EmpowerED Learner eToolkit
Accelerate learning and innovate with the Empowered Learner eToolkit.
A Customizable Collection of Asynchronous, Formative Assessment Literacy Tasks
Created by a team of teacher-leaders and formative assessment experts, the Empowered Learner eToolkit is a customizable collection of asynchronous, formative assessment literacy tasks. Organized sequentially, the tasks promote clarity, learning transfer, and student ownership. Compatible with both Microsoft Office and Google Classroom, the eToolkit includes a series of standards-based lesson plans, accompanying asynchronous formative tasks, self-assessment surveys, exemplars, and templates for teachers to personalize in partnership with their students.
Field Guide and Grades 3–5 Slide Decks
If you are looking for a literary instructional solution to support your students both in school and at home, consider our Field Guide and accompanying resources to help fully empower and engage learners. This bundle includes:
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The eToolkit field guide
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Slide decks on core learning strategies, literary learner strategies, gradual release of control cycle, well-being, and self-assessment
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A goal setting check list and the goal setting deck
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eToolkit weekly schedules and icons to help students visually align the task with expectations
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Blank documents and slide templates to expand your collection of tasks
Third Grade Literary Suite
The third grade literary suite the focus on what makes a good story. Teachers receive a task menu with accompanying tasks and slides. These slides use a variety of tools to engage students to promote an understanding of plot, character, setting and theme. The tasks range from concepts to deepening knowledge and were created on an intentional progression to support the standards. Additionally, the family resource guide (which also comes in Spanish) is included for clarity and support at home. The mentor text slides create a space for teachers to model skills that can be used more than once.
Fourth Grade Literary Suite
The fourth grade literary suite focuses on digging deeper into the story elements. Teachers receive a task menu with accompanying tasks and slides. These slides use a variety of tools to engage students to promote an understanding of plot, character, setting and theme. The tasks range from concepts to deepening knowledge and were created on an intentional progression to support the standards. Additionally, the family resource guide (which also comes in Spanish) is included for clarity and support at home. The mentor text slides create a space for teachers to model skills that can be used more than once.
Fifth Grade Literary Suite
The fifth grade literary suite focuses on analyzing story elements to interpret literature. Teachers receive a task menu with accompanying tasks and slides. These slides use a variety of tools to engage students to promote an understanding of plot, character, setting and theme. The tasks range from concepts to deepening knowledge and were created on an intentional progression to support the standards. Additionally, the family resource guide (which also comes in Spanish) is included for clarity and support at home. The mentor text slides create a space for teachers to model skills that can be used more than once.
3-5 Grades Nonfiction Suite
Engage students through deliberate and rigorous practice with the EmpowerED Learner grades 3-5 nonfiction suite’s formative task menus and slides. From conceptual understanding to application of knowledge, the elements of the suite follow an intentional progression to support the standards.
6-8 Grades Literary Suite
In grades 6-8, students are asked to move beyond comprehending a text to analyzing it. Students are asked to analyze authors’ choices about characters, settings, and plots to deepen understanding of the texts. In addition, readers must understand how a theme is developed over the course of a text. In addition, students are asked to analyze characters' interactions, dialogue, and responses over the course of a text and determine how they propel the plot and develop the theme.
6-8 Grades Nonfiction Suite
In grades 6-8, students are asked to navigate and make meaning of nonfiction texts. In addition, students must determine a central idea and cite evidence to support an analysis of a nonfiction text. In addition, readers must determine the importance of text structure and text features. Furthermore, students are asked to write an objective summary. Students are expected to compare and contrast information for multiple texts and integrate information to deepen their understanding of a topic.
