Purposeful Teaching Tools

Use for a variety of student and grade level needs! Choose the one that fits your grade level/teaching goal for each Depth and Complexity lesson! The 4 Depth and Complexity Frames Included: 1) Blank NO LINES (for drawing illustrations) 2) Some Lines & Empty Space (for pictures and some words) 3) Just Lines (for writing sentences, no pictures) 4) Lines with request for Pg. #s (for referencing text and writing explanations). - Also includes teaching suggestions. Background knowledge and trainin

Depth and Complexity Prompts Note Taking Cards for teaching Common Core State Standards and/or GATE! Use D&C Prompts to guide students to think critically about everything they are learning about in the classroom. Use them in Literature Units, Guided Reading, Literature Circles, Mathematics Groups, Social Studies, and Science! Aligned with Common Core State Standards! Students fill in the note-taking card with a specific example to fit the Icon represented and there is a space for recordin

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific D&C Pack includes: - 3 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM stories in Theme 6: 1) Pepita

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific D&C Pack includes: - 3 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM stories in Theme 5: 1) Across

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific Depth and Complexity Frames Pack includes: - 4 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM storie

A HM third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific D&C Pack includes: - 3 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM stories in Theme 1: 1) The

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific D&C Pack includes: - 3 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM stories in Theme 4: 1) Nights

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology, use these frames as a response to literature, literacy center activity, independent/partner activity, find textual evidence … etc. This specific Depth and Complexity Frames Pack includes: - 4 Depth and Complexity Frames for the following HM storie