RLA Learning LAB
Standards practice games for Tier 1, small group, and individual work.
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Purpose
The Teach BIG Vault holds exclusive resources that unlock when a school adds the Complete Set. Inside you will find the PLC Toolkit with monthly Data With Direction meeting guides, diagnostic tests, intervention and enrichment activities, and the SHOWTIME test prep package. It rewards schools that commit to the full system with tools that deepen implementation.
The Complete Set is the four digital platforms for one year. Everything on this page stays locked until your account has Vault access.
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The 4 product bundle
Open Open Daily Decks
Slide decks with teacher scripts and student tracking sheets.
Open this productOpen OnSTAGE
Interactive reading tools, Word Wisdom, and evidence practice.
Open this productOpen TBASE
Interactive writing tools and essay scoring with class reports.
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Also in the Vault
Open Diagnostics
Complimentary diagnostic tests inside the Teach BIG Vault.
Open Busters Premier, Grade 2
A fun boot camp project for Grade 2 before the STAAR test.
Open Busters Premier, Grade 3
A fun boot camp project for Grade 3 before the STAAR test.
Open Busters Premier, Grade 4
A fun boot camp project for Grade 4 before the STAAR test.
Open Busters Premier, Grade 5
A fun boot camp project for Grade 5 before the STAAR test.
Open SHOWTIME package
The last 20 days before STAAR: daily decks, readers theater, and the countdown magazine.
Open SHOWTIME Readers Theater
Decks that turn passages into confident performances.
Open Small group intervention set
Intervention PDF activities for small groups. These cards are placeholders and will be remade.
Placeholder card. The activities will be remade in the new look.
Open Small group enrichment set
Enrichment PDF activities for small groups. These cards are placeholders and will be remade.
Placeholder card. The activities will be remade in the new look.
Songs and Music
Song Lyrics Collection
Lyrics for all fourteen writing process songs, ready for the classroom.
TEKS and ELPS Music Alignment
The alignment document mapping every song to TEKS and ELPS standards.
Write to the Beat: The Writing Process
The full 14 song album cover. Songs are available in the store.
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Digital downloads
TEKS Certificates is sold in the store. A New Release can be featured on the Vault for a limited time.
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TEKS Certificates
A full book of certificates for ELAR strands 6 to 12. Mark each new skill and send a student home with something they can hold onto.
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PLC Toolkit
Data With Direction is your monthly PLC. Bring student writing, follow the agenda, look at the work with a simple protocol, and leave with the next lesson. Each guide stays locked until your account has Vault access.
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Open Vision and grade map
See how a strong PLC moves from student writing to the next lesson. This overview maps all 24 monthly gatherings and shows the full Grade 3 Cluster 1 meeting.
Grade 3
Open Cluster 1
Bring the writing, name what students already understand, and choose the lesson you will teach next. The agenda and the look at the work are in this first guide.
Open Cluster 2
Keep evidence and explanation going across every reason. Practice TREE and CSI with example papers and the leader's words ready to say.
Open Cluster 3
Build a full informational response: thesis, reasons, evidence, explanation, and significance. Leave knowing what to look for and what to teach next.
Open Cluster 4
Practice significance and a purposeful opening with MICE and GET SET. Help students write beyond the text and open with a reason.
Open Cluster 5
One answer from two informational texts. Connect the paired passages into one clear central idea.
Open Cluster 6
Decide, say why, and answer the other side. Walk through an argumentative claim, the reasons, and a rebuttal.
Open Cluster 7
Read and write poetry with LEAVES: lines, emotion, voice, sound, and significance. Example work shows the team what to notice.
Open Cluster 8
Pull sources together with quotation and paraphrase. Plan a five paragraph research paper and the check you will bring back next month.
Grade 4
Open Cluster 1
Help students explain how the evidence they chose supports the answer or the central idea.
Open Cluster 2
Plan and draft an extended response with TREE and CSI inside each reason block.
Open Cluster 3
Hold a full TREES response, including significance, when the prompt asks how ideas relate.
Open Cluster 4
Build a clear argument with a claim, reasons, evidence, a counterargument, and a rebuttal.
Open Cluster 5
Connect two texts with balanced evidence and close with an RRR conclusion.
Open Cluster 6
Write a full argumentative paper for a decision prompt, from the claim through the conclusion.
Open Cluster 7
Explain how connections between people, ideas, or events create change, using evidence from literary texts.
Open Cluster 8
Bring several sources into one research response about what shapes a place and its people over time.
Grade 5
Open Cluster 1
Lift the written response so it states a thesis, uses relevant evidence, and explains the connection.
Open Cluster 2
Plan and draft an informative extended response with a thesis, reasons, evidence, and explanation.
Open Cluster 3
Build a full extended response to poetry and drama using the WHY and HOW clues in the prompt.
Open Cluster 4
Build an argumentative response with a claim, reasons, evidence, and a line of reasoning that holds together.
Open Cluster 5
Write an informative response across paired passages, with balanced evidence and a conclusion.
Open Cluster 6
Write an argumentative letter with a clear claim, evidence, and a real sense of the audience.
Open Cluster 7
Explore theme, imagery, and craft when students respond to poetry and narrative.
Open Cluster 8
Synthesize evidence across sources in a research response that explains why the findings matter.
