Link Builders Teacher Guide
A comprehensive 2-page instructional guide for teachers delivering the Link Builders food chains lesson. It contains a lesson overview, classroom setup tips, a WIDA-aligned scaffolding matrix, a step-by-step lesson pacing guide, and complete answer keys for Worksheets A, B, and C.
Energy Flow Slides
A highly visual, clean 6-slide presentation introducing food chain concepts (Sun, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers) designed with accessible typography (all text >= 24px) and organic color schemas to support all English language learners.
Link Builders Worksheet A
Worksheet A (Entering/Emerging, WIDA 1-2): Differentiated worksheet featuring highly scaffolded matching, simple food chain labeling, and guided sentence completion with multiple-choice words.
Link Builders Worksheet B
Worksheet B (Developing/Expanding, WIDA 3-4): Differentiated worksheet featuring moderate vocabulary matching, food chain drawing activity, and vocabulary-supported paragraph completion.
Link Builders Worksheet C
Worksheet C (Bridging/Reaching, WIDA 5-6 & Gen-Ed): Differentiated worksheet featuring high-level open-ended science terms writing, pond ecosystem scenario analysis, and a structured synthesis paragraph write-up.