All Lessons

Describe a Place
This speaking and listening lesson focuses on describing places and locations. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.

Follow Two-Step Directions
This listening and speaking lesson focuses on following two-step directions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will listen to a pair of directions (such as Stand up. Put one hand on your head.), and then they will follow them. Sometimes, they will be asked to circle or mark items. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Guided Practice.

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.