The central hub for the whole Supplemental Support System. Here you can trace every rubric to exactly where it is met, and find the complete implementation guide in one place.
PURPOSE
This page is the home for the whole Supplemental Support System, with the rubric alignment and the complete implementation guide in one place.
RATIONALE
Seeing every rubric traced to where it is met, next to the guides that explain the design, shows a teacher how the pieces work together.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Start with IMRA Rubric Alignment, then open the implementation guide. Grade reference reports and connection activities are further down the page.
The Writing Academy Supplemental Support System
The Writing Academy is a supplemental Reading Language Arts support with a writing focus, built to stand beside any core curriculum for Grades 3 through 5. This overview gathers the pieces that demonstrate alignment: the IMRA rubric alignment charts, the implementation guides, and the scope and sequence, each connected to the exact materials that prove it.
IMRA Rubric Alignment
Form B is our official rubric alignment for the IMRA review. Every indicator links to the exact page in our materials, for Grades 3, 4, and 5.
The at-a-glance reports that map the Grade 3 year: pacing, clusters, genres, passages, frameworks, and games. The Grade 4 and Grade 5 versions of these will follow.
The research behind the approach: explicit Tier One teaching, the forgetting curve, distributed learning, the gradual release of responsibility, the GRADUATE Infinity Learning Cycle, and OnRAMP.
Whole group, Tier 1 SmartBoard tools for the writing process: Check MATE for thesis statements and OnRAMP for main idea and theme. The class talks, the teacher types, and each tool shows the thinking level and the next best move.
Randi Whitney walks through how to use The Writing Academy alongside your core RLA curriculum, in six short parts. Watch them in order, or jump to the part you need. Every video has captions and a transcript.
Short trainings from Randi Whitney on the ideas behind the approach: the GRADUATE Infinity Learning Cycle, the forgetting curve, and distributed learning. Every video has captions and a transcript.
The Core Curriculum Connection Activities, one per module, showing how The Writing Academy writing plugs straight into the Bluebonnet core the state already gives your district. Run each one from their content or from ours.
The Core Curriculum Connection Activities for Grade 4, one per module, showing how The Writing Academy writing plugs straight into the Bluebonnet core the state already gives your district.
The Core Curriculum Connection Activities for Grade 5, one per module, showing how The Writing Academy writing plugs straight into the Bluebonnet core the state already gives your district.