Practice this STAAR reading objective using this activity.

Practice this STAAR reading objective using this activity.

Use this activity to improve on this STAAR Reading objective.

Practice this STAAR reading objective using this activity.

Practice this STAAR reading objective using this activity.

Practice this STAAR reading objective with this activity.

Beaumont ISD is providing MyOn for FREE to all district students, ages K-12. MyOn provides thousands of engaging fiction and nonfiction books that also include audio support and tools for highlighting and making notes on the digital book.

Username/Password information -- Use your student ID number for both your username and password.

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has a wonderful story read along website, Storyline Online. Well-known actors read popular children's picture books. The narration is accompanied by illustrations from the book. Each book has accompanying lesson plan ideas and activities.

Students can play games on Quizlet using the most common STAAR Reading terms.

Students can play games on Quizlet using the most common STAAR Reading terms.

Use Quizlet to practice words by playing Scatter and then testing yourself by making a quiz.

Practice using figurative language.

This game will help you practice finding the main idea.

This game will help you practice finding the main idea.

Here is a game to help you identify the author's purpose.

Here is a game to help you with drawing conclusions and making inferences.

Here is another game to help you draw conclusions and make inferences.

This game will help you review text features in informational texts.

Here is one game to help you practice identifying the theme in stories.

Here is another game to help you identify themes in a story.

Review character traits and the use of synonyms and antonyms.

Practice using context clues.

Check any book to see if it is on Accelerated Reader. Just type the title into the search bar to  find out if it has an AR quiz, how many points it is worth, what the reading level (BL - Book Level) is, and a brief summary of the book.

Check on your child’s Accelerated Reader progress any time and receive text /email alerts when they take a quiz.

Username/Password information:

The user name is the child’s school ID number and the password is their birthday (two digit month, day, year) 

Example:  

Student ID:  123456

Password:  011509 if the birthdate is January 15, 2009

Practice your grammar terms here.

Can you identify correctly punctuated sentences?

Repair some messed up sentences here.

Can you figure out how to combine sentences correctly?

How well do you know your homophones?  It is likely you will need to use at least some of these correctly on STAAR. Play a Millionaire game to check yourself.

Editing and Revision practice with a Millionaire game!

Play the Millionaire game to identify fragments and run-ons.

Another Millionaire game that tests your ability to avoid double negatives.

Transition words practice.

Practice subject/verb agreement.

You get to be the teacher!  Grade and correct another student's work at this site.

Practice revision skills.

Can you figure out what information does NOT need to be included in a paragraph? This is an important skill for STAAR Writing.

Practice a variety of proofreading skills with these games.

Can you identify the errors in these sentences?  Give it a try! These activities are appropriate for elementary or middle school.

How well can you recognize errors in spelling or grammar?  Take some of these assessments and see your results.

For ages 8-12... Targets-Parts of Speech (nouns, plural nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs) Create a hilarious story using your knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, plural nouns, and adverbs. First, choose the shark story or the farm story.

Story starters is a creative writing website sponsored by Scholastic. This site provides a variety of prompts to help build writing fluency and creativity.

Fun way to learn math facts.

Games to help reinforce math skills at the upper elementary level.

The Interactive Math Glossary is provided by the Texas Education Agency to help explore and understand mathematics vocabulary used in the grades K–8 TEKS. You can also download the Interactive Math Glossary app through the iTunes app store.

Think Central provides the digital Student Edition eBook, Math iTools, Math Concept Readers, Math on the Spot Videos, and Mega Math games.

Username/password information:

Username – student Id# @bmtisd.com
Password – student id#

Study Jams offers step-by-step instruction on different math concepts.

Xtramath provides practice for fact fluency.

Contact your student's teacher for the username/password.

Prodigy has content from all major topics and will seamlessly cover Grades 1 - 8 to help ensure your students are ready for standardized testing. With a diagnostic test to place students in the correct grade, embedded assessments, and automatic differentiation, Prodigy ensures that each one of your students succeed at their own pace.

Contact your student's teacher to get the username/password.

Information on the STAAR test and how to help your child prepare.

Math4Texas showcases the Math TEKS by grade level with tips, examples, digital tools, and videos to help parents understand the math concepts and skills that their children are learning.

Provides multimedia content to educators, students, and parents in Texas and around the world. 

Content collections

• include 84 unique collections, featuring fully downloadable video, podcasts, and PDF files are available in the foundation curriculum (English language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies) and in some enrichment curriculum (career and technology education, fine arts, and technology applications)

• are provided by Texas school teachers and public school districts; regional education service centers; institutions of higher education; Texas museums, non-profits, and professional organizations; and Texas state agencies, including the Texas Education Agency

This website has English and Spanish math activities parents can do with their child.

This website has English and Spanish reading activities that will assist parents in helping their child become a better reader.

This website provides parents with information including the TEKS in English and Spanish.

This website gives parents strategies on how to help their child be successful in school in English and Spanish.

This website provides Spanish reading activities.

Books in Spanish, bilingual Spanis/English, Read-to-Me, etc. Quizzes available.

Parenting guidance to teach their students. It includes games, videos, etc.

Free books in Spanish.

Reading, Grammar, Math, songs, & games.

Reading, Grammar, Writing prompts, Math, Science, S. Studies. 

Reading (includes audio books), Math, & Science free activities and games.

This is a Spanish Reading website with many reading resources.