Welcome to the TEKS Guide where the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills are
explained. Use this tool to study each student expectation in detail, learn what
a student should know and be able to do, and access resources to support students
in reaching mastery of the standard. This tour will provide you with an overview
of the components currently available in the new TEKS Guide. Let's get started on
the search page you will need to select a subject. Currently Reading Language
Arts is available for both English and Spanish. Select the grade level that you
would like to view. We will select 3rd grade. And then you can select a strand.
You can now select any student expectation to learn about that SE. Once
on the SE page you will be able to view a short TEKS Talk video that will
explain the strand the SE belongs to. You will also see the knowledge and skill
statement and the student expectation. When you hover your cursor over the
underlined text you will see the explanation of the term or phrase.
You will see three or four tabs for each student expectation. We will briefly walk
through each tab. On the Overview tab in addition to the student expectation you
will see one example of how to measure student proficiency of the standard.
Examples will either be released STAAR items or formative assessment activities.
Note that you can click on the circles with arrows to collapse or expand
content. For STAAR items, you can click on the title to view the
related passage. You can click on Show Answer to view the correct answer and an
explanation for why it is correct, as well as explanations for why the other
answer choices are incorrect. When you click on show Further Explanation, you
will see information about how the item assesses the standard. Glossary Support
provides the explanations that appear with the SE and may include additional
glossary terms for those who are less familiar with the standards. Supporting
Information will show the related SE from the 2009 version of the
standards if there is one. Research that supports instruction in this SE is
also provided. The next tab is Alignment.
Information in the Alignment tab helps teachers make connections within and
among the student expectations. You can access each in the drop down menu in the
top right-hand portion of the page. First the vertical alignment shows related
knowledge or skills in other grade levels. You will see related SEs in the
grade levels above and below the SE you are studying. You can click on previous
grade to see SEs down to kindergarten and next grade will show you SEs through
high school.
You can click on an SE for a related grade level to view the page for that
standard in a new window. This takes you to the SE for second grade. You can then
go back to the original SE. The Focal Points are intended to show the multiple
connections among student expectations within the grade level. The SEs can be
viewed in three additional categories: Foundational Skills, Oral and Written
Comprehension, and Oral and Written Expression. An SE might include one, two,
or three categories. On a Focal Point page, you can see the SE you are studying
in bold along with the other SEs in the related category. You can click on any of
the SEs to go to their specific pages.
Breakouts allow you to visualize each component of a student expectation. You
can click on the plus symbol to view each distinct part of the SE. This SE is
made up of four component parts.The Resources tab provides access to
resources to support instruction in the SE.There are three to four resources
subcategories. SE Specific resources are the most directly related to the student
expectation at this grade level. SE Related resources are also related to
the SE but may apply to multiple grades or the grade level above or below.
The Dyslexia resources category includes resources to support students with
Dyslexia. General resources provide information that is more broadly related
to the content of the SE. Finally Related Instructional Materials show the
instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education for the grade
level and identify the percent of essential knowledge and skills addressed
as well as the percent of English Language Proficiency Standards addressed in each
set of materials. At any time you can go back to the search page to begin
exploring a different SE. Thank you for taking the TEKS Guide tour. You are now
ready to explore the TEKS Guide on your own