Triplet Slide Decks

1. Class Slide Decks: A Purposeful Progression Through Learning

Each five-day slide deck guides students through the five thinking levels: Foundational, Emergent, Visible, Independent, and Reflective. The TEKS, purpose statement, essential question, assignments, and teaching tools establish a clear instructional focus as students build understanding, make their thinking visible, and move toward independent application and reflection.

After students work through the five thinking levels, the answer keys for the week’s whole-group work are revealed, allowing students to check and reflect on the responses recorded on their tracking sheets. Students then complete an independent activity and an assessment-style multiple-choice question. The final slide provides the assessment answer key and explains why the correct answer is correct and why each distractor does not answer the question correctly, helping students examine the reasoning behind their choices.

2. Teacher Scripted Lesson Plans: Know What to Say, What to Do, and How to Respond

Every classroom slide has a corresponding teacher page. The top half displays the same slide students see on the board. The bottom half places the script and instructional guidance directly beneath it, so teachers can follow the lesson with the information they need in hand.

Bold, quoted sentences identify what to say, while italicized directions explain what to do. Supporting notes include possible student questions and suggested responses, common misconceptions, answers to essential questions, RPLD guidance, and next-best-step suggestions. This coordinated format supports confident delivery while helping teachers anticipate student needs and respond with clear, purposeful instruction.

3. Student Tracking Sheets: A Place to Practice, Apply, and Reflect

Each student uses a two-sided tracking sheet that follows the lesson sequence. The front captures whole-group learning as students work through the five thinking levels and the concept addressed in the deck. The back provides the independent activity and assessment-style question, including the correct answer choice and distractors.

Students have a consistent place to record their thinking, apply what they have learned, and review their responses. Teachers gain a useful record of student work to help identify understanding and determine where additional support may be needed.

From Whole-Group Instruction to the Next Best Step

Triplet Slide Decks support Tier 1 whole-group instruction, introduction, review, small groups, and tutorials. Their focus on individual standards makes them useful both for building initial understanding and for providing additional practice when a particular TEKS needs more attention.

They also connect assessment results to instructional action. Results from instantly graded TBASE essays and OnSTAGE reading, editing, and revising multiple-choice assessments guide placement into TEKS Teams and generate next-best-step recommendations. Those recommendations can include specific Triplet Slide Decks, giving teachers a coordinated resource for addressing the needs identified in students’ work.

With the slides, the script, and the student practice already connected, teachers can spend less time assembling lessons and more time helping students understand, apply, and explain what they learn.

Supplemental Practice That Follows Your Core Curriculum

Whether your school uses Bluebonnet, HMH, Savvas, or another core RLA curriculum, Teach by TEKS helps you keep supplemental practice aligned with the standards you are already teaching.

Begin with the TEKS identified in your core curriculum’s lessons for the coming week. Select the matching standards and individual breakouts in Teach by TEKS, then merge the corresponding slide decks into a resource that supports those same instructional goals. Students receive additional opportunities to practice and apply the skills introduced in their core lessons, while you maintain a clear connection to your curriculum’s scope and sequence.

You might combine a reading comprehension standard, a revising skill, an editing concept, and a writing standard into one weekly deck. Or you might focus your selections on just reading and writing, or a single standard that needs more attention. The combination reflects your instructional priorities and your students’ needs.

Your Selections, Supported by the Triplet System

Each TEKS-specific Triplet provides three coordinated resources:

• Class slide decks with the standard, purpose statement, essential question, assignments, and teaching tools that guide students through the five thinking levels.
• Teacher scripted lesson plans with a corresponding page for every slide, including what to say, what to do, and guidance for responding to student questions and misconceptions.
• Two-sided student tracking sheets for recording whole-group learning, completing independent practice, and responding to an assessment-style question.

These connected resources help you plan with clarity and teach with confidence, with instructional support and student practice already prepared for the standards you select.

A Flexible Resource for the Next Best Step

Use Teach by TEKS to introduce concepts, reinforce current learning, review previous standards, or prepare focused instruction for small groups and tutorials. When TBASE or OnSTAGE results identify a need for additional support, select the related TEKS resources to help students take their next best step.

Teach by TEKS helps you spend less time searching for supplemental materials and more time providing purposeful practice that connects directly to what your students are learning.