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Wisewire is a marketplace for sharing, creating, exchanging and purchasing high-quality learning resources. We’ve added a selection of our premium resources to TES!
Sign up free on our site to take full advantage of our powerful assignment platform for creating and delivering computer-based assessments to your classroom.
Winner of EDDIE Awards (2016); Tech & Learning Magazine Awards of Excellence (2016)
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 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 use context clues to determine meaning of general academic and domain-specific words
• “Meet The Maya” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from "Thirsty? Have a Comet! " by NASA
• “Where Do Old Satellites Go when They Die?” by NASA
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (depth of knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and two fill-in-the-blank questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as topic sentence and key detail
• Examples of how to find a topic sentence in a passage
• “Feelin’ Frazzled” by the CDC
• “Seahorses” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from “Ten Common Trees” by Susan Stokes
• “The First Immigrant Landed on Ellis Island” by the Library of Congress
• “What is Origami?” by Wisewire
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (depth of knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.4.2 with this playlist. They learn how to determine the main idea in a text. Students summarize the text and use key details in their summary. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 3 links to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as key detail and summary
• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and one true or false question
• “Douglass’s Escape from Slavery” by the Library of Congress
• “Frightfully Good: The Science of Being Scared” by Wisewire
• “How Much Is Your Money Worth?” by Wisewire
• “Pounds for Pennies” by Wisewire
• “Who Was Alan Shepard?” by NASA
• “A Legend on the Ice” by Wisewire
• “A Modern Day Tale of Gift of the Magi” by Wisewire
• “Diagnosis” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from “The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse” by Aesop
• “The First Voyage of Sinbad” by Logan Marshall
• “The Little Hero of Haarlem” by Sara Cone Bryant
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes two multiple choice questions and one sorting question
• Definitions of key terms, such as compare and contrast
• Excerpts from several texts that allow students to compare and contrast key details and important points presented in two texts on the same topic
• An excerpt from “The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln” by Francis Fisher Browne
• “Cosmic Car Crash!” by NASA
• “The First Transcontinental Telegraph System Was Completed” by the Library of Congress
• An excerpt from “Samuel Finley Breese Morse” by Hattie E. Macomber
• An excerpt from “The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln” by Wayne Whipple
• An excerpt from “Thirsty? Have a Comet!” by NASA
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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
Students explore standard RI.3.6 with this playlist. They will identify the author’s point of view. Students will distinguish their own point of view from an author’s point of view while reading text. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question
• Definitions of key terms, such as point of view
• An excerpt from “Samuel Finley Breese Morse” by Hattie E. Maccomber
• An excerpt from “Oobleck” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from “The Whistle” by Wisewire
• An excerpt from “Votes for Women” by Mark Twain
• “The First Transcontinental Telegraph System Was Completed” by the Library of Congress
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. This content-rich multimedia lesson integrates original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standard.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 4 links to instructional videos or texts
• 1 link to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as summary and main idea
• Examples of how to write an effective summary after identifying the main idea and key details of an informational text
• “Feelin’ Frazzled” by the CDC
• “Seahorses” by Wisewire
• “What is Origami?” by Wisewire
• “The First Immigrant Landed on Ellis Island” by the Library of Congress
• An excerpt from “Discoverers and Explorers” by Edward R. Shaw
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (depth of knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.3.8 with this playlist. They will describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text… Students will take a closer look at how an author uses cause and effect and sequencing. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 1 link to instructional videos or texts
• 4 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes one true or false question and one matching question
• Definitions of key terms, such as text structure
• An excerpt from “Robert Fulton” by Hattie E. Macomber
• An excerpt from “American Leaders and Heroes” by Wilbur F. Gordy
• An excerpt from “The Great Round World” by Julia Triott Bishop (editor)
• “Why Is the Moon So Scarred with Craters?” by NASA
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Students explore standard RI.3.7 with this playlist. They will use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text. Students will read and follow visual instructions. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
<strong>This product includes:</strong>
• 2 links to instructional videos or texts
• 9 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes two matching questions and one fill-in-the-blank question
• “What Causes the Seasons?” by NASA
• An excerpt from “Handicraft for Girls” by Idabelle McGlauflin
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file
<strong>The Teaching Notes file includes:</strong>
• 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 (Depth of Knowledge) levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 4 multiple choice, 1 matching, and 2 fill in the blank questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
“Where Do Old Satellites Go when They Die?” by NASA
“Benjamin Franklin” by Mary Stoyell Stimpson
"True Stories from History and Biography" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The North Pole" by Robert E. Peary
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 1 fill-in-the-blank and 14 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
- “Let’s Make the Next Generation Tobacco-Free” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Adaptation of “Letter on Thomas Jefferson” by John Adams
- “Pathfinders of the West” by A. C. Laut
- “The Journals of Lewis and Clark” by Meriwether Lewis
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 1 matching, 1 sorting, and 10 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
