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This English language arts and reading web page provides clarification, guidance, and support to English language arts and reading stakeholders, including districts, schools, parents, educators, and students, for the development and implementation of the K鈥12 English language arts and reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Announcements

Stakeholder Engagement Sessions: We are pleased to announce that the reading language arts team at 性十八.cc is implementing an initiative to expand information-sharing and engagement with reading language arts stakeholders across the state. Stakeholders include parents, teachers, administrators, staff members, local board members, and the general public.

It is our hope that these virtual, online meetings will allow us to connect with stakeholders to learn more about their needs and to share relevant and timely information with them. Each session will have a different informational focus related to reading language arts.

Please see the topics, schedule, and registration links for the stakeholder engagement summer sessions below.

Spanish Language Arts and English as a Second Language

  • June Stakeholder Engagement Session
    Topic: Chapter 128, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English as a Second Language: Frequently Asked Questions
    Date, Time, and Registration Link: Tuesday, June 18, at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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  • July Stakeholder Engagement Session
    Topic: Beginning-of-Year Assessments for Elementary School and Middle School Students
    Date, Time, and Registration Link: Tuesday, July 23, at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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English Language Arts

  • July Stakeholder Engagement Sessions
    Topic: Required Beginning-of-Year Assessments for Elementary School and Middle School Students
    Dates, Times, and Registration Links:
    Monday, July 22, at 10:00-11:00 a.m.
    Wednesday, July 24, at 2:30-3:30 p.m.

English Language Arts & Reading TEKS

The links below provide access to the web-based version of the current English language arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), which are the state standards for what students should know and be able to do. You can also access a PDF version of the TEKS.

TEKS Guide

The purpose of the is to help teachers understand each student expectation in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and to provide valuable resources to support instruction. Currently, the TEKS Guide includes resources for K-8 English Language Arts and K-6 Spanish Language Arts.

Vertical Alignment

The following vertical alignment documents were created to reflect the alignment of the new English and Spanish language arts and reading TEKS across grade levels, kindergarten 鈥 grade 12.

Grade 7 Reading Instruments

In accordance with the TEC, 搂28.006(c-1), each school district and open-enrollment charter school is required to administer at the beginning of Grade 7 a reading instrument adopted by the commissioner to each student whose performance on the assessment instrument in reading administered under TEC, Section 搂39.023(a), to the student in Grade 6 who did not demonstrate reading proficiency, as determined by the commissioner. The district shall administer the reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's recommendations under the TEC, 搂28.006(a)(1).

For more information and to view the 2023-2027 Commissioner's List of Approved Grade 7 Reading Instruments, visit the Grade 7 Reading Instruments web page.

Recent English Language Arts Communications

The recent newsletters and updates below have been shared with stakeholders by the 性十八.cc reading language arts team.听

Additional 性十八.cc Web Pages Related to English Language Arts and Reading

Commemorative Weeks and Months

  • Each year, during the week that includes September 17, Texas schools honor Celebrate Freedom Week (TEC 搂 29.907) to highlight the values and ideals on which the United States was founded as well as the sacrifices that were made for freedom in the founding of the country. Students learn about the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. 听Students also examine the relationship between the ideas in these documents and subsequent American history.
  • Celebrate Freedom Week听web page
  • Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans who trace their heritage to Latin America or Spain. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period. The following websites provide instructional materials, activities, and lessons that can be used to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and to support instruction in .
  • Hispanic Heritage Month web page
  • Each year, during February, we celebrate the history and cultural contributions of African Americans in the United States. Students learn about the achievements, perspectives, struggles, and experiences of African Americans throughout more than 400 years of American history. The following websites provide a variety of lessons, activities, and instructional materials that can be used to honor African American History Month and to support instruction in and other social studies courses throughout the year.听
  • Black History Month web page
  • SB 1828 was passed in 2019 in acknowledgment of the Holocaust鈥檚 ongoing significance. SB 1828 instructs the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) to develop or approve materials for public schools for a statewide Holocaust Remembrance Week. Counseled by the Commission, the Governor鈥檚 Office selected the week of January 27th as the date for Remembrance Week. (International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, which is the date that Auschwitz was 鈥渓iberated鈥 by Allied troops.)
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Please from the Reading Language Arts team.

Reading Language Arts and Social Studies Team

Jim Doris
Social Studies/Reading Language Arts Director

Tamara Robert
Reading Language Arts Content Specialist

Tim Bryant听
K-8 Reading Language Arts & Social Studies Content Specialist

Guiomar And煤jar
Spanish Content Specialist

Jenny Gaona听
Social Studies Content Specialist