Titan Fire Word Bank

A comprehensive twelve-week scaffolded daily bell ringer sequence designed to help students master restating the question, featuring an initial six-week core sequence and a dedicated six-week Tier 2 intervention for students requiring additional practice.

A complete set of student-friendly 2-page scoring rubrics and self-assessment checklists for Indiana ILEARN writing performance tasks across Persuasive/Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative genres for Grades 3, 4–6, and 7–8.

A black-and-white, copier-friendly two-page vocabulary quiz for ELD V Vocab 3, featuring fill-in-the-blank sentences, picture-association items, and contextual multiple-choice questions.

A comprehensive two-part 6th-grade informational reading comprehension unit centered on analyzing multi-paragraph nonfiction texts. Students identify paragraph-level main ideas, evaluate textual supporting evidence, and synthesize overall central ideas.

A focused constructed response lesson for Chapter 5 of Freak the Mighty where students synthesize their figurative language graphic organizer into an analytical paragraph on meaning and tone.

A visual, kid-friendly 2-page scoring rubric and self-assessment checklist tailored for 3rd graders writing narrative stories, based on Indiana IDOE ILEARN criteria and core writing essentials.

A five-day sixth-grade English language arts mini-unit connecting Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey to the middle school transition, Henrico County's Learner Profile attributes, and Gillian Cross's retelling of The Odyssey.

A multimedia inquiry lesson guiding students through focused viewing, key inflection point analysis, and comprehension checks with two-choice questions.

A visual, kid-friendly 2-page scoring rubric and self-assessment checklist tailored for 3rd graders writing informative texts, based on Indiana IDOE ILEARN criteria and core writing essentials.

A comprehensive 6th-grade ELA assessment unit focused on foundational reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and literary and informational text analysis across fiction and non-fiction.

An engaging middle school history and literature lesson exploring Japan's Heian court culture, where courtiers used seasonal poetry as secret social currency. Students analyze historical waka and haiku masterpieces, decode nature metaphors, and engage in a timed five-minute secret poetic exchange.

A visual, kid-friendly 2-page scoring rubric and self-assessment checklist tailored for 3rd graders writing persuasive pieces, based on Indiana IDOE ILEARN criteria and core writing essentials.