Reading and Writing Practice
RLA Learning LAB games
$29
per year, up to 5 students
- Standards specific RLA practice games with Social Studies and Science content.
- Prove It!, Writing Workouts, and Thesis Time! for daily practice at home.
Purpose
The Teach BIG Homeschool Academy is a complete literacy system that helps your students read deeply, write confidently, think critically, and communicate effectively, all while supporting the values that matter most to your family.
Home to School Connection
A Family Packet for every module, in English and Spanish. Families get one short conversation that carries the learning home, plus the Parent Explanation Packet that shows how the year fits together.
Homeschool Family Pricing
Platform access priced for individual parents and homeschool families. Compare LAB games, Daily slide decks, TBASE, and OnSTAGE at a glance.
These prices are only available to individual parents and homeschool families, not to schools or school systems.
Daily slide decks
Daily slide decks
$29
each per year, or any 4 for $99
- Each full 36 week Triplet Daily Slide Deck is $29 per year, or choose any 4 for $99 with the Daily Deck 4-Pack.
- Slides, teacher script pages for each slide, and student tracking sheets included.
Writing Assessment
TBASE: writing practice assessment platform
$49
per year, up to 5 students
- Instant essay scoring with teacher, student, and parent reports.
- Students type directly or upload essays for rubric aligned feedback.
Reading Assessment
OnSTAGE: reading practice assessment platform
$49
per year, up to 5 students
- Online reading assessment with instant grading and TEKS based guidance.
- Reports that help you see what to practice next.
Home Connection: Family Packets
Each Family Packet is a warm, plain language guide to what your student is learning that week, with easy ways to talk and work together at home in about ten minutes. Every packet includes a family letter, a tip sheet, key words with student friendly meanings, and the thinking tool students use in class. Every page is in English and Spanish.
Try a free sample
Grade 4, Cluster 2, Module 1: Growing the Tree. Open to everyone.
Get all the packets
Family Packets are $19.99 per grade for a year, or $39.99 for all three grades (Grades 3, 4, and 5) for a year.
Family Packets: Grade 3
$19.99
One year of access
Family Packets: Grade 4
$19.99
One year of access
Family Packets: Grade 5
$19.99
One year of access
Family Packets: All three grades (3, 4, and 5)
$39.99
One year of access
All packets by grade and cluster
Grade 3
Prepare (4 packets)
- Module 1: One Topic, Different Writing Jobs (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Match the Writing Job to the Genre (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Plan the Path Before the Draft (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Choose, Justify, Draft, Revise, and Share (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 1 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Shaping the Prompt (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Writing a Thesis (central idea) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Understanding and Selecting Strong Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Explaining Evidence / Build the Full SCR Ladder (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 2 (4 packets)
- Module 1: TREES and Shaping the Prompt (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Writing the Thesis (central idea) (The Trunk of the Tree) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Reason/Way (The First Branch of the Tree) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Evidence (The Second Branch of the Tree) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 3 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Prompt Analysis and Thesis (central idea) Writing (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Advance Prompt Analysis (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Magnifying Reasons for WHY Prompts (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Matching Reasons, Evidence, and Explanations (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 4 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Significant Inferencing Sentences Using MICE (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Significance Sentences for HOW Prompts Using MICE (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Getting SET with the Statement of Purpose (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: The Yellow Sentence (Evidentiary Transition) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 5 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Connecting Two Texts (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Similarities and Differences (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: The Bluebird Moment (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Color-Coding the Full ECR Paper (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 6 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Writing Claims for Argumentative Prompts (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Supporting Claims with Reasons Through the Magnifying Process (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Completing the Argumentative Paper with CREATURES (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: The Persuasive Letter (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 7 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Reading Poems That Inspire (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Whose Voice? Emotion, Experience, and the Speaker (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Artistic Language and Sound (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Bringing All of LEAVES Together (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 8 (4 packets)
- Module 1: PLACE: From Resource to Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: PROBLEM: From Question to Solution (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: PEOPLE: Choices, Service, and Memory (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: TRANSFER: One Paper, One Proof, One Community (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Grade 4
Prepare (4 packets)
- Module 1: The Writer's Job Comes First (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: The Same Idea, Many Jobs (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Choose the Route and the Planning Strategy (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Independent Genre Decision and Transfer (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 1 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Level Up Your Thinking (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Build a Strong Thesis (central idea) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Prove It with Strong Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Make the Evidence Mean Something (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 2 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Growing the Tree Open the free sample (PDF)
- Module 2: Writing Thesis (Central Idea) Statements (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Organizing Reasons and Ways (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Choosing Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 3 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Your First Full TREES Response (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Recognizing Relational Prompt Types (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Magnifying Many Ideas into Three Strong Reasons (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Matching Reasons, Evidence, and Explanation with CSI (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 4 (4 packets)