- “Who Bikes to Work in America?” by Brian McKenzie
- “Bike To Work Day Celebrates Transportation” by Anthony Foxx
- “Food Serving Sizes Getting a Reality Check” by the FDA
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 2 assessments that include 1 true/false, 1 sorting, and 6 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy,” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Hunger In Our Schools: Breakfast Is A Crucial ‘School Supply’ for Kids In Need” by Tom Nelson
“Milwaukee Speech” by Abraham Lincoln
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 10 multiple choice and 2 sorting questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as
“Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Robin Hood” J. Walker McSpadden
“Paul Revere’s Ride” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“O Captain! My Captain!” Walt Whitman
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
This resource bundle aligns with the Key Ideas and Details standards of the Common Core State Standards for Grade 5 Reading: Literature. We have combined four of our playlists—content-rich tools that use trusted textual, audio, visual, and multimedia resources to supplement high-quality instruction in specific elements of the Common Core—to guide students through each of the relevant standards for this strand of English Language Arts. (Standard RL.5.2 is covered across two playlists: one focuses on characters in stories and dramas; the other focuses on topics in poetry.) Each playlist is designed for 30-45 minutes of instructional time and is followed by a rigorous self-check for students. Alternatively you could assign individual student playlists as homework or remedial/extension activities.
The bundle includes additional passages on which students can practice their reading skills, including the ability to draw inferences from a text, to determine how characters respond to challenges, to reflect on a poem’s topic, and to compare and contrast elements of stories and dramas. Stepped-out examples and hyperlinks to videos, graphic organizers, and other activities further support instruction.
The Student Edition includes:
• 14 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• 8 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 20 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as explicit, theme, and contrast
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, including:
- “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell
- “Beautiful Joe” by Marshall Saunders
- “How I Learned to Ride” by Leo Tolstoy
- “The Ugly Duckling” by August Stevenson
- “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri
- “The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
The Teacher Guide includes:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to 8 additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
This resource bundle aligns with the Key Ideas and Details standards of the Common Core State Standards for Grade 5 Reading: Informational Text. We have combined three of our playlists—content-rich tools that use trusted textual, audio, visual, and multimedia resources to supplement high-quality instruction in specific elements of the Common Core—to guide students through each of the relevant standards for this strand of English Language Arts. Each playlist is designed for 30–45 minutes of instructional time and is followed by a rigorous self-check for students. Alternatively you could assign individual student playlists as homework or remedial/extension activities.
The bundle includes additional passages on which students can practice their reading skills, including the ability to quote accurately from a text; to determine two or more main ideas of a text; and to explain the relationships between individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a variety of texts. Stepped-out examples and hyperlinks to videos, graphic organizers, and other activities further support instruction.
The Student Editions include:
• 10 links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• 7 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 14 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as inference, key details, and technical text
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, including passages about: NASA and space exploration, caves, wild animals, school uniforms, Helen Keller, and the Underground Railroad
The Teacher Guides include:
• Additional activities to help your students explore the standard
• Links to 9 additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 3 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 3 assessments that include 2 true/false, 2 fill-in-the-blank, and 8 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
- “Benjamin Franklin” by Mary Stoyell Stimpson
- “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults” by the CDC
- "The North Pole" by Robert E. Peary
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 1 matching, 19 multiple choice and 1 sorting questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as
“Barter” by Sara Teasdale
“The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde
“When You Are Old” by W. B. Yeats
“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 16 multiple choice and 4 matching questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
Preface to “Our Vanishing Wild Life” by William T. Hornaday
“Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day” by Ronald Reagan
“The Military Argument” by Alice Stone Blackwell
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 1 sorting and 19 multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
- “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer
- “Little Lord Fauntleroy” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson
- “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels
Our playlists are “no prep” Common Core aligned lessons designed for small group work, homework, remediation, or extension around a single standard. Save 20% with this mini-bundle! 4 content-rich multimedia lessons integrate original instruction with web-based resources to guide students through the rigors of the aligned standards.
The Student Editions include:
• Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts
• Links to practice quizzes or activities
• 4 assessments that include 19 multiple choice and 2 matching questions
• Definitions of key terms related to each of the standards
• Examples of how students can apply the standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading
• Excerpts from several high-quality texts, such as:
“Remarks by the President at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches” by President Obama
“The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln” by Wayne Whipple
“Female Warriors” by Carrie Chapman Catt
• Accompanying Teaching Notes files
The Teaching Notes files include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional resources
• Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be challenged further
• Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK levels