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Supports for All Learners

Section 3 of the Quality Rubric asks how the materials reach every learner. This page gathers that evidence in one place: the scaffolds students use, the scripts teachers follow, and the language supports for emergent bilingual students. Each card opens the exact spot where the support lives.

Differentiated instruction for students not yet at grade level proficiency. The Content Language Supports, the Read-Aloud Passages, and the Writing Workouts are specifically designed to provide differentiated instruction that helps students who have not yet reached proficiency on their grade level content.

PURPOSE

This page gathers the evidence for how the materials reach every learner, as Section 3 of the Quality Rubric asks.

RATIONALE

Scaffolds, teacher scripts, and language supports for emergent bilingual students are already built into the daily lessons, and seeing them together shows how every student is supported.

HOW TO USE THIS PAGE

Choose a card under Differentiation and Scaffolds, Instructional Methods, or Support for Emergent Bilingual Students to open that support.

One page, one click. Everything here is built into the daily materials already. These cards simply point straight to the evidence, so Section 3 is as easy to see as Sections 1 and 2. The examples open Grade 3, and the same supports run through Grade 4 and Grade 5.

3.1+

Writing Workouts

Whole group, Tier 1 writing tools that give students who are not yet proficient extra guided practice.

Writing Workouts

Check MATE, OnRAMP, Evidence Detective, and Explanation Station: interactive practice that walks students through the thesis (central idea), evidence, and explanation step by step.

Open the Writing Workouts →

3.1+

Graphic Organizers

Blank and model graphic organizers for every writing strand (7, 11, 12, and 13), in black and white, ready to print.

Grade 3 Graphic Organizers

28 organizers, each with a blank page and a filled model page, in four chapters by TEKS strand.

Grade 4 Graphic Organizers

28 organizers, each with a blank page and a filled model page, in four chapters by TEKS strand.

Grade 5 Graphic Organizers

28 organizers, each with a blank page and a filled model page, in four chapters by TEKS strand.

3.1+

Small Group Reteach Plans and Thinking Level Sentence Frames

A 15 minute small group reteach plan for every module, built from that module's Teacher Lesson Plan, plus sentence frames that help students climb the thinking levels.

Reteach Rolodex

Flip through the reteach cards for any grade and cluster: what to look for, what to do, sentence frames, and a quick check.

Open the Rolodex →

Thinking Level Sentence Frames: Grade 3

Frames for all five thinking levels with a Climb Higher frame at each level, plus the Evidence Citation Verbs chart.

Thinking Level Sentence Frames: Grade 4

Frames for all five thinking levels with a Climb Higher frame at each level, plus the Evidence Citation Verbs chart.

Thinking Level Sentence Frames: Grade 5

Frames for all five thinking levels with a Climb Higher frame at each level, plus the Evidence Citation Verbs chart.

Grade 3 Small Group Reteach Plans

Prepare

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 1

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 2

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 3

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 4

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 5

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 6

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 7

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 8

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Grade 4 Small Group Reteach Plans

Prepare

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 1

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 2

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 3

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 4

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 5

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 6

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 7

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 8

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Grade 5 Small Group Reteach Plans

Prepare

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 1

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 2

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 3

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 4

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 5

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 6

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 7

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Cluster 8

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

3.1

Differentiation and Scaffolds

Support for students not yet proficient, extensions for those who are, and guidance for special education.

Student Support scaffold: Try It Another Way

Try It Another Way, a sentence starter and a spoken first step for students not yet proficient. Appears in every module (highlighted in the geo copy). Page 50 of the Prepare workbook (page 52 in the standard copy).

Open in the workbook →

Ready to Stretch extension: Take It Further!

Take It Further!, an extension that asks proficient students to apply the skill independently and stretch their thinking. Appears on the page right after the scaffold (highlighted in the geo copy). Page 51 of the Prepare workbook (page 53 in the standard copy).

Open in the workbook →

Coming soon

3.1c

Specially designed instruction

Educator guidance for students receiving special education services, in the professional development and teacher resources.

