4 OnTRACK English I Writing: Writing the Expository and Procedural Essay
OnTRACK English I Writing, Module 3, Lessons 1–4. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes
6 Targeting the 2 Percent
This resource provides reading intervention lessons for teachers who work with students in grades K–5. Targeting the 2 Percent (T2%) aims to improve the instruction, content knowledge, and academic achievement of Texas students transitioning from assessments based on modified standards to the general state assessment, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®).
For more information about this project and other materials available, visit the T2% Support Center.
4 Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction
This binder provides copies of the original "Red Book Series" titles and links to online resources created for today's classrooms. Educators can access basic research about reading, view videos, download lesson plans, and learn how to adapt materials to meet the needs of diverse learners.
When Readers Get in Trouble
In this lesson, students will learn how they can monitor their own reading with meaning, structure, and visual information by reading both independently and with a partner. Students will self-select books on their instructional level and reflect on how they monitored their reading with their partners and the class.
Discovering Patterns in Words
Students will build words using letter tiles and discuss the spelling pattern. Students will build a new challenge word by changing the end sound, vowel sound, or making a blend according to the needs of each group.
Text Features and Creatures
This lesson incorporates the science standard of identifying basic parts of an animal and their basic needs with the kindergarten reading standard of using titles and simple graphics to gain information. The lesson is a gradual release of responsibility in which students gain as much information as possible from photographs of mammals while collaborating with a partner. Students will then compare diagrams of their animals from a previous lesson with the photographs of their animal, noticing what information is gained from each text feature and how they are different.