ThinkUp! ELA

For Teachers

• Assures that 100% of the NCSCoS for ELA are addressed with evidence-based strategies that help teachers scaffold high-quality instruction.
• Offers a Guided Instruction component with a focus on a specified reading NCSCoS for ELA, allowing teachers to model reading and thinking about texts and debriefing assessment items about the texts using a systematic approach.
• Gives a variety of assessment forms and types to support teachers as they monitor student progress in regard to specific NCSCoS for ELA, including Pre-assessments, Selected-response items, Constructed-response items, Reflection prompts, and Extensions including, Performance Task, Research, Listening, and Literacy projects.
• Includes content to support teachers as they plan and prepare for instruction: Clarifying the standards, Lexile Measures of Unit Texts, Coding (NCSCoS, DOK, RBT), Instructional Strategies and Activities, Glossary of essential NCSCoS terms, and Teacher Reflection.

For Students

• Includes Getting Started, Instruction, Assessment, Intervention, Extension, and Reflection components that help teachers engage and accommodate all learners.
• Provides Reader Tips that support student understanding of the unit focus NCSCoS for ELA, including vocabulary, examples, and questions to guide thinking as well as a brief text for students to read and to apply the concept or skill.
• Features new, full-length, and grade-appropriate single and paired texts that meet the genre requirements of the NCSCoS for ELA and that engage students in meaningful and authentic reading experiences.
• Gives opportunities for students to read multiple texts on the same topic, make meaningful connections, analyze genre characteristics and craft as they apply the techniques to their own writing, and respond to the texts in appropriate ways.
• Includes Revising and Editing practice as students read and analyze brief texts for needed improvements or corrections.
• Offers an Extension, including Performance Task, Research, Listening, and Literacy projects.