Grade 2 Classroom Resources

The 2nd grade editions of TPRI and Tejas LEE are available on CLI Engage at no cost to all Texas public school districts and charter schools. TPRI and Tejas LEE are highly reliable assessments of students’ early reading skills. Visit the TPRI and Tejas LEE webpage to learn more.

User Guides

Comprehensive guides that include information about administration in first grade classrooms.

 

• TPRI User Guide
• Tejas LEE User Guide

The Dyslexia Referral Checklist (DRC) is a questionnaire that builds a link between direct assessment of early reading skills and classroom observations.

Review Dyslexia Referral Checklists

Download and review these scoring guidelines for TPRI and Tejas LEE subtests. Documents for all three waves (BOY, MOY, and EOY), if applicable, are available.

• TPRI Scoring Resources
• Tejas LEE Scoring Resources

TPRI and Tejas LEE alignments to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

TPRI and Tejas LEE Alignment to 2nd grade TEKS

TPRI and Tejas LEE are early reading assessments designed to identify the reading and comprehension development of students in grades 1 and 2.  TPRI contains both a Screening and an Inventory Section.

TPRI and Tejas LEE Benchmarks

The Branching Rules for TPRI are a resource for teachers intending to administer assessments. These documents lay out the process for each assessment and the next steps depending on the score of the student.

Branching Rules for TPRI

This TPRI Quick Reference Guide gives you the basics you need for successful administration of TPRI. Use the guide as a reference while administering the assessment.

TPRI Quick Reference Guide

TPRI and Tejas LEE reports include completion reports, growth reports, parent reports, parent feedback forms, class- level reports, individual student reports that include student percentile rankings, and a small grouping tool that provides links to the CIRCLE Activity Collection. Reports can be accessed at the following levels:

• Individual Student-Level Reports (for Teachers and Parents)
• Class-Level Reports
• School-Level Reports
• Community/District-Level Reports

See how to access all TPRI and Tejas LEE reports here: Accessing Reports

The offline assessment feature can be used to assess students when an internet connection is not available at the time of administration. The offline assessment can also be used in the CLI Engage assessment practice area.

TPRI and Tejas LEE Offline Assessment

CLI developed test alternative administration functionality and protocols. 

TPRI and Tejas LEE Remote Administration

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in using TPRI scores to identify students who qualify for instructional intervention (“at-risk” students).

TPRI Intervention Criteria

Comprehensive training for TPRI and Tejas LEE is available in the Online Courses section of CLI Engage. Users can earn certificates for the completion of each course. 

• TPRI Training
• Tejas LEE Training

*Please note that we are not able to award certificates for viewing the video on the public page.
If you would like to earn a certificate for viewing, log into your CLI Engage account, enroll in the TPRI Assessment Training course, available in the Full Course Catalog under the Online Learning and Professional Development section of the CLI Engage dashboard or access through the link below.

TPRI and Tejas LEE Self-Instructional Assessment Training (Log-in required)

Visit our BOY, MOY, EOY resource pages to learn more about TPRI and Tejas LEE trainings.

The CIRCLE Activity Collection: Pre-K through Grade 2 includes a variety of hands-on learning activities in English and Spanish that teachers can implement in their classrooms during whole group, small group, centers, and one-on-one instruction. Free of charge to all educators.

• Pre-K to Grade 2 Collection
• Colección de prekínder hasta segundo grado

CIRCLE Activity Collection: 2nd Grade Activities

Search Activities by 2nd Grade TEKS

The CIRCLE Activity Collection: Family provides a variety of hands-on activities that families can do at home. This collection is organized around seven learning domains: Language & Communication, Reading & Writing, Math, Science, Social & Emotional, Physical Development, and Art & Sensory.

• CIRCLE Activity Collection: Family
• La Colección de actividades CIRCLE para la Familia

Parent Introduction letter to the CIRCLE Activity Collection: Family

This sample letter invites parents to partner with their child’s teacher by engaging in activities from the collection that support child development through play.

Sample Parent Introduction Letters (English and Spanish)

Family Lesson Form 

Share individualized activities with families to practice each week. The form is fillable and dual-language (English/Spanish).

Family Lesson Form 

CLI’s family engagement resources make the most of procedures you likely already have in place, such as progress monitoring, homework, parent-teacher conferences, and open houses.

Family Engagement Toolkit

These documents include family-friendly descriptions of the learning areas that their child was assessed on TPRI or Tejas LEE so families are better equipped to support their child’s learning at home by knowing exactly what is being taught in the classroom, and why these skills are essential to their child’s future.

• Family-Friendly Descriptions of TPRI 2nd Grade
• Family-Friendly Descriptions of Tejas LEE 2nd Grade

Find all Family-Friendly Descriptions here: Family-Friendly Descriptions of Assessment Measures

Assist families in becoming more knowledgeable about progress monitoring and supporting learning at home by sharing this comprehensive overview of the Student Report for Parents. 

Understanding Your Child’s Assessment Result

Implementation Guide: Student Report for Parents

This guide was developed for teachers who are sharing the Student Report for Parents with families. It includes the following topics:

• Understanding the Student Report for Parents
• Generating the Student Report for Parents and Sharing it with Families
• Having Conversations with Families about Data
• Supporting Resources

View the Implementation Guide: Student Report for Parents