October Newsletter Heading near the end of quarter 1 With your BOY data in, here are some FREE resources you can use to supplement instruction, pushing students to Meets and Masters! Number Talks Number talks are short routines to help student build number sense and operational fluency. Resources include operations and fractions. Mystery Number Challenges Get students talking by posing mystery number challenge. Each challenge has multiple correct answers and incorporates a variety of grade...

This post specifically looks at how number lines can be used to use number lines to solve problems. Read more about TEKS Tools and their rationale here. Number Pairs Number lines, the second TEKS Tool, account for around 20% of each 4th grade STAAR test. Within this tool are many uses: representing and comparing fractions, interpreting number pair relationships, and solving problems involving rounding and the operations. The main function of a number line is to show the relationship between...

Using a modified version of the statewide item analysis report, I examined the readiness standards that had less than 60% mastery. Each standard has both an analysis of the items themselves to infer what made them so difficult and instructional implications for educators to ensure a more successful 2027 STAAR test. Standard # of items % mastery 3.4K 1 20 3.7B 2 25.5 3.5B 1 29 3.3F 1 36 3.5E 2 45 3.6A 2 47 3.2A 1 52 Access the slide deck here. Learn how TEKS Tools can help students succeed in...