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In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.2. They will determine how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges. Students will read excerpts from several texts, including "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as character and challenge • Excerpts from several texts including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll 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.5.1. They will draw inferences from the text and use evidence to support those inferences. 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 • 5 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as explicit and quotes • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions 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, word counts, and DOK levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RI.5.9. They will gather relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students will combine and organize relevant facts and details from multiple sources on the same topic. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Guidelines on how to take notes and organize the information to write about a subject knowledgeably Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities 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 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.5.6. They will analyze similarities and differences in the author’s point of view in multiple accounts of the same event or topic. Students will study historical texts to compare and contrast the different accounts. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 3 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as point of view • Excerpts from several texts, including "Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass" by Fredrick Douglass 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 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.5.3. 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.5.2. They will determine two or more main ideas in an informational text. Students will explain how each main idea is supported by key details. 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 • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes four multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as main ideas and key details • Examples of how to identify the main idea and key details in a text Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities 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 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

Students explore standard 8.EE.A.1 with this playlist. They will create equivalent exponential expressions using multiplication, division, zero powers, and negative powers. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. This product includes: • 10 links to instructional videos or texts • 2 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as integer and exponent • Examples of the properties of integer exponents and how to apply them to quickly evaluate exponential expressions • An accompanying Teaching Notes file The Teaching Notes file includes: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as identifying expanded form and exponent • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as thinking that the base multiplies by the exponent Need more resources? Finding Roots - Playlist and Teaching Notes

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 8.EE.5. They will graph proportional relationships and interpret the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Students will learn to compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways. Students look at examples of real-world rates and are guided through finding the unit rate using various strategies. 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 • 6 links to practice quizzes or activities • Definitions of key terms, such as unit rate and slope • Visual examples of tables and graphs and how to use them to find the rate • An example of how to find slope and rate Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • A review of key terminology • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as unit rates • Links to video tutorials for students struggling with certain parts of the standard, such as confusing the change in x for the change in y For more teaching and learning resources on related standards, visit .

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.9-10.2. They learn how to determine a theme or central idea of a text, analyze its development over the course of the text, and provide an objective summary of the text. Students are guided through reading an excerpt, determining the theme or central idea and writing an objective summary of it. Students apply what they learned by identifying the theme or central idea and writing a summary of a classic horror story. 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 five instructional videos or texts • A self-check quiz consisting of story or poem passages, such as excerpt from “The Awakening,” “The Raven,” and more, and four multiple choice questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Classroom activities and writing prompts for students • Links to additional resources, such as strategies for teaching theme • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels For more teaching and learning resources on standard RL.9-10.2, visit .

Our quizzes are brief, formative diagnostic tools designed to test mastery and identify misconceptions a student has around a single Common Core standard. Assess your students' ability to determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details and to provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments with this quiz. This product includes: • 4 multiple choice questions • "A Rider on the Pony Express" by Wisewire • "Bind, Burn, and Bury: Funeral Rites from Different Cultures" by Wisewire • "For the Most Part, Few Young Adults Live With Their Parents" by Jonathan Vespa David Ihrke Ellyn Arevalo Steidl • "How to Make a Podcast" by Wisewire • An accompanying answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

In this playlist, students explore standard RL.5.7. They will analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to a text. Students will study illustrations to determine how illustrations can contribute to the tone and meaning of the story. 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 • 3 links to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as multimedia elements and tone • Examples of different versions of Cinderella and how visual and multimedia elements change the tone and meaning of the familiar story 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.5.5. They will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the structure of a poem.. Students also have the option to listen to instructional audio and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 5 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 denouement and exposition • Examples of how to identify and analyze key details Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities 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.5.2. They will determine the topic and theme of a poem. Students will describe how the speaker of a poem reflects upon the topic. 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 • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as topic and theme • Examples of how to identify the speaker, topic, theme, and tone by asking questions Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities 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 RI.8.8. They will delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text. Students will assess whether the reasoning used in an argument is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient. They will recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities. The playlist includes: • 1 link to instructional videos, audio, or texts • 1 link to practice quizzes or activities • 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions • Definitions of key terms, such as relevant and evidence • Examples of how to delineate claims and evidence Accompanying Teaching Notes include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard • Links to additional practice quizzes or activities on certain parts of the standard, such as supporting arguments • An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK levels