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Understanding
the
TEKS
Assignment 1
Spring 2011
English Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
Objective
Examine the TEKS
Align expectations
Analyze the new TAKS standards
Think back when you were in school…. What do you remember about
standardized testing during your school years.
TEKS What
are they?
Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills
They are your
BLUEPRINTS for
what you teach in
the state of Texas.
Why were TEKS developed?
Provide teachers with instructional goals at every grade level
Maintain consistency in schools throughout the state
Prepare students for the more rigorous standards of the TAKS
Promote HOTS
(Higher Order Thinking Skills)
How did they originate?
Teachers
Administrators
Community Leaders
Business Partners
Parents
Students
TEA
(Texas Education Agency)
Essential Elements (EEs)
TEKS
How are the TEKS formatted?
Introduction
Strands
-Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
The overriding concepts within each strand that the student is to leave your room knowing by the end of the year.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledges and Skills spiral
and expand throughout the
grades.
Students MUST master each
grade level knowledge and
skill to be able to be ready for
the next year’s TEKS.
Knowledge and Skills
Skills:
What the student is expected
to do to demonstrate that
she/he has mastered the
knowledge.
Knowledge and Skills
Numbering System
6.3A
Grade level Knowledge Skill
TEKS
TEXAS ESSENTIAL
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
The required student expectations for each grade
and subject area.
Information increases from grade to grade.
Curriculum begins from kindergarten through high
school.
Texas
Assessment of
Knowledge and
Skills
What is TAKS?
TAKS
TEXAS ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS
Has been developed to reflect good
instructional practice and more
accurately measure student learning.
Test objectives are “umbrella
statements” serving as headings
under which student expectations from
the TEKS are be meaningfully
grouped.
TAKS™ As mandated by the 76th Texas Legislature in 1999, the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS™) was administered
beginning in the 2002-2003 school year. The TAKS™ measures the
statewide curriculum.
Reading at Grades 3-9; in writing at Grades 4 and 7; in English Language Arts at Grades 10 and 11.
Mathematics at Grades 3-11.
Science at Grades 5,10, and 11.
Social Studies at Grades 8, 10, and 11.
The Spanish TAKS™ is administered at Grades 3 through 6.
Satisfactory performance on the TAKS™ at Grade 11 is prerequisite to a high school diploma.
TAKS – State Assessment
Grades 3 – 11
Core Areas
Graduation Criteria
Promotion Criteria
5th 2005
8th 2008
So let’s take a look at the
TEKS.
Knowledge and Skills Statement
Example from Grade 8 Social Studies, Objective 4
(8.23) Citizenship. The student
understands the importance of effective
leadership in a democratic society. The
student is expected to
(B) describe the contributions of significant political, social, [and
military] leaders of the United States such as Fredrick Douglass,
[John Paul Jones,] James Monroe, and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
Note: This broad statement describes what students should know and be
able to do . The number preceding the statement identifies the number of
the knowledge and skills statement. It is important to read the knowledge
and skills statement along with the student expectations associated with it
for a full understanding of the concept.
Student Expectation
Example from Grade 8 Social Studies, Objective 4
(8.23) Citizenship. The student understands the importance of
effective leadership in a democratic society. The student is expected to
(B) describe the contributions of
significant political, social, [and military]
leaders of the United States such as
Fredrick Douglass, [John Paul Jones,]
James Monroe, and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
Note: This specific statement describes what students should be able
to do to demonstrate proficiency in what is described in the knowledge
and skills statement. Students will be tested on skills outlined in the
student expectation statement.
[bracketed text]
Example from Grade 8 Social Studies, Objective 4
(8.23) Citizenship. The student understands the importance of
effective leadership in a democratic society. The student is expected to
(B) describe the contributions of significant political, social,
[and military] leaders of the United States such as Fredrick
Douglass, [John Paul Jones,] James Monroe, and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Note: The student expectation has been presented in its entirety for two
reasons: to clarify the link to the curriculum and to provide background
information for test items. However, bracketed text will not be
specifically tested on the TAKS.
[bracketed text]
(B) describe the contributions of significant political, social,
[and military] leaders of the United States such as Fredrick
link
Douglass, [John Paul Jones,] James Monroe, and
link
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Note: The student expectation has been presented in its entirety for two
reasons: to clarify the link to the curriculum and to provide background
information for test items. However, bracketed text will not be
specifically tested on the TAKS.
Assignment: using a pen/pencil at each
bracketed item [below or under] write “link”.
TEKS Student Expectations
Important Vocabulary
“such as”
and
“including”
2 terms are used to
help make the TEKS
student expectations
more concrete for
teachers.
