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2009-2010 TAKS Test Testing Dates

TAKS testing dates calendar

6th Grade 2006 Test by Objectives and TEKS

Practice the 6th grade 2006 released TAKS test here. It is separated by Objectives and TEKS.

April 2009 Released TAKS Test Math Reading Science Social Studies Writing All Grades

Thanks to a one-stop place on Representative Scott Hochberg's website, you can easily find April 2009 Released TAKS Tests Math, Reading, Science, Writing, and Social Studies, English and Spanish, All Grades.

Play Math Connect Four -Shodor.org

An applet by Shodor.org, called Arithmetic Four, students can play by themselves or with a partner to see who connects four in a row!

Play Arithmetic Four!

There's three levels where students can play whole number and integer operations.

Shodor Interactive Pattern Generator

Shodor offers a free CD if you donate to them. Check out their Interactive Pattern Generator. It has different levels of difficulty. Try it today!

Equivalent Fracfions Bars and Number Line Interactive

Shodor.org has an awesome interactive activity finding equivalent fractions on a number line.

Adding Fractions with Like and Unlike Denominators

Check out this website for an interactive review. Awesome!!

Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators

Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

BBC Maths Ordering Decimals

BBC Maths Ordering Fractions

BBC Bitesize Maths - Percentages

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

This website will walk you through the Order of Operations!

PEMDAS with quiz
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Diagram


Math Lab Lesson on PEMDAS

Ratios and Proportions

Check out a lesson on Ratios and Proportions. When you make it through one page, click on the "Next" tab. Before you can master Proportions, you have to have a clear understanding of Ratios.
Click HERE for a lesson from Math.com to get started.
More on Ratios and Proportions.
EdHelper on Ratios and Proportions.
PurpleMath on Ratios and Proportions.
Ratios, Proportions, and Percents- This one from the Math Center is good with practice examples and answers.
Videos on Ratios


Below a video lesson on Ratio Tables and Proportions.

Lesson on Finding out if similar figures are Proportional (Geometry).




Video on Proportion Word Problems

Learning about Ratio Problems

Fraction Decimal Percent Equivalents Illuminations

Illuminations has an awesome Fraction, Decimal, Percent Model.

Fraction Decimal Percent Equivalents Charts and Tables

Equivalents Chart from Math2.org
Find Matching Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Equivalency Challenge Exercise with results
NCTM Illuminations Fractions, Decimal, Percent Activity (Java Needed)

6th Grade TAKS Reading Released Test, Spanish with Key

6th Grade TAKS Reading Released Test with Key
6th Grade (Spanish) TAKS Reading Released Test with Key

6th Grade TAKS Math Released Test with Key
6th Grade (Spanish) TAKS Reading Released Test with Key

Construct Pie, Bar, Line, Area, Pie, Circle and XY Graph

Here's a great website where students can collect and add data and then create graphs.

It's through the government and called NES Kids Zone.

Primes and Composites 6th Grade TAKS Math

The following links will bring clarity to the importance of students learning about prime numbers and composite numbers. I see some students struggle with it. My suggestion, by way of another teacher: Make sure you have at least the prime numbers memorized up to 30 and definitely know the difference between a number that can only be factored by itself and one and a number that can be factored by more than itself and one.

whyslopes.com

321know.com

Fractions, Fractions, Fractions!

Check out these websites for more help with fractions:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fractotron.html

http://www.aaamath.com/fra43a-comparefract.html

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/oakhill/fractions.html

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html

Constructing a Circle Graph with data

Reviewing Circle Graphs:

Students who need practice constructing a circle graph can get help HERE

More on Circle Graphs- 7th Grade

Percent and Applications: Circle Graphs 8th-9th Grade

Circle/Pie Graph

Interactive Math And Science Websites

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Interactive Math And Science Websites

View more presentations from Karen Brooks.

Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Equivalences

Adding Websites to help with Fractions, Decimals, and Percent Equivalences.

Memorize the Chart and know how to make the conversions.
Converting Fractions to and from Decimals and Percents.
Decimals, Decimals, Decimals-Comparing, Converting, and Finding Percents.
Rational Numbers-Check this link out!!
How to use a 100 chart.
BBC Interactive Lessons on Fractions, Decimals & Percents! - Awesome!!

