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Teacher tools and lesson plans
Current Trifecta daily teacher lesson plans and new IMRA daily teacher lesson plans.
Purpose
Teacher tools and lesson plans provide scripted, TEKS aligned daily instruction that is ready to open and teach. Each tool pairs with slides and tracking sheets so the planning is done and the focus stays on students.
Current Trifecta daily teacher lesson plans
The Writing Academy ECR Trifecta brings daily lesson plans for the teacher, interactive workbooks for the student, and daily slide decks for all students in Tier 1 instruction to your classroom!
The TWA Teacher Lesson Plan Guide is a teacher-friendly, brain-based instructional system designed to remove stress and guesswork while teaching ECRs. Through scripted daily lessons, completed content internalizations, interactive notebooks, engaging games, and visual frameworks, teachers are equipped to lead rigorous and meaningful instruction. Built around the GRADUATE Infinity Lesson Cycle, teachers notice that planning, organization, and delivery are seamless. Every lesson is intentionally designed to increase student engagement, strengthen critical thinking, and build confident writers. Grades 2 to 9.
$169 to $199 each, by Trifecta Tract printed. $79 each digital download. 2nd Grade through High School.
Writing an ECR Essay: 3rd Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: 4th Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: 5th Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: 6th Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: 7th Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: 8th Grade Daily Lesson Plans
Writing an ECR Essay: High School Daily Lesson Plans
Lesson plan guides in the Store
New IMRA daily teacher lesson plans
The Writing Academy is a supplemental support to an already in place Reading Language Arts core curriculum. Our design provides additional, focused practice across the areas of ECR writing, so every student grows within the writing process, evidence collection, and genre selection, as they compose, revise, and edit text based constructed responses.
Teacher Lesson Plans. Daily plans for Prepare and Clusters 1 to 8. Each guide walks the daily lessons for its cluster and lists the TEKS at the start.
The full year for one grade is $1,500.00 for 1 teacher and 25 students. Grades 3, 4, and 5. Call for add-ons, or if you would like to purchase just one cluster to try it out.
The 85 sections
Every module in every grade level of The Writing Academy uses the same 85-section numbering system. Whether a teacher opens a Grade 3, Grade 4, or Grade 5 module, the structure is identical. Section 1 is always the inspiration, Section 50 is always the GRADUATE Lesson Cycle, and Section 85 is always the Teacher Reflection. Once a teacher learns the system, they can navigate any module at any grade level without relearning the layout.
The 85 sections follow the natural arc of a teaching week. The module opens with inspiration and purpose (Sections 1 through 3), communicates with families (4 through 8), then sets the teacher's road map (9 through 14). Standards alignment (15 through 19) and rigor safeguards (20 through 24) come next. Student-facing tools (25 through 35) and vocabulary (36 through 38) prepare the classroom. Daily preparation (41 through 46) leads to the passages and annotation (47 through 49), then to the Five-Day GRADUATE Lesson in Section 50. After instruction, exemplars (51 through 53), assessment (54 through 65), feedback and support (66 through 72), engagement (73 through 75), and student tracking (76 through 78) close the cycle. The module ends with teacher closure, reflection, and artifacts of effectiveness (79 through 85).
The handout that describes every section:
- Module Section Numbering Guide, Grade 3 (PDF)
- Module Section Numbering Guide, Grade 4 (PDF)
- Module Section Numbering Guide, Grade 5 (PDF)
Implementation guides
ECR Trifecta Implementation Guide
Teacher daily lesson plan, student daily interactive workbook activities, and classroom daily lesson slides. Three coordinated resources. One connected learning experience.
Grade 3 Implementation Guide
The complete implementation scope and sequence, day by day, fitted to the 36-module year. Nine implementation sections, with Grade 3 adaptations. All 32 3.11D breakouts.
Grade 4 Implementation Guide
The complete implementation scope and sequence, day by day, fitted to the 36-module year. Nine implementation sections, with Grade 4 adaptations. All 35 4.11D breakouts.
Grade 5 Implementation Guide
The complete implementation scope and sequence, day by day, fitted to the 36-module year. Nine implementation sections, with Grade 5 adaptations. All 29 5.11D breakouts.