“Such as”
Used when specific examples that follow it
function only as representative illustrations
that help define the expectation for
teachers.
They are just that….examples.
May use them when teaching the student
expectation, but there is no requirement to
use them.
Example: “such as…”
8.23(B) describe the contributions of significant political, social, [and military] leaders of the United States such as Fredrick Douglass, [John Paul Jones,] James Monroe, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Teachers can choose to teach about various political and social leaders in the U.S.
Student expectation lists examples of individuals to provide educators an idea of the type of leaders who may be included on the assessment.
Remember to note [bracketed material will not be tested on TAKS.]
“Including”
The term is used when the specific
examples that follow it must be taught.
However, other examples may also be
used in conjunction with those listed.
Remember…must teach items!
Example of: “including…”
8.18 (B) describe historical conflicts arising over the issue of states’ rights, including the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War.
May focus on conflicts arising over the issue of states’ rights.
Must teach Nullification Crisis and the Civil War.
Does not imply these are the only conflicts over the issue of states’ rights that should be taught and assessed.
Points to Remember
It is likely that other examples may be used
in assessment items.
Examples following the term including do
not represent all the examples possible, so
other examples may also provide the basis for
an assessment item.
General rule - example be used only if it is
central to the knowledge, concept, or skill the
item assesses.
Let’s begin looking at the
Content
ELA
Social Studies
Math
Science
ELA TEKS
Fall 2007
How do they affect me?
• Language Arts comprises 31% of the TExES certification exam
• PDAS evaluations
• Student/teacher accountability on TAKS
Knowledge and Skills
Strands of the Language Arts:
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening/Speaking
• Viewing/Representing
Reading Grades 3-8
• Objective 1
Basic understanding of texts
• Objective 2
Knowledge of literary elements
• Objective 3
Use of strategies to analyze texts
• Objective 4
Application of critical thinking skills to analyze texts
Objective 1
• Word Identification/vocabulary (e.g., structural cues, syntax, context, synonyms, antonyms, multi-meaning)
• Vocabulary (e.g., context, figurative language, multi-meaning, derivatives)
• Read from a variety of genres • Main idea or retell important events
in stories • Details • Summary
Objective 2
• Items may include:
Characterization
Setting
Story problem or plot
Problem resolution (Grades 4 & 5)
Students will not be asked questions about the
point of view from which the story is written
because this TEKS does not appear until
Grade 6
Objective 3
Grades 4 and 5
•Text structure (cause effect, chronology)
•Similarities and differences across texts (paired selections only)
•Text representations/graphic organizers
•Internal consistency or logic
•Author’s purpose
•Story variants (paired selections only)
•Author’s point of view
Objective 4
• Inferences
• Fact and opinion
• Support response with
text evidence
• Connect, compare, and
contrast ideas, themes,
or
issues across text (single
or paired selections)
• Organizational patterns
Tackling the TEKS
• TEKS 4.19A 4.19 Writing/Writing Processes. The
student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing. The student is expected to:
(A) generate ideas and plans for writing by using such prewriting strategies as brainstorming, graphic organizers, notes, and logs
4th Grade Introduction to TEKS
• Critical listening, analyze speaker’s intent
• Adapt spoken language
• Read about a variety of topics and
paraphrase text
• Follow different text structures
• Knowledge of literary elements
• Forms for writing using style and voice
• Spell and use proper sentence structure
• Use visual media
Writing/Writing Processes
What should the teacher know before beginning to teach this TEK?
1. Knowledge of writing process.
2. Familiarity with the stages in the process.
3. Purposes for the stages.
Writing/Writing Processes
What must a student be able to do to demonstrate mastery of knowledge 4.19?
• Create ideas for beginning a writing task.
• Draft ideas, revise and edit drafts
• Use technology
• Publish and proofread drafts
• Use reference materials for the writing process
Writing TAKS at Grade 4 & 7
Writing
What are some of the other parts of the writing strand?
• Purposes • Penmanship, capitalization,
punctuation • Grammar, usage • Spelling • Evaluation • Inquiry/research • Connections
Why ELA TEKS?
Reminders:
• 31% of your content test
• Meeting student needs and state expectations
• Teacher accountability for student performance
• All teachers are reading teachers!
Social Studies
TEKS
Fall 2007
Social Studies Objectives for
Grades 8, 10, and 11 Exit Level Objective 1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of
issues and events in U. S. History.
Objective 2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of
geographic influences on historical issues and events.
Objective 3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of
economic and social influences on historical issues and
events.
Objective 4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of
political influences of historical issues and events.
