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Circuit Designers

Resource ID: TXLSR12.007
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will work in small groups of two to three on a structured challenge around circuits which includes requirements such as including using a switch or a conductor. They will then use that knowledge to work on a collaborative challenge to solve a relevant problem related to elephant poaching. Students will create a containment system that will have an alarm system, a lighting system, and a way to pass through. Finally, they will review the other projects and discuss similarities and differences in the design.

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Analyzing the Text for Summary and Connections

Resource ID: TXLSR20.009
Grade Range: 5
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will critically think and communicate; they will summarize a text to understand and make connections to other texts, themselves, and the world.

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Revising for Coherence

Resource ID: TXLSR10.009
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will use a checklist to peer edit a composition. They will check for coherence through the proper use of transition words and conjunctions.

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Figuring out Figurative Language

Resource ID: TXLSR1.002
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will work collaboratively to infer the implied meaning of a metaphor used in a poem. Students will complete a graphic organizer in which they discuss with their peers the two items being compared in the metaphor, write and illustrate the literal meaning of each word being compared, and use this information to infer the implied meaning of the metaphor. The lesson has a strong focus on vocabulary development and is designed with English learners (ELs) in mind.  
 

 

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Syncing with Inferences

Resource ID: TXLSR1.010
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students integrate relevant text evidence and background knowledge to generate valid inferences when reading a historical fiction text. The lesson was designed with English learners in mind, so it includes instructional strategies designed to make linguistic and content input comprehensible: a focus on vocabulary, visuals, cooperative learning, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and sentence stems/frames.

 

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Uncovering Tone in Poetry

Resource ID: TXLSR09.005
Grade Range: 10
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will interpret the tone of a poem, cite text evidence to justify their response, and research a synonym for the word they chose to expand their understanding of Tier 2 vocabulary.

Teacher introducing the poem

 

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What Can You Infer?

Resource ID: TXLSR10.020
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will learn how to use textual evidence to make inferences and to support their understanding.

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Bulldogs “Paws” for a Good Summary

Resource ID: TXLS132
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

This lesson helps students summarize information in expository text using logical order. The lesson begins with students using a T-chart to categorize information as they summarize a text. By the end of the lesson, students will independently summarize information. As students transition through activities in the lesson, they will work both in groups and independently using a variety of best practices and a checklist to heighten intrinsic motivation, increasing chances for success.

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"C" to the "E" Can't Conquer Me

Resource ID: TXLS094
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will explore cause and effect relationships by creating different representations of a cause or an effect from a given scenario.

Teacher introducing lesson

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Teaming up with Transitions

Resource ID: TXLSR1.005
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students participate in an activity where they must link cause and effect statements using transition words. The lesson is designed with English learners in mind, and it includes instructional strategies designed to provide comprehensible input, such as visuals and collaborative learning.
 

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Syntax Shuffle

Resource ID: TXLSR4.021
Grade Range: 10
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will analyze one of four ways to incorporate grammar and syntax into their everyday language through the use of technological instruction. Once students have comprehended their grammatical type, they will practice among their peers to master and share the lesson (grammar rule) in a Jigsaw activity.

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Author’s Purpose: Reading for Meaning

Resource ID: TXLSR1.004
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students use text evidence and background knowledge to generate and evaluate inferences about the author's purpose for specific sections of a passage as well as the entire passage. The lesson is designed with English learners (ELs) and students from families that speak nonstandard dialects of English in mind. The lesson provides scaffolded instruction through the use of strategies designed to make input comprehensible: visuals, graphic organizers, sentence frames, hand gestures, and collaborative learning.

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The Bucket Brigade

Resource ID: TXLSR1.011
Grade Range: 3
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students rotate to various learning stations and work with a partner to complete tasks that require them to generate inferences, infer the theme of short reading passages, write personal narratives or stories that exemplify a selected theme, and develop Tier Two high utility vocabulary. The lesson incorporates best practices for English learners (ELs) and at-risk students such as the use of collaborative learning, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and technology applications.

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Morphology Mania

Resource ID: TXLS114
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will discover and use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to determine the meaning of unknown words.

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The Battle Between Editing and Revising

Resource ID: TXLS014A
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will apply revision strategies to mentor texts. They also will have the opportunity to create a new book.

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Earth’s Movements

Resource ID: TXLSR5.012
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will work in small collaborative groups to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun which creates a day and night cycle.

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Reading Between the Lines

Resource ID: TXLS068
Grade Range: 5
Subject: ELA & Reading

In this lesson, students will expand their critical thinking skills by making inferences found in a short film and listening to a literary fictional text on tablets. Working collaboratively in groups, students will create anchor charts to demonstrate their understanding of making inferences and present their detailed anchor charts to their classmates. 

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Fun with First Drafts

Resource ID: TXLS086
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

The lesson will support students’ writing a first draft of a personal narrative story by providing opportunities to listen to their previously recorded story, review their (graphic organizer) draft web, and add sticky notes with further details to their webs.

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Increasing Student Agency with Nonfiction Text

Resource ID: TXLS240
Grade Range: 4
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students compare deep reading with an iceberg. Instruction focuses on teaching students’ close reading and annotation skills and increasing agency as students dive into informational text. Students are empowered through conversations, tech tools, and co-creation of criteria to read deeply.

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Inferring with Dr. Seuss

Resource ID: TXLS025B
Grade Range: 5
Subject: ELA & Reading

Students will work collaboratively in groups as they practice their inferring skills using children’s literature books.

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