- Module 1: CREATURES Foundation (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: From Facts to a Coherent Case (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Understanding Others and Rebuttal (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Ending, Significance, and the Full CREATURES ECR (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 5 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Building the Evidence Bridge (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: HOW Ideas Connect and Differ (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: The RRR Conclusion Paragraph (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Seeing the Structure Through Color (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 6 (4 packets)
- Module 1: If You Have to Decide, Declare the Why (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Magnify One Claim into Three Strong Reasons (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Finishing the Argumentative Paper with CREATURES (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Beginning and Ending an Argumentative Letter (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 7 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Paths Connect People (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: People Carry More Than Things (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Connections Create Change (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: What Will We Carry Forward? (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 8 (4 packets)
- Module 1: PLACE - What Shapes a Society? (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: IDEAS AND CHOICES - How Do People Turn Possibility Into Change? (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: LEGACY AND EVIDENCE - What Lasts, and How Do We Know? (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: SYNTHESIS - What Shapes Our World? (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Grade 5
Prepare (4 packets)
- Module 1: Genre Compass and Source Reading Genre (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Purpose and Audience Change the Response (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Choose the Route and the Planning Strategy (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Independent Genre Decision and Transfer (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 1 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Thinking Level Upgrades (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Writing a Strong Thesis (Central Idea) with TOPIC, CHARGE, ANSWER (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Using Evidence to Support Thinking (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Writing the Explanation Sentence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 2 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Understanding the Structure of an ECR (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Writing a Strong Thesis (Central Idea) (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: The Reason/Way Branch of the ECR (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: The Evidence Branch of the ECR Tree (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 3 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Building the Full ECR (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Hidden WHY and HOW Prompt Clues (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Magnifying WHY Reasons into Topic Sentences (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Proving Reasons with Evidence and Explanation (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 4 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Building the Argumentative Foundation with Claim, Reasons, and Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Turning Parts into a Coherent Line of Argument with Thinking (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Understanding Others and Building an Evidence-Based Rebuttal (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Completing the Argument with Ending, Significance, and the Full CREATURES Response (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 5 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Balanced Evidence Across Paired Passages (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: HOW Responses, Similarities, Differences, and Relationships (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Building a Conclusion That Finishes the Thinking (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Color Coding the Exemplar and Controlling the Whole Paper (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 6 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Decision Prompts, Claim, Reasons, and Evidence (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Coherent Argument and Thinking (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Understanding, Rebuttal, Ending, and Significance (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Full CREATURES in Argumentative Correspondence for a Real Audience (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 7 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Notice, Question, Speak (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Voices and Responses (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Evidence Can Change the Story (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Informed Voices Create Responsible Change (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
Cluster 8 (4 packets)
- Module 1: Challenge and Question (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 2: Evidence and Choice (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 3: Action, Consequence, and Revision (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
- Module 4: Synthesis and Publication (Locked. Included with Family Packets.)
K to 2 SHINE Writing Courses
SHINE video lessons for Grades K to 2 are taught by Randi Whitney and walk families through the building blocks of confident writing. Watch at your own pace and track progress through the parent dashboard.
Homeschool Bundles in the Store
Four ways to grow a reader and writer. Choose one bundle or the complete Academy.
- Literature Library: 31 professionally printed books with discussion resources.
- Phonics, Spelling and Grammar Lab: hands on instruction and interactive materials.
- Reading, Vocabulary and Fluency Studio: comprehension, fluency, and retrieval practice.
- Writing Academy®: video lessons, essay feedback, and ECR writing support.
- Complete Academy: all four bundles with unlimited scoring for Grades 2 to 8.
Music
Twenty four original songs turn the writing process, morphology, and academic vocabulary into music students remember. Press play on the songs page to hear samples and read lyrics.
At Home Printables and Games
The Vault showcase has sample intervention and enrichment activities, classroom games, and printable resources your family can use at the kitchen table. Schools with the Complete Set unlock the full library.
Does Your Student Need Extra Support?
Leveled passages with picture supports and read aloud, accommodations that travel with your student, tutorials for every platform, and enrichment activities for the days they are ready for more.
Questions
- What grades are available? The Homeschool Academy serves Grades 2 through 8.
- Can multiple students use the system? Yes, it is built for families and supports multiple students.
- Is this faith friendly? Yes. It is a Christian friendly literacy journey that supports the values that matter most to your family.
- How quickly can we start? You can begin right away once you choose your bundle.
Ready to start?
Faith centered. Research based. Family focused. Grades 2 to 8.