Objective 5: The student will use critical-thinking skills to
analyze social studies information.
Eight Stems of the Social Studies
TEKS •History
•Geography
•Economics
•Culture
•Government
•Social Studies Skills
•Citizenship
•Science, Technology/Society
Social Studies
TEKS
introduced at Kindergarten.
TEKS are built upon each year.
Some years more in depth study.
Let’s take a look.
Grade 4 - Social Studies
Overview
History of Texas from the early beginnings to the
present with the context of the influences of the
Western Hemisphere.
Texas Revolution, establishment of the Republic
of Texas, annexation to the U.S.
Important issues, events and individuals of the
19th & 20th centuries.
Grade 5 - Social Studies
Overview
History of the United States from its early beginnings
to the present with a focus on colonial times through
the 20th century.
Recite & explain the meaning of the Pledge
of Allegiance.
Leaders in national government.
Bill of Rights
Customs & celebrations of racial, ethnic &
religious groups.
Contributions of inventors & scientist.
Grade 6 - Social Studies Overview
Study people and places of the contemporary world.
Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian republics,
North America, Middle America, South
America, Southwest Asia-North Africa, Sub-
Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia,
Southeast Aria, Australia, and the Pacific
Realm.
Societies, governments, education &
religious institutions.
Students will take World Geography in the 9th Grade.
Grade 7 - Social Studies Overview
History of Texas from early times to the present.
More in depth than what was presented in Grade 4.
Native American cultures, European exploration,
eras of mission-building, colonization,
revolution, republic and statehood, influence of
U.S. Constitution to Texas Constitution, change
from agrarian to urban society, municipal,
county and state governments, scientific
discoveries and technological innovations. Use
of primary and secondary resources.
Texas History introduced at primary grades & 4th Grade
Grade 8 - Social Studies Overview
History of the United States from the early colonial
period through Reconstruction.
This section is the first part of a two-year study of U.S.
history. Second part is Reconstruction to the present.
Builds upon content presented on Grade 5, but provides
more depth.
Social Studies TAKS test at Grade 8, 10, and 11.
Students introduced to U.S. History at primary grades & 5th
Grade.
Points to Remember
It is likely that other examples may be used in
assessment items.
Examples following the term including do not
represent all the examples possible, so other
examples may also provide the basis for an
assessment item.
General rule - example be used only if it is
central to the knowledge, concept, or skill the
item assesses.
Welcome to
Mathematics TEKS
Fall 2007
Knowledge and Skills Six Strands of K-8
Mathematics
• Number, Operation and
Quantitative Reasoning
• Patterns, Relationships and
Algebraic Thinking
• Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
• Measurement
• Probability and Statistics
• Underlying Processes and
Mathematical Tools
Introduction to 5th Grade
What are the primary focal
points at Grade 5?
• Volume of geometric shapes and solids;
• Representing and interpreting data in graphs, charts and tables;
• Applying whole number operation in a variety of contexts.
How are grades 3-5 vertically
aligned?
• Students are building basic foundation of the strands.
• Algorithms are generalizations connected to concrete experiences.
• Fractions and decimals are concretely developed.
How are grades 3-5 vertically
aligned?
• Students use appropriate language and organizational structures to represent and communicate about relationships.
• Students select and use formal mathematical language to describe their reasoning.
• Numbers, standard units and measurement tools are used to solve application problems.
How are grades 3-5 vertically
aligned?
• Students organize, display
appropriately and interpret data to
make decisions and predictions and
solve problems.
• Higher order thinking skills are
necessary to show mastery of the
TEKS.
What are the problem
solving and communication
connections in
Grades 3-5? • Connect within and outside of
mathematics
• Use formal and informal reasoning
• Use the underlying processes,
technology and other
mathematical tools to develop
conceptual understanding and
solve problems.
The Verbs
in 5th Grade Mathematics
NCTM and Texas vision of
mathematics is DOING
mathematics, not listening
to some teacher lecture!!!!
Vertical Alignments
It is very
important that
you know
where your
students have
been and
where they are
going in the
curriculum.
Vertical Alignments
4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
4.6 Patterns,
relationships,
and algebraic
thinking.
The student
uses patterns
in
multiplication
and division
5.6 Patterns,
relationships,
and algebraic
thinking.
The student
makes
generalizations
based on
observed
patterns and
relationships
6.3 Patterns,
relationships,
and algebraic
thinking.
The student
solves
problems
based on
proportional
relationships.
7.3 Patterns,
relationships,
and algebraic
thinking.
The student
solves
problems
based on
proportional
relationships.
8.3 Patterns,
relationships,
and algebraic
thinking.
