PURPOSE
This is the front door to every material in the Supplemental Support System for Grades 3 through 5, so a teacher can reach any lesson, passage, song, or standard from one place.
RATIONALE
The Writing Academy is a supplemental support that stands beside an existing Reading Language Arts core resource. Keeping every piece one click from home shows how the parts connect.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Start with TEKS Connections to trace any standard through the materials, or open a grade to see its lessons. Use Search at any time to jump to a word, phrase, or TEKS code.
Our Purpose
The Writing Academy®, LLC is a supplemental support to an already in place Reading Language Arts core curriculum. Our design provides additional, focused practice across the areas of ECR writing, so every student grows within the writing process, evidence collection, and genre selection, as they compose, revise, and edit text-based constructed responses.
Start Here • Choose a Grade Level
Almost everything in the dashboard is organized by grade, so please choose a grade to begin.
We have an app for that!Meet the companion apps built for the teacher.
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Free SamplesPreview every product and hear a clip of every song before you buy.
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GlossaryEvery acronym and framework we use, spelled out for teachers: GRADUATE, TREES, CSI, DEEP FACTS, TRACKS, and more.
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Explore the Dashboard
Choose a section to begin. Teachers, start with TEKS Connections to trace any standard through the materials.
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Course Overview
Our scope and sequence, grade by grade, so you can see the whole Supplemental Support System at a glance.
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ISBN Guide and Key
How every product and document is numbered, with the full code key and every product ISBN.
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TEKS Connections
Trace any TEKS to the exact document, cluster, and page where it is taught, learned, and assessed, each spot highlighted.
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Assessments
The assessment tools that ask students about each TEKS, linked alongside the teaching and learning materials.
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Demonstration Videos
Watch the Editing, Revising, and ECR showcases, each song paired with its slides, right here.
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IMRA Accountability Spreadsheet
Every rubric indicator in one living sheet, with where our materials answer each one, growing as we go.
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IMRA Rubrics
The State Board of Education Implementation, Suitability, and Writing rubrics that guide the IMRA review.
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Music and Literature
The Writing Process Song Collection and our original Learning Literature, gathered in one place.
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Ordering Information
How districts, schools, and teachers can bring the Supplemental Support System into their classrooms.
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Parent Portal
The Parent and Family Portal, with Family Connection activities in English and Spanish for every module.
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Professional Development
Inservice trainings, camps, coaching, and the complete Writing Academy Supplemental Support System for teachers.
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Scope and Sequence
The whole year at a glance for every grade, the reading passages and the writing, revising, and editing standards, module by module.
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Teacher Resources
Spelling lists coordinated to the readings, and every reading passage gathered in one place.
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TEKS in Action
Watch one standard travel through the whole program, teacher plan to workbook to slides to music, each spot highlighted and pinned. This is where the geo-tagged threads live.
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How the TEKS are color coded
Writing Genre
Writing Process
Writing Evidence
Writing Conventions
Each TEKS is highlighted in its color in three places: a teacher document that teaches it, a student document where the student learns it, and an assessment where the student is asked about it.