Updated Teacher Answer Key for Day 3. Rationale for Question 3 now aligns with the "primary conflict" stem on the student assessment page.

Final teacher answer key for the Day 5 Quick Check. Includes comprehensive rationales for all 4 MC questions and a detailed SCR exemplar that synthesizes character traits and plot resolution.

Teacher answer key for Day 4 Exit Ticket. Includes correct answers, rationale for MC choices, and an SCR exemplar synthesizing character interaction and plot resolution.

Updated Teacher Answer Key for Day 2 Exit Ticket. Corrected question labels and rationales to align perfectly with the 3 multiple-choice questions on the student page.

Teacher answer key for Day 1 Exit Ticket. Includes correct answers, rationales for multiple-choice questions, and a high-quality exemplar response for the SCR.

Updated Day 5 Quick Check with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules. Each question block (and the SCR section) is grouped to ensure they do not split across multiple pages during printing.

Updated Day 4 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules. Question blocks are grouped to prevent splitting MC choices across multiple pages during printing.

Updated Day 3 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block. MC and SCR sections now stay grouped together for clean printing.

Updated Day 2 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block to ensure clean printing. All questions and answer choices now stay grouped together.

Updated Day 1 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block to ensure clean printing. MC and SCR sections now stay grouped together if the document spans multiple pages.

Updated Day 4 Exit Ticket with tightened spacing to ensure optimal one-page printing while maintaining 3 MC questions and an SCR section.

An answer key for the Morpheme Lab activities, providing teachers with the correct morphological breakdowns and definitions for all practice problems and training examples.

Updated Day 3 Exit Ticket with tightened spacing to ensure optimal one-page printing while maintaining 3 MC questions and an SCR section.

Updated Day 1 Exit Ticket with tightened spacing to ensure optimal one-page printing while maintaining 3 MC questions and an SCR section.

A structured worksheet where students practice 'unpacking' words into prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It features three training examples (partially completed) and five independent practice problems, with a final creative challenge to build a new word.

A vibrant slide deck designed for a 4th-grade audience to introduce the concept of 'unpacking' words into their morphological components (prefixes, roots, and suffixes). It includes clear visual examples of the process and a review of key root words.

Final student reading passage for Day 5 featuring "The Rescue of Red Creek." Includes paragraph numbering and scratch-paper prompts for synthesizing character and plot analysis.

Final teacher script for Day 5 focusing on independent application and synthesis of character analysis (5.8B) and plot elements (5.8C) using the "screen to scratch" method.

Condensed 1-page peer review version of the Argument Architect checklist. Printer-friendly 'Inspector' theme with a single inspection table and combined feedback area for efficiency. Squashed ruling section for efficiency.

Condensed 1-page student-friendly checklist using the 'Score 3' criteria and 'Architect' theme. Efficient grid layout provides all essential checks and reflection space on a single sheet. Squashed report section for efficiency.

Updated student reading passage for Day 4 with a "screen to scratch" design. Features paragraph numbering and explicit prompts for final synthesis on separate paper.

Updated teacher script for Day 4 incorporating the "screen to scratch" method. Guides students to synthesize mystery elements into "puzzle pieces" on their own paper.

Updated student reading passage for Day 3 with a "screen to scratch" design. Features paragraph numbering and prompts for student-led trait-consequence mapping on separate paper.

Updated teacher script for Day 3 incorporating the "screen to scratch" method. Guides students to map character traits to plot consequences using a box-and-arrow diagram on their own paper.

Updated student reading passage for Day 2 with a "screen to scratch" design. Includes paragraph numbering and prompts for students to draw their own plot mountain on separate paper.

Updated teacher script for Day 2 incorporating the "screen to scratch" method. Guides students to draw and label their own plot mountain on scratch paper based on the adventure text.

Updated student reading passage for Day 1 with a "screen to scratch" design. Features paragraph numbering and explicit scratch-paper task prompts while removing pre-made graphic organizers.

Updated teacher script for Day 1 incorporating the "screen to scratch" method. Includes explicit prompts for students to write character traits, conflicts, and text evidence on their own paper.

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide including lesson objectives, a detailed 60-minute pacing plan, instructional scripts for the 'Evidence Investigator' theme, and a full answer key for the worksheet.

A 2-page student worksheet that follows the 'Evidence Investigator' theme. It includes text excerpts from 'Fire: Friend or Foe' and 'Birth of the Cool' so students can perform analyses without a test booklet. IA question numbers have been removed for student use.

Updated Evidence Investigator slides now including full text excerpts from 'Fire: Friend or Foe' and 'Birth of the Cool' to ensure students can follow along without separate test booklets. IA question numbers have been removed for a cleaner student experience.

Updated Exit Ticket Key with sample analyses for multiple diction choices. It provides teachers with clear connotation and inference examples for both "glossed over" and "urban fragrance," aligning with the new independent student format.

Updated Precision Prose Exit Ticket with a more independent format and increased writing space. Students are now required to find their own piece of diction from the provided text, analyze its connotations, and infer the author's tone independently.

Updated guided notes including embedded "Text Briefs" that provide the necessary context from the Interim Assessment passages, allowing students to follow the lesson without an external booklet.

A comprehensive reference sheet for students, providing definitions of key diction terms, a tone word bank organized by intensity, an analysis framework, and sentence starters to support analytical writing.

A teacher-facing guide for the Word Sleuth homework template, including a weekly implementation schedule, customization tips, and differentiation strategies for 4th-grade students.

A 2-page detective-themed spelling worksheet for 4th graders, featuring a 10-word list focused on Poetry, a custom word search, and deep-dive vocabulary definition and sentence practice areas.

Updated Answer Key for the Practice Sheet. Now includes detailed sample responses for the new independent Case Study 3, including specific connotations and inferences for "banquet" vs. "trap" to guide teacher evaluation.

Updated Precision Prose Practice Sheet with a more independent Case Study 3. Students must now identify their own quotes from Excerpt C, analyze connotations, and infer tone within a structured table, promoting deeper analytical independence.

A set of bold, modern instructional slides designed to guide students through the analysis of diction and inference using examples from the Grade 7 Interim Assessment. It introduces the UPAC strategy and breaks down text examples with heavy visual scaffolding.

A professionally formatted instructional facilitation guide for teachers. It features a clean 2-column layout, clear pacing timelines, instructional move breakdowns with teacher scripts, and differentiated support strategies, all styled for high-contrast readability.

An answer key for the Panda Patterns Worksheet, including solutions for multiple-choice questions and the detail comparison chart.

A reading comprehension worksheet for 3rd graders comparing Giant Pandas and Red Pandas, focusing on main idea and key details. Includes two texts, multiple-choice questions, and a comparison chart.

Updated Scrutiny Solutions Answer Key with exemplar responses and scoring criteria for the single RL.7.3 short response question focused on the interaction between plot events and character relationships. Fixed header text.