Dallas County Schools Smart Teaching TAKS Materials

Dallas County Schools has an awesome website that has compiled released 2003, 2004, and 2006 TAKS Tests with a breakdown of why students chose the wrong answer. It includes Reading, Math, and Science grades 3-10. The pdfs are large, so my suggestion would be to save your grade level test to a flashdrive on CD. Let me know if this link helped you.

Dallas County Schools Smart Teaching TAKS Materials

2009 District and School TAKS Test Results

If you would like to see how your school or district finished this year (2009) with their TAKS test results Visit the TEA 2009 Accountability: List of District and School Ratings.

BBC has great Maths Websites

There's a school in the UK called Woodlands Junior that has a great website focusing on middle school objectives in Math, Science, and English/Language Arts. Check them out! They have games, revisions, and practice exercises. Great website!

Number Patterns Activity BBC Maths

More BBC Bitesize Activites can be found HERE!

Coordinate Grid Activity

Shapes, Space, Measure - Measures

Fun Brain Math Games

Check out a variety of interactive Math Games at FUNBRAIN!

Collecting and Analyzing Data-Mean, Median, Mode, & Range

TAKS Blueprints - How many questions per objective?

Here are the TAKS Blueprints for Math grades 3-8. They show the breakdown of each objective and the number of questions asked for each objective and how it increases from grade 3 to 8. My suggestion would be to print this out and keep it handy for review, whether you are a teacher or student. It helps put things into perspective. HTH

If you'd like to know how many questions you need to get correct to pass TAKS Tests already taken, click on the links below.


Raw Score Conversion Table-2009 8th Grade TAKS MATH Test

Raw Score Conversion Table-2009 8th Grade TAKS Reading Test

Raw Score Conversion Table-2009 5th Grade TAKS Reading Test

All Levels 2008-2009 Raw Score Conversion Table

TAKS Testing Dates for Math, Reading, Writing, Exit 2008-2009

When is the TAKS Test?
TAKS Testing Dates for all grade levels
You will find the days for each taks test in the above link.

8th TAKS Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies 2008 Released Tests with Key

8th TAKS Reading 2008 Released Tests with Key

8th TAKS Math 2008 Released Tests with Key

8th TAKS Science 2008 Released Tests with Key

8th TAKS Social Studies 2008 Released Tests with Key

Practice 7th Grade 2006 Released TAKS Test

Online Practice of the 2006 7th Grade Released TAKS Math Test.



Online Practice of the 2006 7th Grade Released TAKS Reading Test.

Practice 6th Grade 2006 Released TAKS Test

Practice the ONLINE 6TH GRADE MATH TAKS test and get instant feedback on Objectives and TEKS Mastered!



Practice the ONLINE 6TH GRADE READING TAKS test and get instant feedback on Objectives and TEKS Mastered!

7th Grade Math TAKS Test On-line NOW!

Click HERE To test an on-line 7th Grade Released TAKS TEST from 2003.

When you're finished with the 2003 Test, take the 2006 Test. Chick HERE for the 2006 Released TAKS Test.

Get pencil and paper to work your problems out and just click your on answer choices for each of the 48 questions. When you are finished, it will tell you what Objectives you mastered along with all correct/incorrect items. Wishing you all the best!

ALL OTHER INTERACTIVE VERSIONS FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS CAN BE FOUND HERE.

7th 8th TAKS Math Vocabulary Review

Checkout this site called Quizlet that reveals most missed words on the 7th & 8Tth grade Math TAKS test and the correct vocabulary. There's also a listing of 7th & 8th grade literary terms to help with TAKS Reading test found HERE.
Be sure to visit this website. It's great!!

All Grades TAKS Math Charts

No matter what grade you are in, check out each Math chart, starting with 3rd grade. As you will see, each year the chart grows and with that the expectation that each previous year's formulas are added to new concepts that will be tested on for that year's test. As a teacher, I've found that the students are not spending enough time using the chart and therefore don't value using it during the actual test. If you're in middle school, take a look at the high school chart. When you get to high school, please know that you'll be expected to know all middle school TAKS Math concepts from the 8th grade chart, which take care of 3rd-8th Math concepts.
Wishing you all the best!!

9th, 10th and Exit Level TAKS Math Chart
8th Grade TAKS Math Chart
7th Grade TAKS Math Chart
6th Grade TAKS Math Chart
5th Grade TAKS Math Chart
4th Grade TAKS Math Chart
3rd Grade TAKS Math Chart

Percent of a Number?

