About these warm-ups
What they are. Each warm-up gives students a short draft and three or four tasks: notice, revise, compare, and explain. Most ask students to write, not to pick A, B, C, or D. Plan on about five minutes each. That time is an estimate and has not been tested in classrooms.
Where the skills come from. The five skills for each grade come from a study of the 32 released STAAR Reading Language Arts tests from 2023 to 2026. They are the revising skills that appeared most often. Editing skills (spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar) are left out on purpose.
What they are not. These are original practice items written for this tool. They are not released STAAR questions, and the people and places in them are made up. The skill names are ours, not official TEKS labels.
Using the teacher answer. Sample responses are examples, not the only right answers. Accept any response that meets the look-fors and keeps the writer's meaning.
The four stages. Within a skill, warm-ups move from Notice and explain to Supported repair, Compare and defend, and Independent transfer.