Toolkits
Our Toolkits help you lay the foundation for meaningful and respectful classroom conversations and provide you with engaging, student-centered activities to enliven your lessons.
Whether you are preparing to launch a new ELA unit or establishing classroom norms at the beginning of the school year, our Toolkits provide you with everything you need to introduce a new unit of study to your students.
Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
These back-to-school activities and teacher resources will help you lay a foundation for a reflective and caring community at the start of the school year.
Coming-of-Age Unit Planning Toolkit
This toolkit provides the framework and classroom resources to help you design a coming-of-age literature unit for middle or high school students using a book of your choosing.
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