Equivalent Fractions - Teacher's Corner

Teachers, you can use this tip with fraction circles to help students understand equivalent fractions.

Vocabulary with Pictures 3rd-8th Grade

3th Grade Vocabulary
4th Grade Vocabulary
5th Grade Vocabulary
6th Grade Vocabulary
7th Grade Vocabulary
8th Grade Vocabulary

These vocabulary words are not from Texas, but Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Here's a little help from Speech Clinician Mrs. Breuer's website (Madison Central School District) in South Dakota. She has vocabulary for all grades and all subjects. Thanks Mrs. Breuer!

More vocabulary
6th Grade Math Vocabulary
7th Grade Math Vocabulary
8th Grade Math Vocabulary

Shodor Online Dictionary

Irrational and Rational Numbers-Teacher's Corner

Teacher's Corner for learning about rational and irrational numbers.

Cool Interactive Math and Science Games and Activities

Please visit Rick's Game Page!

It's awesome if you want to check out some great Math and Science interactive activities. It includes links, powerpoints, and executable files. You will need to use Macromedia.

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Grade TAKS Objective TEKS only

3th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out
4th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out
5th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out
6th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out
7th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out
8th Grade TEKS by TAKS Objectives to print out

8th Grade TAKS Objective 2 Self Check Quizzes-Glencoe

The 8th Grade Math Test for TAKS is Tuesday, April 7th and I found a link from Glencoe that has self-check quizzes for TAKS Objective 2- Patterns, Relationships,and Algebraic Thinking.

Try out Self Check Quizzes HERE.

Awesome Review Questions for 6th Grade TAKS Math

Please visit Maureen Cullen's website for word documents you can download and print to work on all the TAKS Objectives and TEKS for the 6th grade TAKS Test.

5th Grade Practice Math with TEKS

This website called IXL.COM had elementary math exercises up to 5th grade. They also give you the option of choosing your state's standards for the lessons.

Check it out!!

Math Courses from Pre-K to College

Please visit the Math Tools Website. No more excuses for "I can't find on-line lessons on...". The links below are mainly for teachers, however if you are a student, click HERE.

The teacher lessons are below:
All Courses
Pre-Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Math 1
Math 2
Math 3
Math 4
Math 5
Math 6
Math 7
Geometry
Algebra
Algebra II
Trigonometry
PreCalculus
Calculus
Probability & Statistics
Discrete Math

6th, 7th & 8th Grade TEKS Objectives with TAKS Questions

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK!!

An 8th grade Math teacher named Dave Johnston in San Antonio, Tx authored this website. It has all of the Math TEKS listed in order for Grades 6th, 7th, and 8th along with a PDF of 4 sample questions to assess your knowledge. If you are having trouble in any specific objective, you can work on those particular problems first, and then go back to review objectives you're more comfortable with. He even has a section on conversational Math.

Leave me a message and let me know if this website helps you. Remember, the teacher teaches the TEKS so you can ace the TAKS!!! Do your Best!!!

Miss Evans

Tons of Numerical Reasoning PDFs

Tons of Numerical Reasoning PDFs

Pdf & Doc Ebook Search Engine

Proportional Reasoning Lesson 6th, 7th, 8th, TAKS

Lesson on Proportional Reasoning from TTTPress.

Brad and Bill's books are awesome!!! I met Brad Fulton at CAMT last summer! His teaching strategies are wonderful! There website is full of free activities such as this one on proportions that you can download and print. The two books I purchased from TTTPress were: Simply Great Math Games and Simply Great Math Activities: Number Sense.

Printable Multiplication Table

6th Grade Math and Reading TAKS Help

TAKS Math Help? TAKS Reading Help?
Check out this site!
Great help for 6th grade Math and Reading and more!!

5th & 6th Grade Math by TEKS Lessons and Answers

Sam Houston State University's School of Education

Middle Schools With Great Math Resources

Woodland Acres Middle School, Galena Park ISD, Tx

Figure This Math Challenges For Families

Please check out this NCTM website that offers tons of challenges you and your family can participate in to sharpen your math skills. It includes hints and answers to each clue as well as breaks down each challenge according to a particular skill or concept. You can also purchase a cd for $15. The video about it can be seen here.

Check out FIGURE THIS

Perfection Learning 6th Grade Math Sampler

Here's a preparation booklet that can be purchased in sets of 10 for 6th TAKS Math.

Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects

If you want to combine Math and Science for Science Fair Projects, please visit this website for suggestions.

Try this website as well.

Lesson on Unit Rate

Watch this a couple of times and then try some practice exercises on Unit Rate here:

What is 35Percent of 120?

Video on Percent Proportions
Another video on solving Percents

Tables, Tables, Tables

Table of Symbols
Table of Formulas
Table of Squares and Square Roots
Table of Properties

From McDougal Classzone

Awesome Preparation for the 8th Grade Math TAKS Test

Students, please check out this website for specific questions for each TAKS Objective with a breakdown of the TEKS/Expectations. This website not only has 8th grade Math, but 6th and 7th Grade TAKS Math questions as well. By far one of the best links I have added to this blog! Enjoy!!!!!

Thank you Maureen Cullen, Principal of Tarkington Primary School in Tarkington ISD!

Math and Science TAKS Support

There's also a specific link for SCIENCE.

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Relationships

Mercer County Community College's Equivalences made easy!
MATH GOODIES Challenge Exercises - Interactive with answers.

7th Grade Writing, Math, & Reading 2008 Released Test Items with Key

7th Grade Writing 2008 Released Test Items with Key

7th Grade Math 2008 Released Test Items with Key

7th Grade Reading 2008 Released Test Items with Key

5th TAKS Reading, Math, Science 2008 Released Test with Key

5th Grade Reading 2008 Released Test Items with Key
5th Grade Reading (Spanish) 2008 Released Test Items with Key

5th Grade Math 2008 Released Test Items with Key
5th Grade Math (Spanish) 2008 Released Test Items with Key

5th Grade Science 2008 Released Test Items with Key
5th Grade Science (Spanish) 2008 Released Test Items with Key

Multiplication and Division

Exercises to practice Multiplication and Division at Math Forum.

Jump the Line Integer Game

Play this game to learn how the number line works. Great practice for using integers. Start with easy and work your way up to super brain (hard)! To play Jump The Line, click HERE!

What Makes the Square Root of 2 Irrational???

Find your answer here!

All About Irrational Numbers

Irrational Numbers


Math Is Fun - Math Resources

Help with Identifying Numbers

Check out the Math Video Tutor with a lesson all about numbers. You'll learn about Numbers on a Number Line, Natural Numbers, Whole Numbers, Intergers, Rational Numbers and Irrational Numbers. You'll also learn how to imput these numbers in a TI-83 calculator.

Properties of Numbers

TAKS Objective 1
Properties of Numbers

Scientific Notation 8th Grade TAKS Objective 1

Practice Website in Scientific Notation

Comparing and Ordering Integers

AAA Math Practice
Represent, Compare and Order Integers
Equivalence Interactive Website

Multiplying Fractions - Mixed Numbers

What's Up With These Ratios and Proportions??

Learn how we use ratios and proportions from NASA CONNECT

Find fractions and their matching decimal equivalents.

Find fractions and their matching decimal equivalents with Harcourtschool.com


BBC Interactive Game Comparing the three.

TV411 Matching Games

Integer Practice all operations

Visit Hotmath.com to complete self check exercises on Integers.

Interactive Distributive Property

Interactive Distributive Property Exercise

Holt Interactive Videos-Coordinate Plane

I found this website from the book publishers Holt. You can view videos on each lesson with practice problems as well. Great for homework help.

Here's one on Coordinate Planes, Chapter 4 Lesson 1...

Finding Slope

Here's a free lesson with tutorial on finding the slope by using the graph of a line from Yourteacher.com.

Lastly here's some great teacher notes from McDougal Littell with common errors students make when finding slope of a line.

Dilations on a coordinate plane Scale Factor

Geometry 7th Grade Congruence

Practice Lessons on Congruency and triangles.

7th Grade TAKS Objective 3 TEKS

Here's some links to help you with 7th Grade Geometry, Objective 3:

Using angle measurements to classify angles as complementary or supplementary:
7.6A
Classifying Angles with Math.com

• 7.6.B: Quadrilaterals
• 7.6.B: Triangles
• 7.6.C: Three Dimensional Figures
• 7.7.A: Graphing on the Coordinate Plane
• 7.7.B: Transformations

Geometry Index

Links on Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

Transformations
Types of Transformations

Dilations means to multiply

Dilations #1
Dilations #2

Translations are slides
Translations #1
Translations #2
Translations Activity

Reflections
Reflections #1
Reflections #2

Reductions

(8.6) Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student uses transformational geometry to develop spatial sense.

