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Click Study Flashcards above to open the flashcard hub — over a hundred TExES STR cards you can flip, match, type, or quiz yourself on. Every card is drawn from the Texas Education Agency’s Science of Teaching Reading domains, so you study exactly what the STR exam tests.[1] Pair them with our free practice test and study guide.

TExES STR Flashcard Study Modes

Flip mode lets you read a term, think, then check the definition at your own pace. Match turns the deck into a timed race pairing terms with meanings. Type shows a definition and asks you to spell the term back, so a card like Miscue analysis has to come from memory. Quiz builds multiple-choice questions from the same 125 cards for a quick self-check.

Free TExES STR flashcards from Career Employer — active recall for the Science of Teaching Reading (293) exam

Why Flashcards Work for the TExES STR

Reading Development: Foundational Skills is the largest part of the deck at 43 cards, and it drills the language of sound, print, and word structure. You get compact terms such as Onset, Rime, and Digraph, along with cards like Phoneme and Phonics that you should be able to define without hedging. Word-part cards including Prefix and Suffix sit here too, and Fluency closes the loop between accurate decoding and smooth reading.

Reading Pedagogy carries 31 cards covering how reading is taught, assessed, and supported. Assessment vocabulary shows up in Running record, Miscue analysis, and Progress monitoring, while instructional approaches appear in cards like Guided reading and Structured literacy. Support and development terms such as Scaffolding, Emergent literacy, and Dyslexia round out the section, so you can talk about instruction and intervention in the same precise language the exam uses.

Reading Development: Comprehension also holds 31 cards, aimed at meaning-making before, during, and after reading. Strategy cards include Predicting, Clarifying, and Think-aloud, and background-knowledge terms show up as Schema and KWL chart. Word-level supports appear in Vocabulary and Cognate, while Main idea keeps you anchored to the skill that most comprehension questions circle back to.

Analysis and Response is the smallest section at 20 cards, focused on responding to literary and informational text. Figurative language terms such as Simile, Metaphor, and Symbolism appear alongside structural ideas like Theme and Motif. Cards including Author’s purpose, Genre analysis, and Fact vs. opinion push you toward the critical reading vocabulary you need when a question asks what a text is doing, not just what it says.

The STR rewards instant recognition of reading-science terms, the phonological awareness continuum, phonics concepts, and comprehension strategies.[2] Spaced flashcards are the most efficient way to make that knowledge automatic. Used alongside our practice test and study guide, they turn review time into measurable progress.

TExES STR Flashcards by Domain

The cards are organized by the four Science of Teaching Reading domains. Drill the two Reading Development domains first — Foundational Skills and Comprehension make up the bulk of the exam:[1]

TExES STR flashcards by domain
DomainWhat it covers
Reading Development: Foundational SkillsPhonological & phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency
Reading Development: ComprehensionVocabulary, background knowledge, comprehension strategies, text features
Reading PedagogySimple View of Reading, Reading Rope, scaffolding, assessment
Analysis and ResponseConstructed response, higher-order questioning, literary analysis

How to Get the Most Out of These Flashcards

  • Start with the foundational skills. Reading Development: Foundational Skills holds 43 cards, the biggest block in the deck, and its vocabulary shows up inside comprehension and pedagogy questions later.
  • Type-drill the look-alikes. Onset and Rime, plus Prefix and Suffix, are easy to mix up under pressure, so recall them by typing rather than recognizing them in Flip mode.
  • Use Match for assessment vocabulary. Timed pairing works well on Reading Pedagogy terms like Running record and Progress monitoring, where you need fast, confident identification instead of slow reasoning.
  • Move to the practice test after Quiz stops surprising you. When Quiz mode on all four domains feels routine, shift to full-length questions and use the study guide to close whatever gaps appear.
  • Keep a rotating cadence. Work one domain per session across the 125 cards, then run a short mixed Flip or Quiz pass over earlier domains so nothing fades while you push ahead.

TExES STR Flashcards FAQ

Over a hundred free TExES STR flashcards, organized across the four Science of Teaching Reading domains — Reading Pedagogy, Reading Development: Foundational Skills, Reading Development: Comprehension, and Analysis and Response. They're free with no account required.

References

  1. 1.Texas Education Agency (TEA). “Science of Teaching Reading (STR) — Reading Language Arts Resources.” tea.texas.gov.
  2. 2.Reading Rockets (WETA). “Phonological and Phonemic Awareness; Phonics and Decoding; Fluency; Comprehension.” readingrockets.org.
  3. 3.National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). “National Reading Panel — Findings.” nichd.nih.gov.
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