Habits of a Scholar
Knowledge sticks when you retrieve it on purpose.
Model: “I will mark, then look away and retrieve.”
Together: name one thing worth retrieving from yesterday.
Write today’s retrieval target on the planner.
Annotate the myth
Mark claim, evidence, and questions — then ask what the myth teaches a community to value.
“I gave them fire… Blind hopes I settled in their hearts; fire, yes, and more — the beginnings of all arts.” Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (public domain, adapted excerpt)
Model four margin marks on the excerpt.
Student narrates the next mark; you write.
Independent page + oral claim with line evidence.
See it before you symbolize it
Concrete groups → tape diagram → write 2:3 and 2/3. Defend why they mean the same comparison.
Full CPA worked example with check.
Two problems; student narrates the second.
6–8 items + one “why this works” sentence.
Where civilization anchored
Tigris–Euphrates, Nile, Indus, Yellow — label, then add two facts and one question that the map cannot answer alone.
What scientists actually do
Kitchen observation lab (ice melt or plant light). Record in a CER starter table — parent challenges one inference.
Model observation notes + CER headers.
First data row together.
Remaining trials + one backed claim.
Words that unlock the week
Say each word, then use it in one precise sentence about today’s work.
Studio MP3s play when the file exists (e.g. book, map, heart). Academic terms fall back to browser TTS — never phonics stretch bugs.
Own the week
Build the weekly planner. Set two device rules you can keep — integrity over performance theater.
Coach demos a real calendar once.
Student leads; coach shadows.
Solo planner + checklist photo.
Defend the habit
Use discussion stems. Pass ELA + Math gates to advance — else reteach Days 2–3 skills Monday.