TEKS/TAKS Support

 

The library program at Shands Elementary helps prepare students for the TAKS test by:

  • discussing literary elements and writer's craft with all grade levels during read alouds
  • providing research experiences for all grade levels that incorporate critical thinking skills and higher level questioning
TEKS/TAKS-Based Library Activities
Kindergarten 1st grade

Research question: How are Thanksgiving and Christmas similar? How are they different?

 

 

 Research question: Which president was best - Washington or Lincoln? Why?
2nd grade 3rd grade
 

Research question: Which animals would need to live in the rain forest? Why?

Discussion of character development in Ramona the Pest

Locate non-fiction books according to Dewey Decimal number

 

 
4th grade 5th grade
Research question: Which animals are best suited to the various geographic areas of Texas? Why?

Research question: You are sailing to America on a ship in 1682. Which trade will you learn when you arrive? Why?

 

 
6th grade  

Research question: How do the people in Africa adapt to the various geographic regions?