The student
identifies
proportional
relationships
in problem
situations and
solves
problems.
TAKS All of the TEKS for the
grade level are “fair game”
for TAKS except those
which are “performance”
oriented; for example,
verbs such as model,
build, demonstrate…
TAKS
The TAKS Test can test
previous grade level
TEKS.
TAKS Math Grades 3-11
Science TEKS
Fall
2007
The Need for Science
• Science is one of the weakest areas in
elementary, middle and high school!
• Science makes up 23% of your TExES
exam (scenarios and content questions).
• It has become a huge area in the
elementary school setting as well.
• Lowest scores in the state belong to
science!
How does this get
taught?
• Science in the classroom is based on
converting concepts into concrete
models, pictures, or examples.
• Direct lecture is not the way to go!
• Direct lecture is not the way to go!
• Direct lecture is not the way to go!
Hands On
• Lessons should be made hands on,
over 30% of the population you service
learns in the tactile kinesthetic manner
and needs this type of teaching style.
• Always start from the tactile and work
your way back to the visuals and
auditory learners.
• Make the abstract-----concrete!!!!
Things to remember when
teaching science
• Be careful not to make artificial connections.
• Be careful not to teach concepts too fast.
• Be careful about teaching too much content at one time.
• Be careful about teaching concepts in the wrong order
Science Within the
Four Areas
• Nature of Science
• Earth Science
• Life Science
• Physical Science
– These are the areas you are
responsible for on your test!!!
Strands in Science
» Nature of Science
» Constancy & Change
» Properties, Patterns, and Models
» Systems
TEKS Travels through
Curriculum
• One strand will travel from kinder
through twelfth grade, the only
difference is the amount of
information or detail that goes into at
each level.
Science Concepts
through 8th Grade
Kindergarten
The student knows that systems
have parts and are composed of
organisms and objects
1st Grade
The student knows that systems have
parts and are composed of organisms
and objects
2nd Grade
The student knows that systems have
parts and are composed of organisms
and objects
Science Concepts
through 8th Grade
3rd Grade
The student knows that systems
exist in the world
4th Grade
The student knows that complex
systems may not work if some parts
are removed
5th Grade
The student knows that a system is a
collection of cycles, structure and process
that interact
Science Concepts
through 8th Grade
6th Grade
The student knows that systems
combine with other systems to
form larger systems.
7th Grade
The student knows that an equilibrium
of a system may change
8th Grade
The student knows that cycles exist in Earth
systems and that interdependence occurs
among living systems
Nature of Science
• Lab Safety – The dos and don’ts of lab safety
• Laboratory Equipment – Beakers, flasks, tubes, burners, goggles, aprons, etc.
• Laboratory Equipment to make measurements – Rulers, scales, graduated containers, spring scales,
and other equipment.
• Scientific Process – Steps of the process
– How to interpret data
– Success vs. failure
– How to use the process effectively
– Accuracy vs. precision
– Drawing logical conclusions
Physical Science
– Force and motion and their
relationships.
– Physical properties and changes in
matter.
– Chemical properties and changes in
matter.
– Energy interactions between matter
and energy.
– Energy transformations and the
conservation of matter and energy.
Life Science
• Structure and function of living things.
• Reproduction and the mechanisms of
heredity.
• Adaptations of organisms and the theory
of evolution.
• Regulatory mechanisms and behavior.
• Relationships between organisms and
the environment.
Earth Science
• Structure and function of earth systems.
• Understand cycles in earth systems.
• Understand the role of energy in weather
and climate.
• Understand the characteristics of the
solar system and universe.
• Understand the history of earth systems
(origins).
TEKS – TAKS
Competencies - TExES
• The student TEKS look a lot like your competencies, the areas that structure your expectations, for your exam
• If you have a good understanding of the TEKS in Science for grades 4-8, then you will have a good idea of what content you are responsible for when it comes time to take your TExES exam
– TEKS---TAKS
– Competencies----TExES
Don’t forget the Scientific
Process?
• One of the weakest concepts in Science is the scientific process from K to 12!
• TAKS assessments are comprised of 1/3 of the questions coming from the Nature of Science.
• Your TExES exam also will have several questions about the process:
– Know the process!
– Know how to use it!
– Know how it would look like in the classroom!
Scientific Process
• Problem
• Hypothesis
• Research*
• Materials
• Procedures
• Data
• Conclusions
Remember your TEKS set
up the blueprint to your
lesson planning.
Welcome to
the World of Education!!
Contributors for this Presentation
Joni Vara
Courtney Ellis
Rick Jenkins
Jesse Garcia
Michele Salinas
