In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.2. They will determine how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges. Students will read excerpts from several texts, including "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as character and challenge • Excerpts from several texts including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.1. They will draw inferences from the text and use evidence to support those inferences. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 5 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as explicit and quotes • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.9. They will gather relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students will combine and organize relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Guidelines on how to take notes and organize the information to write about a subject knowledgeably Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.7. They will draw on information from multiple print or digital sources. Students will demonstrate the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 6 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes two true/false questions and one multiple choice question • Definitions of key terms, such as print sources and text features • Examples of how to use the table of contents in a text to find answers Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.6. They will analyze similarities and differences in the author’s point of view in multiple accounts of the same event or topic. Students will study historical texts to compare and contrast the different accounts. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as point of view • Excerpts from several texts, including "Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass" by Fredrick Douglass Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.4. They will determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grades 3-5 topic or subject area. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as affix and domain-specific words • Examples of how to identify and interpret affixes Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.3. They will learn how to describe the relationships between individuals, events, and ideas in an informational text. Students will use transition words to understand those relationships. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 2 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as technical text and interaction • Examples of how to identify individuals, events, ideas, and concepts in a text Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.2. They will determine two or more main ideas in an informational text. Students will explain how each main idea is supported by key details. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as main ideas and key details • Examples of how to identify the main idea and key details in a text Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.1. They will learn how to quote accurately from a text when drawing inferences from a text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 6 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as quoting and inference • Examples of how to take clues from what is clearly stated in the text and make inferences based on those clues Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional resources on standard RI.5.1 • Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further

Students explore standard 8.EE.A.1 with this playlist. They will create equivalent exponential expressions using multiplication, division, zero powers, and negative powers. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 10 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as integer and exponent • Examples of the properties of integer exponents and how to apply them to quickly evaluate exponential expressions • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as identifying expanded form and exponent • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as thinking that the base multiplies by the exponent Need more resources? Finding Roots - Playlist and Teaching Notes

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.3. They will compare and contrast two or more characters and settings in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. Students look at the ways the characters in a story are similar or different can give a reader a better understanding of the story. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as contrast and event • Examples of how to draw on key details to compare and contrast characters and settings Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RL.5.3, visit

In this playlist, students explore standard HS.S-ID.9. They will distinguish between correlation and causation. Students will be asked to think of reasons besides correlation that might explain why two variables are related. Students look at examples of graphs and are guided through determining correlation or causation. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts ��� 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as correlation coefficient and lurking variable • Visual examples of graphs and how to use them to interpret correlation or causation Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as causation • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as misinterpreting correlation for causation For more teaching and learning resources on related standards, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard HS.S-ID.7. They will interpret the slope (rate of change) and the intercept (constant term) of a linear model in the context of the data. Students look at examples of data and are guided through finding the slope and intercept using various strategies. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 5 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as intercept and slope • Examples of how to solve for slope and intercept • A quiz with five multiple choice word problems Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as identifying the y-intercept • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as switching the slope and y-intercept For more teaching and learning resources on related standards, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 8.EE.5. They will graph proportional relationships and interpret the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Students will learn to compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways. Students look at examples of real-world rates and are guided through finding the unit rate using various strategies. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 6 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as unit rate and slope • Visual examples of tables and graphs and how to use them to find the rate • An example of how to find slope and rate Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as unit rates • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as confusing the change in x for the change in y For more teaching and learning resources on related standards, visit .

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard HSF.IF.A.1. Students answer five questions that test their understanding of functions and their associated domain and range. This quiz includes: • Five multiple choice questions • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSF.IF.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this quiz, students assess their understanding of standard HSA.APR.A.1. Students answer three questions that test their ability to perform arithmetic operations on polynomials. This quiz includes: • Three multiple choice questions • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSA.APR.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 8.G.B.8. They learn how to apply the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system. Students are guided through examples of how to find vertical and horizontal distances on a coordinate plane. Students apply what they learned by using the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to a practice activity • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as horizontal and Pythagorean theorem • Explanations and examples of how to solve complex problems using the Pythagorean theorem Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Links to additional resources for extra practice • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as making errors locating the third point somewhere other than the intersection between two rays For more teaching and learning resources on standard 8.G.B.8, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard 8.EE.C.7.B. They learn how to solve linear equations with rational number coefficients. Students are guided through examples of how to solve linear equations that require expanding expressions using the distributive property and collecting like terms. Students apply what they learned by using the distributive property to simplify expressions and solve linear equations in one variable. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to a practice activity • Links to five instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as coefficient and distributive property • Explanations of how to solve complex problems using inverse operations to transform the equation and isolate the variable Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Links to additional resources for extra practice • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as making errors applying the distributive property, combining like terms, and choosing incorrect inverse operations For more teaching and learning resources on standard 8.EE.C.7.B, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.11-12.3. They learn how to analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text. Students are guided through examples of how to understand sequence and how ideas interact and develop over the course of a text. Students apply what they learned by analyzing another speech. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Links to two practice quizzes or activities • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Excerpt from “Declaration of Conscience” speech given by Senator Margaret Chase Smith • A self-check quiz consisting of informational passages, such as “Declaration of Sentiments” and others, two multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank, and one multiple select question Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze speeches • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.11-12.3, visit Wisewire.com.

In this playlist, students explore standard L.11-12.1.A. They learn how to identify conventions of language usage, including how they change over time. Students are guided through categories of common usage and a few examples of some of these usages. Students apply what they learned by analyzing the language of a historical document or classic literary text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • Link to one practice quiz or activity • Links to three instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as analogous words • A self-check quiz consisting of three multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as how to analyze historical documents • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.11-12.1.A, visit Wisewire.com.