The student is expected to:

(A) generate similar figures using dilations including enlargements and reductions; and

(B) graph dilations, reflections, and translations on a coordinate plane.

Here's another link to check out

Geometry-Pictures of Figures and Polygons

Check out this website to view pictures of Geometric figures.

Practice names of Polygons, their sides and angles on AAA Math.


Play with geometric shapes at Polygon Playground.

More on Polygons with Self-Check Quizzes.

All About Pythagoras

Lesson on the Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem Puzzle
When do you use the Pythagorean Theorem?

What's up with the Converse???
Perfect Squares and Perfect Cubes

Pythagorean Theorem Website

History for your mind about Pythagoras
Mathwithoutborders.com

Teacher's Corner-Volume

Teachers, here's a great lesson on Volume for 8th grade, although I think it can be easily modified for 6th and 7th grade as well.

6th, 7th, 8th Grade TEKS for TAKS Test

OK, we as teachers know and understand that we teach the TEKS so the students will pass and have success on the TAKS test.

Here is a listing of the adopted changes from TEA for middle school TEKS.

The Mathematics TEKS Toolkit from the UTDana Center also has more TEK Info.

Whether you are a student or teacher, please check out the link and see which concepts you need to focus on for success this spring. Wishing you all the best!!

History of the TAKS Test

History of TAKS Development

In 1999 the 76th Session of the Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 103, mandating implementation of a new statewide testing program. The new testing requirements, subsequently named the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, were implemented in spring 2003. By law, all eligible Texas public school students are assessed in mathematics in grades 3–10 and exit level; reading in grades 3–9; writing in grades 4 and 7; English language arts in grades 10 and exit level; science in grades 5, 8, 10, and exit level; and social studies in grades 8, 10, and exit level. Eligible students may meet testing requirements with Spanish versions of the TAKS assessments, available in mathematics at grades 3–6, in reading at grades 3–6, in writing at grade 4, and in science at grade 5.

To learn more, click here.

All the stuff you should learn in 8th Grade Math

Click on this link for exercises by topic for everything you're supposed to know in 8th Grade Math. Each link has practice exercises. Check it out today!!

2008-2009 TAKS Testing Calender

Please check out the calendar for all grades and all tests for the 2008-2009 year.

Nailing Down the TAKS for Parents

Here's a great guide for parents explained all areas of the TAKS Test with a few sample questions. Cover TAKS Test info for ALL GRADES.

Thank you Cypress-Fairbanks ISD.

Released TAKS TESTS on TEA's website

Visit the Texas Education Agency's website.

There you'll find all the Released TAKS Tests to use as a study and review tool to make sure you have these areas of content mastered.

Click here for the 2006 8th Grade test.

After you take the test, check your answers here.

Click here for 2006 7th Grade TAKS Test.

Click here for 2004 7th Grade TAKS Test.

You need to practice taking these tests as often as possible. The questions are presented in a particular format that you need to be used to seeing and able to work through. Practice, Practice, Parctice!!!

Finding the Perimeter and Circumference

Find the perimeter of a polygons and and other composite figures as well as the circumference of circles at Cool Math.

7th Grade 2003 Test by Objectives and TEKS

Practice the 7th grade 2003 released TAKS test here. It is separated by Objectives and TEKS.

8th Grade 2003 Math Test By TEKS and Objectives

If you want to take the 8th grade test and see what learning objective each question is by TEKS,
take this 2003 assessment and pay particular attention to the TEKS you are weak in.

It will help you in review. Remember, the first test for 5th and 8th graders is Tuesday April 8th, 2009.

Geometry Vocabulary with a Paper Plate

Create your own Venn Diagram

Readwritethink.org has an easy way to create your own Venn Diagra

Publish Post

m. Give it a try!

School's about to begin 2008-2009

Well, as we begin another year of school, I must tell you, I'll be teaching at the school that inspired me to start this blog. In fact, I'll be teaching only TAKS MATH (6th, 7th, & 8th) for those students who weren't so successful on the TAKS test, so you want to visit often, because as I find more resources, the parking lot will be here. I stumbled upon a website that has interactive Math activities HERE.