A tiered "Field Log" worksheet for the 6th and 8th-grade combined STAAR Blitz, featuring context clue work, evidence hunting, SCR (RACE method), and ECR blueprinting.
A teacher-facing guide for assessing oral reading fluency. Includes the simplified version of the text with updated word counts for easier scoring and tracking.
A student-facing reading fluency worksheet featuring a simplified contemporary news article about "micro-forests." Polysyllabic words have been replaced to improve reading rate for students at an 8th-grade level.
An answer key and scoring guide for the Surgical Analysis Worksheet, including rationales and a PCR rubric.
A revised comprehensive literary analysis practice worksheet featuring a high-quality passage and IAR-style questions (EBSR and PCR) with expanded writing space.
A high-rigor cross-reference matrix for teachers and students, outlining the complexity shift between Grade 6 and Grade 8 reading skills for vocabulary, theme, structure, and evidence analysis.