All Lessons

Describe an Experience
This speaking applications lesson focuses on describing an experience. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, the teacher models a common experience that happens in sequence like washing hands, while focusing on a picture and using sequence words like first, next, last. The students repeat the description as Guided Practice, holding up fingers for each step in the sequence. In addition to the lesson, there are 11 pages of Guided Practice.

Print Uppercase & Lowercase Letters
This concepts of print lesson requires students to practice the printing of upper and lower-case letters. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Unlike most EDI lessons, these lessons do not have Independent Practice and Periodic Review for the students to perform individually. Each letter includes a short Concept Development followed by Guided Practice; as a result, each page is labeled with the corresponding letter (e.g., Concept Development: A, Skill Development/Guided Practice: J, etc.). These lessons can be done in any order and are currently arranged in alphabetical order.

Write Words Legibly
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing words legibly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are guided to read a word, then trace it, then write the word legibly using lines as guides. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review.

Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence
This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing the first word of a sentence The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson practices using uppercase letters as a rule when writing the first word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Produce Complete Sentences (Oral)
This Language lesson requires students to produce simple sentences using subjects and intransitive verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

Capitalize the Word I
This language lesson focuses on ensuring the pronoun I is capitalized. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

Recognize and Name End Punctuation
This language lesson focuses on recognizing and naming end punctuation. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

Determine the Meaning of Multiple-Meaning Words
This language lesson has students determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words.

Identify and Use Nouns
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.

Produce Complete Sentences (Writing)
This Language lesson requires students to produce simple sentences using subjects and intransitive verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

Count to 100 By Tens
This Counting and Cardinality lesson practices counting by tens to 100. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. For this lesson, students should already be familiar with counting to 100 by ones. A number chart and groups of ten objects are used to illustrate the concept in this lesson.

Write Numbers From 0 to 20
This Counting and Cardinality lesson practices how to write numbers 0 to 20. Student copy does not have the Independent Practice page. Instead, students will use the provided Whiteboard Insert to practice writing numbers from slides of the PowerPoint (teacher version).

Compare Numbers
This Counting and Cardinality lesson practices comparing two numbers between 1 and 10. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. For this lesson, students must be able to count to ten. It is recommended that the Compare Numbers Flashcards be used after the Skill Development/Guided Practice. This will allow students to quickly compare two numbers, after having learned the skill, eventually leading to fluency.

Identify Which Set Has Less Than
This number sense lesson focuses on identifying which set has less than. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, the students count each set in a pair and write the numbers. Then, they identify which set has less than and explain why. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing items.