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TXRCFP: Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points for K-8 Mathematics Revised 2013
- Resource ID: TEA001
- Grade Range: K–8
- Subject: Math
The Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points Revised 2013 was created from the 2012 revision of the TEKS as a guide for implementation of effective mathematics instruction by identifying critical areas of content at each grade level.
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Vertical Alignment Charts for Revised Mathematics TEKS
- Resource ID: Revised_Math_TEKS_VA
- Grade Range: K–12
- Subject: Math
This resource provides vertical alignment charts for the revised mathematics TEKS.
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Representing Whole Number Quantities
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_K_001
- Grade Range: K
- Subject: Math
This activity provides an opportunity for students to represent whole numbers with pictures.
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Making Ten and Applying Properties of Operations
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_01_001
- Grade Range: 1
- Subject: Math
In these activities students will explore and identify patterns in related addition and subtractions number sentences.
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Modeling Addition and Subtraction of Two-Digit Numbers
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_02_001
- Grade Range: 2
- Subject: Math
In this activity students will model addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers.
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Determining the Perimeter of a Polygon (Series and Activity 1)
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_03_001
- Grade Range: 3
- Subject: Math
This activity provides an opportunity for students to investigate the perimeter of polygons.
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Parallel and Intersecting Lines
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_04_001
- Grade Range: 4
- Subject: Math
This activity provides an opportunity for students to build an understanding of parallel and intersecting lines.
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Modeling the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_05_001
- Grade Range: 5
- Subject: Math
This activity provides an opportunity for students to model the volume of a rectangular prism and make connections to the formula, V=l ´ w ´ h.
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Exploring the Ratio of Circumference to Diameter
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_07_003
- Grade Range: 7
- Subject: Math
This activity provides an opportunity for students to explore the ratio of the circumference of its circle to the length of its diameter in order to generalize the ratio for pi.
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Area of Triangles, Parallelograms, and Trapezoids
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_06_002
- Grade Range: 6
- Subject: Math
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore the area formulas for triangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms.
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Reflections
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_07_001
- Grade Range: 8
- Subject: Math
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore reflections both on and off of a coordinate plane.
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Translations
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_07_002
- Grade Range: 8
- Subject: Math
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore translations both on and off of a coordinate plane.
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Dilations
- Resource ID: TEKS12_MATH_08_001
- Grade Range: 8
- Subject: Math
These activities provide an opportunity for students to explore dilations both on and off of a coordinate plane.
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Interactive Math Glossary
- Resource ID: MATH_IMG_001
- Grade Range: K–8
- Subject: Math
The Interactive Math Glossary is provided by the Texas Education Agency to help teachers explore and understand mathematics vocabulary.
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Tone is in the Fear of the Beholder: Reading and Writing Using Multimodal Mentor Texts
- Resource ID: DL0001
- Grade Range: 5–12
- Subject: ELA & Reading
This resource is a demonstration lesson presented at the 2014 Write for Texas Summer Institute. It provides a snapshot of a four to five week unit that engages students in the reading and writing workshop model.
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Teaching Sentence Skills
- Resource ID: TSS0000
- Grade Range: 5–12
- Subject: ELA & Reading
This resource series is designed to enhance teachers' knowledge and skill so they can effectively teach grammar in context. Teaching grammar in context uses powerful models like sentences within mentor texts, rather than marking errors and correcting weak or wrong examples.
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Mathematics TEKS: Supporting Information
- Resource ID: Revised_Math_TEKS_SI
- Grade Range: K–12
- Subject: Math
This resource presents supporting information of the mathematics TEKS for Kindergarten through Grade 12.
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Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I: Content Area Instructional Routines to Support Academic Literacy
- CPE credit is 9
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tier I builds knowledge and skills so teachers can effectively support the development of reading skills in adolescent students. The strategies presented in the course promote the implementation of effective reading instruction for all students across all content areas. Participants who successfully complete all modules and the assessment will earn nine CPE credits. -
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy Tiers II & III: Assessment and Instructional Routines for Reading Intervention
- CPE credit is 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
The Online Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) prepare middle school teachers to design appropriate instruction for all students, including those who struggle with reading due to limited English proficiency, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other risk factors for reading difficulties. This series of resources (Tiers II & III) includes a diagnostic and progress-monitoring instrument along with guidance for intensive interventions targeting the needs of struggling adolescent readers. -
The Revised Math TEKS (Grades K–8): Achieving Fluency and Proficiency
- CPE credit is 3
- Subject: Math
The goals for participation are to define computational fluency, automaticity, mathematical proficiency, and conceptual understanding; to examine the learning progressions for computational fluency; to make connections between computational fluency, mathematical proficiency, and the process standards; and to explore computational fluency and mathematical proficiency activities. CPE credit is 3.