Coming soon

3.2

Instructional Methods

Explicit modeling, effective delivery, and the grouping structures that make it work.

Explicit teacher scripts

Every teaching moment is written out as what to SAY and what to DO, so the modeling and explaining is direct and consistent.

Open the teacher scripts →

Delivery and facilitation

The daily lesson plans guide the educator through each step, with the moves for a variety of instructional approaches.

Open the lesson plans →

Grouping structures

Our article on whole group, small group, partner, and individual work across the GRADUATE Learning Cycle, with an at-a-glance chart.

Read the article →

3.3

Support for Emergent Bilingual Students

Linguistic accommodations by proficiency level, and materials that fit bilingual and ESL classrooms.

ELPS in the daily lesson

Section 17, ELPS Correlations: each module's Teacher Lesson Plan lists every targeted ELPS with its domain, language pattern, student expectation, and the days it is addressed. Section 18 adds linguistic accommodations by proficiency level. (Highlighted in the geo copy of the Prepare Teacher Lesson Plan, pages 13 and 14.)

Open the ELPS correlations →

ELPS traced through the materials

The connections chart shows where each ELPS is taught and practiced across the course, the same trace we use for the TEKS.

Open the coverage map →

Bilingual family connection

A short Family Connection for every module, in English and Spanish, so the support reaches the home in both languages.

Open the Family Connection →

3.1+

Read-Aloud Passages

Every passage read aloud, grouped by grade and cluster, so every student can access the text.

Grade 3

Life Along The Nile River

The Pilgrims Chose Plymouth

Carmen Lomas Garza

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Lunchroom Discoveries Drama

Why We Need Laws Poem

The Founding Fathers

The Invention Of Electricity

Henry Ford Visionary Of Travel

Sam Walton Visionary Of Retail

The Good Citizen

A Dream Can Grow

What Will You Give

A Place To Grow How Geography Helps Build A Commun

A Place To Grow

The Mystery Of The Traveling Shell

Grade 4

A Promise Written Long Ago

Morning In The Village

Columbus S Arrival

The Energy We Use Everyday

A Lone Star Choice

Making It Happen

Four Regions One Big Adventure

The Wealth Of Mansa Musa

Looking Back To Move Forward

Voices That Shaped Texas

A Day That Changed

Understanding The Texas Regions

The Roads Between Us

What We Carry Forward

What Shapes A Society Place Resources And Connecti

What Shapes A Society

Grade 5

From Tension To Revolution

The Ocean Lesson

A Harvest To Remember

Spanish Rule In Early Texas

A Voice Of Their Own

Our Rights Our Voices

The Garden That Wouldn T Grow

Words That Changed A Nation

A Difficult Compromise

A Visit To The Workshop

A Gift That Welcomed Millions

A Voice In The Community

One Voice Can Start A Wave

Try Learn Change

From Protest To Participation How A Nation Changes

How Change Happens Observe Adapt Test And Improve

The Fifth Grade Cookie Commission

The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

4.C+

Fluency Practice: Prosody Marks

Read-aloud passages marked for rate, accuracy, and expression. Tap the ? beside any mark to see why the voice does that there.

Prosody Marks: The Mystery of the Traveling Shell

Prosody Marks: A Promise Written Long Ago

Prosody Marks: The Ocean Lesson

3.3+

Content Language Support Passages

Simplified language support passages for emergent bilingual students, grouped by grade and cluster.

Grade 3

Grade 3 C1 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C2 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C3 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C4 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C5 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C6 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C7 Content Language Support

Grade 3 C8 Content Language Support

Grade 3 Prepare Content Language Support

Grade 4

Grade 4 C1 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C2 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C3 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C4 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C5 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C6 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C7 Content Language Support

Grade 4 C8 Content Language Support

Grade 4 Prepare Content Language Support

Grade 5

Grade 5 C1 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C2 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C3 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C4 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C5 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C6 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C7 Content Language Support

Grade 5 C8 Content Language Support

Grade 5 Prepare Content Language Support