A teacher guide for Lesson 4 using a NASA simulation to teach variant vowel patterns in multisyllabic scientific vocabulary.
A creative project choice board for the 'Saving Winslow' book club final week, offering options like a character suitcase, town newspaper, song/poem, or connection map.
Instructional slides for Week 4 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, now including a final creative project showcase slide.
Student activity journal for Week 4 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, focusing on final character evolution and the book's message.
Instructional slides for Week 3 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, focusing on synthesizing themes and the concept of resilience.
Student activity journal for Week 3 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, focusing on synthesizing themes and the vocabulary term 'resilience'.
Instructional slides for Week 2 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, focusing on Nora's character and the SWBST summary method.
Student activity journal for Week 2 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, focusing on Nora's character and summarizing using the SWBST method.
Instructional slides for Week 1 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, introducing Louie and modeling the vocabulary word map.
Student activity journal for Week 1 of the 'Saving Winslow' book club, featuring character analysis of Louie and Gus and a vocabulary word map for 'fragile'.
Updated Teacher Club Guide for 'Saving Winslow' to include details about the final creative project choice board and presentation day.
Updated slide deck for the 'Urban Echoes' unit with larger font sizes to ensure all text meets the minimum requirement for 4th-grade group instruction.
A comprehensive teacher-facing answer key for all worksheets and assessments in the 'Urban Echoes' unit, including sample 4th-grade responses.
A comprehensive teacher guide for the 'Urban Echoes' unit, adjusted for 4th-grade standards with specific scaffolding strategies.
The final assessment for the 'Urban Echoes' unit, adjusted for 4th-grade with heavy scaffolding and sentence frames for the comparative response.
The fourth and final short story of the unit, 'Concrete Gardens', which brings together characters from previous stories. Adjusted for 4th-grade readability. Includes vocabulary focus at the bottom.
A worksheet for Lesson 3 focused on synthesizing themes and connections across the first three stories in the unit. Adjusted for 4th-grade scaffolding.
The third short story of the unit, 'The Subway Song', exploring music and connection in the city. Includes vocabulary focus at the bottom.
A worksheet for Lesson 2 focused on identifying character traits and writing a structured paragraph response with text evidence. Scaffolding added for 4th-grade.
The second short story of the unit, 'The Midnight Mural', focused on an unlikely friendship and urban art. Adjusted for 4th-grade readability. Includes vocabulary focus at the bottom.
A worksheet for Lesson 1 focused on using context clues for vocabulary and applying the SWBST framework to summarize 'The Empty Bench'. Adjusted for 4th-grade scaffolding.
The first short story of the unit, 'The Empty Bench', adjusted for 4th-grade readability. Includes a vocabulary focus section at the bottom.
