Planning your unit
Browse the entire unit
- Whichever unit you are starting to use, read the Unit Introduction thoroughly to get the big picture of what you are trying to teach.
- Look closely at the Reading Assignment Charts, particularly page 4 of each week-plan (the Primary Reading Assignment Chart) to see how reading assignments work together, and how often specific books are used in each unit.
- Notice that each week-plan has the Glance Ahead which gives you valuable information about combining resources, saving money, and avoiding troublesome content in some books.
Secure your books
- Browsing and buying at Bookshelf Central is fast, easy, and affordable.
- Peruse your library, via a visit or online. Many recommended
Tapestry resources are found there.
- Some of our primary books may already be on your family bookshelves. Be sure to check there before making purchases.
- Feel free to plan further out, but we do recommend strongly that you purchase resources for a single unit at a time.
Print supplemental materials
- Look through each week-plan and print from your supplemental
Tapestry products (such as Writing Aids, Map Aids, Lapbooks, and
Evaluations) any maps, graphic organizers, rubrics, quizzes, etc. that will be needed for you or your students for the subjects you planned to teach. (The Loom has digital copies of Student Activity Pages for easy printing.)
- You can place all these materials into your students’ notebooks or file system before the unit begins, and thus get a running start.