Custom Curriculum

CLASSROOTS combines an inquiry-based teaching style with critical thinking to maximize classroom engagement and better equip students for success. Lessons come from hands-on projects, interactive discussions, problem-based activities,  literature circles, Socratic seminars, and student-generated questions, in an effort to engage all kinds of learners.

Here are examples of past CLASSROOTS workshops:

  • Writing Across the Curriculum and “Six Traits of Writing”
  • Vocabulary building
  • Debates in the classroom
  • Art-infused lessons (Tableaus, visual vocabulary)
  • Scarborough’s Reading Rope: word recognition and comprehension
  • How to make history come alive
  • Collaborative work for equitable learning
  • Internal and External Scaffolding to deepen comprehension
  • Literature Circles
  • Foundations of Phonics
  • Guided Visualization
  • Protocols for active learning
  • How to write lesson plans for engaging classrooms (I do, we do, you do)
  • Coaching Teachers on best practices
  • Data driven instruction
  • Content area reading and building background knowledge (Discussion on The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler)