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In this playlist, students explore standard W.8.2.A. They learn how to organize their writing by introducing the topic of an essay, previewing what is to follow, organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories, and use formatting, graphics, and multimedia to aid comprehensions. Students look at example mini-outlines and example paragraphs and are guided through the process of organizing the ideas and details into a coherent structure. Students apply what they learned by creating a news report about a topic of interest. 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 four instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as graphics and multimedia
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Classroom activities and a writing prompt
• Links to additional resources, such as how to integrate multimedia into classroom writing projects
For more teaching and learning resources on standard W.8.2.A, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 7.SP.C.5. They learn how to determine the likelihood of an even occurring based on its probability, comparing multiple probabilities, and determining which event is more or less likely to happen. Students learn how to set up a probability formula and are guided through examples of how to use the formula to determine the probability of different scenarios. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to six instructional videos or texts
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Explanation of the role of a number line in probability
• Definitions of key terms, such as probability and outcome
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as setting up a probability incorrectly
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 7.SP.C.5, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSA.APR.A.1. They learn how to use polynomials in a variety of math problems. Students are guided through the processes of adding and subtracting polynomials by combining like terms, multiplying monomials and polynomials by monomials, multiplying two binomials, including special cases, and multiplying polynomials by polynomials. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Explanation of the distributive property
• Links to four practice quizzes or activities
• Links to eleven instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as trinomial and binomial
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as subtracting polynomials with multiple variables
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as operations on polynomials
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSA.APR.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard L.9-10.1.B. They learn how to identify and use various types of phrases and clauses and explain how using sentence variety can add interest and meaning to a text. Students are guided through examples of how to identify and use phrases and clauses, such as prepositional phases and independent clauses, as well as explaining their contributions to the overall text. Students apply what they learned by writing a paragraph consisting of sentences of different lengths and structures. 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
• Definitions of key terms, such as infinitive phrase
• A self-check quiz consisting of two multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Classroom activities and writing prompts
• Links to additional resources, such as worksheets for sentence variety
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.9-10.1.B, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard HSN.RN.A.1. They learn how to understand the meaning of a rational exponent and the relationship between exponents and roots. Students are guided through solving equations with rational exponents and integer exponents. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Links to four practice quizzes or activities
• Links to four instructional videos or texts
• A self-check quiz consisting of five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as rational exponent and base
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as understanding the difference between bases and exponents
For more teaching and learning resources on standard HSN.RN.A.1, visit Wisewire.com.
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.5.7. 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.5.3. 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.5.1. 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
In this playlist, students explore standard RL.7.4. They will explain how rhymes and repeated sounds impact a play. 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 interjection and rhythm
• Examples of how writers use interjections to create a mood or to emphasize a quality about a character
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels
In this playlist, students explore standard RI.7.7. They will analyze how audio and video speeches add to or change the message and tone of text speeches. Students will work to understand the differences between text, audio, and video speeches. 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
• Definitions of key terms, such as media and portrayal
• Examples of how the presence of pauses and audience reactions in an audio version changes understanding
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
In this playlist, students explore standard L.5.2.D. They will use italics or underlining to indicate titles of longer works like books and whole newspapers. Students will use quotation marks to indicate titles of shorter works, like magazine articles or chapters
of books. 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
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as underlining and quotation marks
• Examples of how to indicate titles of longer works
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.6.2. They will write an objective summary of a text. Students will learn how to identify the most important information in a text. 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 five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as objective and subjective
• Examples of how to differentiate between objective and subjective summaries
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.5.3. 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.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 4.OA.B.4. They learn how to list factor pairs of a whole number, determine whether a number is prime or composite, and determine whether a number is a multiple of a one-digit number. Students are walked through examples of determining the factors and/or factor pairs and product of equations, solving the equations, determining whether a number is prime or composite, and determining whether a number is a multiple of a one-digit number. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Four links to practice quizzes or activities
• Four links to instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of key terms, such as factor pair and multiple
• Examples of determining factors/factor pairs and the product
• Examples of determining whether a number is prime or composite
• Examples of determining whether a number is a multiple of a one-digit number
• Explanation of how using a visual organizer can be helpful throughout these processes
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as finding factors
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as understanding the difference between factors and multiples
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 4.OA.B.4, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard L.7.1.B. They learn how to differentiate between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Students look at sentence examples and are guided through the process of differentiating between the sentence forms, choosing different forms to signal differing relationships among ideas, as well as learning the importance of sentence variety. Students apply what they learned by writing a sentence for each of the four sentence forms. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Link to one instructional video or text
• Links to two practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as independent clause and predicate
• Practice activities, such as expanding sentences to the relationship between ideas
• A self-check quiz consisting of three multiple choice questions, one multiple select question, and one Yes/No question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Links to additional resources, such as tips for teaching sentence structure
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK level
• Differentiation activities, such as an activity for students struggling with telling the difference between the sentence types
For more teaching and learning resources on standard L.7.1.B, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 3.NBT.A.3. They learn how to use a number line, an array, and factors to multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90. Students look at examples of open and closed number lines, arrays, factors and multiples, and place values and properties of operations and are guided through multiplying one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 using these strategies. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• Five links to instructional videos or texts
• Two links to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as open and closed number lines
• Visual example of an array and how to use it to solve a multiplication problem
• An example of how to solve a word problem using place values and properties of operations
• Visual examples of open and closed number lines and how to use a number line to solve a multiplication problem
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• A review of key terminology
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as multiplying by 10
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as breaking apart the multiple of 10
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 3.NBT.A.3, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard 4.NBT.A.2. They learn how to read and write numbers through base-ten numerals, expanded form, and number names and how to compare multi-digit numbers. Students look at examples, visuals, and instructions of how to use place-value charts and base-ten blocks to understand the value of digits in numbers. They also look at examples, visuals, and instructions of how to use place value to write numbers in different forms, such as expanded form. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities
The playlist includes:
• Ten links to instructional videos or texts
• Seven links to practice quizzes or activities
• Definitions of key terms, such as place value and number name
• Visual examples of base-ten blocks and how to use them to find the value in digits
• Visual examples of place-value charts and how to use them to find the value in digits
• Visual examples of expanded form and number name and how to use them to find the value in digits
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Review of key terminology
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as comparing numbers up to one billion
• Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as representing numbers with place-value charts
For more teaching and learning resources on standard 4.NBT.A.2, visit Wisewire.com.
In this playlist, students explore standard RI.6.5. They learn how to analyze the way a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of ideas. Students look at examples of different text structures and their explanations and are guided through an analysis of an excerpt’s text structure. They apply what they learned in the playlist by analyzing the text structure of a section of text from a science or history textbook of their choosing. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.
The playlist includes:
• One link to a practice quiz or activity
• Two links to instructional videos or texts
• Definitions of the different types of text structures
• Excerpt from Library of Congress article “Bowling Great Don Carter Was Born, July 29, 1926.”
• A self-check consisting of informational passages, such as “Letter to the Editor in Support of Preserving Local Covered Bridges” and others, and four multiple choice questions and one fill-in-the-blank question
Accompanying Teaching Notes include:
• Activities for students
• Writing prompts for students
• Links to additional resources, such as strategies to teach text structure
• An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK level
For more teaching and learning resources on standard RI.6.5, visit Wisewire.com.