Curriculum Resources

Small Group Instruction

At Carrisa Plains Elementary School we offer small group instruction, allowing teachers and our instructional assistants to work closely with each student. This type of instruction provides the opportunity to evaluate students' learning strengths, locate gaps in the development of their reading or math skills and tailor lessons focused on specific learning objectives.


Wonders


Wonders offers a connected suite of programs to support core English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, English Learners, Intervention, and a full and equitable parallel Spanish program. Helping teachers make every instructional minute count as students move ahead efficiently, always focused on the same skills, strategies, and standards.

Science

Next Generation Science Standards

Mystery Science

Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science

Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Studies Weekly is the only standards-based consumable textbook that takes students deeper through primary sources paired with a robust online platform.


Thinking Maps



Thinking Maps are a set of techniques used in primary and secondary education. There are eight diagram types that are intended to correspond with eight different fundamental thinking processes. They are supposed to provide a common visual language to information structure, often employed when students take notes




Writing