possessives, commas in a series, [commas in direct address,] and sentence punctuation (4-5)

(4.17) Writing/spelling. The student spells proficiently.

The student is expected to:
(A) write with accurate spelling of syllable constructions, including closed, open, consonant before -le, and syllable boundary patterns (3-6)

The student is expected to:
(B) write with accurate spelling of roots, such as drink, speak, read, or happy, inflections such as those that change tense or number, suffixes such as -able or -less, and prefixes such as re- or un- (4-6)

The student is expected to:
(D) spell accurately [in final drafts] (4-8)

(4.18) Writing/grammar/usage. The student applies standard grammar and usage to communicate clearly and effectively in writing

The student is expected to:
(G) write with increasing accuracy when using apostrophes in contractions such as it's and possessives such as Jan's (4-8)

(4.19) Writing/writing processes. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing.

The student is expected to:
(H) proofread his/her own writing and that of others (4-8)

D. Underlined text
Underlined text indicates that this portion of the student expectation is not tested in this objective but is tested in another objective.

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