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Supports for All Learners

Section 3 of the Quality Rubric asks how the materials reach every learner. This page gathers that evidence in one place: the scaffolds students use, the scripts teachers follow, and the language supports for emergent bilingual students. Each card opens the exact spot where the support lives.
PURPOSE
This page gathers the evidence for how the materials reach every learner, as Section 3 of the Quality Rubric asks.
RATIONALE
Scaffolds, teacher scripts, and language supports for emergent bilingual students are already built into the daily lessons, and seeing them together shows how every student is supported.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Choose a card under Differentiation and Scaffolds, Instructional Methods, or Support for Emergent Bilingual Students to open that support.
One page, one click. Everything here is built into the daily materials already. These cards simply point a reviewer straight to it, so Section 3 is as easy to see as Sections 1 and 2. The examples open Grade 3, and the same supports run through Grade 4 and Grade 5.
3.1

Differentiation and Scaffolds

Support for students not yet proficient, extensions for those who are, and guidance for special education.
3.1a
Student Support scaffold
Another Way to Show What You Know, a sentence starter and a spoken first step for students not yet proficient. On every before and after learning page.
Open in the workbook →
3.1b
Ready to Stretch extension
Take Your Thinking Further, an extension that asks proficient students to drop the support, cite evidence, and explain their choice.
Open in the workbook →
Coming soon
3.1c
Specially designed instruction
Educator guidance for students receiving special education services, in the professional development and teacher resources.
Coming soon
3.2

Instructional Methods

Explicit modeling, effective delivery, and the grouping structures that make it work.
3.2a
Explicit teacher scripts
Every teaching moment is written out as what to SAY and what to DO, so the modeling and explaining is direct and consistent.
Open the teacher scripts →
3.2b
Delivery and facilitation
The daily lesson plans guide the educator through each step, with the moves for a variety of instructional approaches.
Open the lesson plans →
3.2c
Grouping structures
Our article on whole group, small group, partner, and individual work across the GRADUATE Learning Cycle, with an at-a-glance chart.
Read the article →
3.3

Support for Emergent Bilingual Students

Linguistic accommodations by proficiency level, and materials that fit bilingual and ESL classrooms.
3.3a
ELPS in the daily lesson
Every module names its own ELPS and restates each one in a student voice, building academic language step by step.
Open the ELPS page →
3.3a
ELPS traced through the materials
The connections chart shows where each ELPS is taught and practiced across the course, the same trace we use for the TEKS.
Open the coverage map →
3.3b
Bilingual family connection
A short Family Connection for every module, in English and Spanish, so the support reaches the home in both languages.
Open the Family Connection →
3.1+

Read-Aloud Passages

Every passage read aloud, grouped by grade and cluster, so every student can access the text.

Grade 3

C1
Life Along The Nile River
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C1
The Pilgrims Chose Plymouth
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C2
Carmen Lomas Garza
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C2
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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C3
The Lunchroom Discoveries Drama
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C3
Why We Need Laws Poem
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C4
The Founding Fathers
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C4
The Invention Of Electricity
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C5
Henry Ford Visionary Of Travel
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C5
Sam Walton Visionary Of Retail
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C6
Crash
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C6
The Good Citizen
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C7
A Dream Can Grow
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C7
What Will You Give
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C8
A Place To Grow How Geography Helps Build A Commun
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C8
A Place To Grow
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Prepare
The Mystery Of The Traveling Shell
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Grade 4

C1
A Promise Written Long Ago
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C1
Morning In The Village
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C2
Columbus S Arrival
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C2
The Energy We Use Everyday
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C3
A Lone Star Choice
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C3
Making It Happen
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C4
Four Regions One Big Adventure
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C4
The Wealth Of Mansa Musa
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C5
Looking Back To Move Forward
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C5
Voices That Shaped Texas
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C6
A Day That Changed
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C6
Understanding The Texas Regions
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C7
The Roads Between Us
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C7
What We Carry Forward
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C8
What Shapes A Society Place Resources And Connecti
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C8
What Shapes A Society
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Prepare
Dream
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Prepare
Serve
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Grade 5

C1
From Tension To Revolution
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C1
The Ocean Lesson
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C2
A Harvest To Remember
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C2
Spanish Rule In Early Texas
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C3
A Voice Of Their Own
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C3
Our Rights Our Voices
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C4
The Garden That Wouldn T Grow
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C4
Words That Changed A Nation
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C5
A Difficult Compromise
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C5
A Visit To The Workshop
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C6
A Gift That Welcomed Millions
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C6
A Voice In The Community
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C7
One Voice Can Start A Wave
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C7
Try Learn Change
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C8
From Protest To Participation How A Nation Changes
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C8
How Change Happens Observe Adapt Test And Improve
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Prepare
The Fifth Grade Cookie Commission
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Prepare
The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery
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3.3+

Content Language Support Passages

Simplified language support passages for emergent bilingual students, grouped by grade and cluster.

Grade 3

C1
Grade 3 C1 Content Language Support
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C2
Grade 3 C2 Content Language Support
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C3
Grade 3 C3 Content Language Support
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C4
Grade 3 C4 Content Language Support
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C5
Grade 3 C5 Content Language Support
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C6
Grade 3 C6 Content Language Support
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C7
Grade 3 C7 Content Language Support
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C8
Grade 3 C8 Content Language Support
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Prepare
Grade 3 Prepare Content Language Support
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Grade 4

C1
Grade 4 C1 Content Language Support
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C2
Grade 4 C2 Content Language Support
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C3
Grade 4 C3 Content Language Support
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C4
Grade 4 C4 Content Language Support
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C5
Grade 4 C5 Content Language Support
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C6
Grade 4 C6 Content Language Support
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C7
Grade 4 C7 Content Language Support
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C8
Grade 4 C8 Content Language Support
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Prepare
Grade 4 Prepare Content Language Support
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Grade 5

C1
Grade 5 C1 Content Language Support
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C2
Grade 5 C2 Content Language Support
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C3
Grade 5 C3 Content Language Support
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C4
Grade 5 C4 Content Language Support
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C5
Grade 5 C5 Content Language Support
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C6
Grade 5 C6 Content Language Support
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C7
Grade 5 C7 Content Language Support
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C8
Grade 5 C8 Content Language Support
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Prepare
Grade 5 Prepare Content Language Support
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