Teach BIG research
Cited articles you can open and share. Each file is a Teach BIG research piece.
These are the research articles on file, including music and memory, morphology, active learning, threaded content, and the suitability maps for Grades 3, 4, and 5.
- Music, Rhythm, and Rhyme
Why beat and rhyme help students remember the writing process.
- Morphology 30/30/30
Why the 90 word parts are taught in the song series.
- Interactive Workbooks and Active Learning
Learning by doing: cut, fold, sort, build, and play.
- Threaded and Anchored Content
One content thread through the language arts strands.
- Reading and Writing Grow Together
Writing about reading strengthens both.
- Knowledge Is the Engine of Comprehension
Background knowledge drives understanding.
- Spaced Practice and Retrieval
Practice spread over time sticks.
- The Words That Carry the Meaning
Academic vocabulary that unlocks text.
- I Do, We Do, You Do
Gradual release in daily instruction.
- Feedback That Moves Learning
Feedback students can use on the next try.
- Words, Music, and Pictures Together
Dual coding for lessons students remember.
- Motivation and Joy
Why joyful practice keeps students in the work.
- Passages and the Suitability Rubric
How Teach BIG passages meet the suitability themes.
- Passages and Suitability, Grade 3
Grade 3 passage map for the suitability rubric.
- Passages and Suitability, Grade 4
Grade 4 passage map for the suitability rubric.
- Passages and Suitability, Grade 5
Grade 5 passage map for the suitability rubric.
- A Stable Foundation for Every Writer
Research article on the writing foundation.
- Big Word Detective Morphology
Rationale and research for the morphology song series.
