Frequently Asked Questions

A Triplet slide deck is a coordinated set from The Writing Academy, LLC with three connected pieces: class slides, a teacher scripted lesson plan, and student tracking sheets. Each five day set walks students through five thinking levels and addresses a specific RLA TEKS standard or a yearlong strand.

A Trifecta slide deck is the daily lesson slide deck that matches The Writing Academy ECR Trifecta. It works with the daily teacher lesson plans and the student interactive workbooks so training, tools, and technology stay aligned for Tier 1 instruction.

A student tracking sheet is the two sided printable that follows each Triplet lesson sequence. The front captures whole group learning through the five thinking levels. The back holds the independent activity and the assessment style question with the correct answer choice and the distractors.

Every classroom slide has a matching teacher page. The top half shows the same slide students see. The bottom half places the script and instructional guidance under it, with quoted lines for what to say and italic directions for what to do, plus notes on misconceptions and next best steps.

The two types of editing workbooks differ in the passages the excerpts come from. Workbooks without Pennington the pencil on the front cover are based on passages from The Writing Academy, LLC supplemental support system, which is going through the IMRA process with TEA. Their content is 80 percent social studies and 20 percent science, tied directly to the social studies and science TEKS for each grade level. Workbooks with the pencil graphic on the front cover do not follow a particular curriculum; their paragraphs draw on social studies, science, and fine arts content. Both versions are high quality and designed the same way: students answer questions based on grade level TEKS content and the editing TEKS for their grade.

The two types of revising workbooks differ in the passages the excerpts come from. Workbooks without Pennington the pencil on the front cover are based on passages from The Writing Academy, LLC supplemental support system, which is going through the IMRA process with TEA. Their content is 80 percent social studies and 20 percent science, tied directly to the social studies and science TEKS for each grade level. Workbooks with the pencil graphic on the front cover do not follow a particular curriculum; their paragraphs draw on social studies, science, and fine arts content. Both versions are high quality and designed the same way: students answer questions based on grade level TEKS content and the revising TEKS for their grade.

A distractor is an incorrect answer choice. In Teach BIG instruction it is also worth investigating: why it looks attractive, which part appears to work, what requirement it fails, and what to teach next from the student explanation.

A yearlong slide deck set includes a suggested scope and sequence of skills that follows The Writing Academy, LLC supplemental curriculum. Add-on slide deck sets are shorter TEKS specific decks sold separately for focused practice.

• Yearlong sets are the full Daily Deck sets.
• Add-on sets are the shorter TEKS decks.

All of our slide decks live inside the proprietary Writing Academy slide viewer system. This keeps your slide decks at your fingertips wherever you sign in to your dashboard.

Yes. In our TBASE automated scoring system you receive a holistic score plus a 24 item itemized breakdown of the student written response so teachers can decide the next best step for each student.

Yes. They are all based on specific language arts TEKS at the grade levels noted for each product.

Everything you buy on teachbig.com is in My Account after you sign in with the email used to buy. Each kind of product has its own tab.

• Books and digital downloads: My Downloads
• Songs and albums: My Music
• Slide decks, Add-On decks, and 4 week sets: My Slide Decks
• SHINE video courses: My Courses
• TBASE and OnSTAGE plans: Dashboard with Open TBASE or Open OnSTAGE
• Printed books: Orders

Platform access is for one school year unless a product page says otherwise, and school year access ends July 31. Pick Any 20 ancillary credits never expire. Free trial credits must be used within 30 days of creating your account.

Yes. Teach BIG works with purchase orders for schools and districts. For quotes, purchase orders, refunds, billing, or a specific order, use the contact page or call 281-549-4466.

Purchases cannot be shared electronically with anyone who did not buy the content, either personally or through their school or district. However, the teacher who holds the account can show it to multiple classes under her direct supervision, such as when classes are combined or students are shared.

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Digital products open in My Account as downloads or in the slide viewer. Printed books ship to the buyer and appear under Orders. For ECR Trifecta materials, printed lesson plan guides and student workbooks are sold alongside digital versions of the same titles.

Yes. Printed books ship to the buyer and are listed under the Orders tab in My Account.

Teach BIG supports Texas reading language arts from kindergarten through grade 10, with most student tools built for Grades 2 through 8. Individual products list their grade band on the product page and in the store.

Yes. The store includes Spanish editing monthly slide decks and Spanish editing workbooks for Grades 3 to 5, plus Spanish reading passages. OnSTAGE includes Spanish passages, questions, and answer choices at no extra charge. Family packets for Grades 3, 4, and 5 are available in English and Spanish.

Specialized 4 week sets are short Triplet style products sold in the store, including Thesis Triplet writing sets. Each set includes slides, a tracking sheet, and a scripted teacher guide for each of the four weeks.

Each full Triplet Daily Slide Deck is $29 per year. Any 4 full sets are $99 with the Daily Deck 4-Pack. Shorter Add-On Slide Decks are $9 each. Strand or grade bundles are also sold in the store.

Pick Any 20 is $99 for 20 ancillary book credits that never expire. Free trial credits are listed on the free credits page and must be used within 30 days of creating your account.

TBASE is the Teach BIG Automated Scoring Engine. Students build a thesis, choose evidence, and explain how the evidence proves the idea. Teachers receive scoring feedback with interactive writing tools, a Prompt Builder, and Teach by TEKS for Grades 3 through 8 writing.

OnSTAGE is Teach BIG Online Reading Student Testing and Growth Evaluation. It is a reading, editing, and revising multiple choice practice platform that resembles the state test, with TEKS Teams, answer choice analysis, and next step reports for Grades 2 through 10.

No. There is one Teach BIG account for everything. TBASE and OnSTAGE open from My Account without a second sign in.

Pennington is the Teach BIG helper that answers reading language arts and product questions on the site. Pennington is not a person. It is your RLA helper for Teach BIG.

Call Teach BIG at 281-549-4466. For quotes, purchase orders, refunds, billing, or a specific order, a person on the team will help.

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