Take secondary students on A Trip to the World’s Fair! This dynamic resource invites older learners to investigate the historical significance and technological impact of the World’s Fair, including innovations like the iconic ice cream cone and telephone, through a rich, content-based article paired with a full sequence of TWR activities. Students will practice sentence […]
Deepen students’ engagement with The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis through this secondary resource. Students will complete a series of TWR sentence, note-taking, and paragraph activities that support comprehension and build essential writing skills. This resource is designed for secondary students and is ready to use as-is or can be easily customized […]
This tool helps you capture class-wide writing strengths and common areas of concern. Use the insights gathered to plan next steps and select relevant TWR strategies that support your instructional goals.
This webinar provides TWR activities and tips for how to teach your students to use note-taking symbols. We will show you ways to practice two high-leverage note-taking symbols—the “equal sign” and the “side arrow”—using sentence-level strategies through the Gradual Release model of “I Do,” “We Do,” and “You Do.”
In this “Watch and Learn” video, we review the customizable TWR note-taking templates available in the Resource Library. Specifically, we explore templates designed for students to use when annotating a text. Note-taking is a critical skill, but one that students often do not develop naturally. Explicitly teaching students a structured note-taking system can greatly enhance […]
This Watch & Learn video provides educators with practical strategies for using deliberate practice to help students not only master TWR strategies but also apply these skills as they revise unelaborated paragraphs and transition into independent writing. Additionally, it explores two approaches for planning and integrating a series of TWR activities into the content they […]
Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 3-12. Educators can create their own prompts and enter them into a ready-to-use template, complete with Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) and publishing paper.
Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 1 and 2. Educators can create their own prompts and enter them into a ready-to-use template, available in two formats: one with primary handwriting lines for early writers, and one without for more advanced students.
Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 1 and 2. Educators can choose from 3 ready-made prompts available in two formats: one with primary handwriting lines for early writers, and one without for more advanced students.