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. This product includes: • 1 link to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one sorting question • Definitions of key terms, such as synonym and adjective • Examples of how to use context clues to make connections • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • 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. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Examples of how to determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them • "On Women’s Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony • "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry • An excerpt from "Proclamation to the Inhabitants of California" by Commodore John D. Sloat • An excerpt from "Truman Doctrine" by President Harry S. Truman • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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

Assess student understanding of standard RI.9-10.8 with this quiz. Students answer four questions that test their ability to delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text and to identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. This product includes: • 3 multiple choice questions • 1 sorting question • "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry • "The Four Freedoms" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt • An accompanying 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. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as idiom and personification • Examples of different types of figures of speech • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional information about figurative language in poetry • 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. This product includes: • 12 links to instructional videos or texts • Definitions of key terms, such as interpretation and source text • Examples of how to analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text • An excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare • "This Is My Letter To The World" by Emily Dickinson • An excerpt from "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities

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. This product includes: • 6 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 self-check assessment that includes five questions • Examples of common idioms matched with their meanings • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • Additional activities and differentiation ideas 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. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 7 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one ordering question • Definitions of key terms, such as transition words • Examples of how to determine the type of relationship between ideas or sentences • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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

Students explore standard L.5.3.A with this playlist. They will learn how to expand, combine, and reduce sentences. Students will practice adding more detail and description to expand simple sentences. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 6 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question • Examples of how to analyze how authors introduce, illustrate, and elaborate on ideas • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 7 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as context clues • Examples of comparisons as context clues • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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

Students explore standard L.5.5.A with this playlist. They will learn how to identify similes and metaphors. Students will interpret similes and metaphors in context. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 2 links to instructional videos or texts • 4 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as figurative language and context clues • Examples of figurative language in poetry • “Prime” by Amy Lowell • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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. This product includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions and two matching questions • Definitions of key terms, such as explicit information and key details • Examples of how to come up with questions while reading to deepen understanding • "A History of Candles" by Wisewire • "Sunscreen for Your Sun Day" by the CDC • An excerpt from "The Insect Folk" by Margaret Warner Moreley • "Trains of the Future, Today" by Wisewire • "Why Is the Moon So Scarred with Craters?" by NASA • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as phrase and dependent clause • Examples of how to use commas to set off introductory words, phrases, and clauses • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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.3.2 with this playlist. They will determine the main idea of a text. Students will recount key details in a text and explain how they support the main idea. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 3 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 main idea and recount • "Football in a Soccer World" by Wisewire • "Robert Capa and Photography of Violence" by Wisewire • "Interact with Tact " by the Federal Trade Commission • "Officer Robot Reporting for Duty" by Wisewire • "Getting Your Shots" by Kids.gov • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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 RL.4.5 with this playlist. They will learn how to refer to the structural elements of poems and drama when writing or speaking about a text. Students explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as prose and drama • 1 assessment consisting of three multiple choice questions, one fill-in-the-blank question, and one matching question • Example texts with descriptions of the structural elements highlighted and discussed • An excerpt from “A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia” by G. A. Henty • An excerpt from “Dr. Hardhack’s Prescription” by K. McDowell Rice • “My Love Ship” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox • An excerpt from “The Boor” by Anton Chekhov • “The Ecchoing Green” by William Blake • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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 RL.4.6 with this playlist. They will compare and contrast the points of view in different stories. Students will distinguish between first- and third-person narrations. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes one multiple choice question, two fill-in-the-blank questions, and one matching question • Definitions of key terms, such as narrator and point of view • Examples of different points of view • "The First Voyage of Sinbad" by Logan Marshall • An excerpt from "Leif and His New Land" by Jennie Hall • "The Witness" by Wisewire • An excerpt from "The Darning Needle" by Hans Christian Andersen • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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

Students explore standard RL.4.9 with this playlist. They will compare and contrast the treatment of similar patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. Students will practice organizing plot events by playing a simple game. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 4 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • An excerpt from "The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse" by Aesop • "The Hare and the Tortoise" by Aesop • "The Tortoise and the Ducks" by Aesop • An excerpt from "Leif and His New Land" by Jennie Hall • "The First Voyage of Sinbad" by Logan Marshall • "Turtle’s Race, Second Version" by Ojibwa Fable • "Why Does the Buffalo Walk Slowly and Tread Gently?" by Romanian Fable • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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. This product includes: • 4 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 fable and theme • Excerpts from several texts that allow students to examine similarities and differences between stories that share a similar theme and topic • An excerpt from "The Adventures of Pinocchio " by Carlo Collodi • An excerpt from "The Owl in the Ivy Bush" by Juliana Horatia Ewing • "The Little Hero of Haarlem" by Sara Cone Bryant • An excerpt from "The Grasshopper and the Ant" by Jean de la Fontaine • An excerpt from "How the Camel Got His Hump" by Rudyard Kipling • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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 RL.4.7 with this playlist. They will compare text and visual versions of the same story. Students will identify where specific phrases and sentences from a text are shown visually. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 5 links to instructional videos or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as oral version and visual version • An excerpt from “Leif and His New Land” by Jennie Hall • An excerpt from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum • An excerpt from “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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 quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences with this quiz. This product includes: • 5 multiple choice questions • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

Students explore standard RL.4.2 with this playlist. They will determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem using details in the text. Students look at examples of stories and ask questions to help determine the theme. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 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 theme and inference • An excerpt from "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett • "The Tiger" by William Blake • An excerpt from "The Fox and the Grapes" by Aesop • An excerpt from "The Boor" by Anton Chekhov • An excerpt from "The Mischievous Dog" by Aesop • An excerpt from "Hansel and Gretel" by the Grimm Brothers • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • 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