Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Lesson Video
The video contains information that will help to strengthen knowledge of the lesson content and focuses on key subject-specific information.
Essential Instruction
The main content of the lesson is found here. Students are encouraged to complete the embedded exercises by using interactive drawing and text tools.
Reteach
The Reteach page clarifies and further explains the information found in the Essential Instruction area.
Enrichment
The Enrichment page encourages students to take their thinking beyond the content of the lesson.
Hear More, See More, Do More
Students are directed to resources that address the content using different modalities.
Activities Workbook
Workbooks contain foundational activities and puzzles such as word searches, crosswords, and matching exercises related to the lesson’s content.
Assessments
Students are delivered their daily assessments in an interactive, visually stimulating game format. Summative assessments, such as quizzes and exams, are given in a conventional test format.
Instructor Guide
Designed for the teacher, this document reviews all of the lesson elements and provides teachers with extended activities to complete with students.
High School (Grades 9 - 12)
Need To Know
The Need to Know presents prerequisite information and/or summarizes information related to the given lesson.
Essential Instruction
The Essential Instruction delivers direct instruction of the concepts.
Textbook
The Textbook provides supplementary information related to the concepts covered in the Essential Instruction.
Reteach
The Reteach page reviews the concepts covered in the Essential Instruction.
Instructional Video
The Instructional Video presents the concepts from the Essential Instruction through a different mode of learning.
Extension
The Extension presents enrichment activities related to the Essential Instruction concepts, to extend the students’ thinking.
Assessments
The concepts covered in the course are assessed through a variety of assessment types, including lesson assessments, quizzes, writing assignments, speaking assignments, project assignments, and exams.
ExploreLearning Gizmos®
Some math and science lessons contain additional interactive simulations that power inquiry and understanding of the concepts in the lesson. Each Gizmo® includes both a manipulative activity and corresponding formative assessment items.
Reading Guides
Reading Guides provide a combination of comprehension and critical thinking questions that guide students through the assigned reading in a lesson.
