light Is More Than A Curriculum

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Is More Than A Curriculum

it's an all-encompassing literacy program.

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for Teacher & Student Success

Activate young minds and spark student curiosity with RedThread-the only complete K-8 literacy program on the market. It seamlessly integrates best-first instruction with comprehensive instructional materials firmly grounded in science of reading research, a proven method for accelerating learning. RedThread builds knowledge with themes that connect each piece of the curriculum. Culturally diverse literature and project-based learning engage students in skill building faster than ever before, while RedThread coaching redefines leader and teacher support  through immersive and hands-on techniques that rapidly build capacity.

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Curriculum Without Support is Just Pages

RedThread redefines literacy education by offering a truly holistic program. It provides a unified framework where curriculum and instructional coaching work in tandem, ensuring a tightly knit educational experience for both students and teachers.

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We Deepen Through Diverse Narratives

RedThread embodies cultural responsiveness through literature and projects that introduce students to diverse characters, topics, and themes across various backgrounds. Student discourse comes to life in the classroom as teachers use inquiry-based instruction to engage students in meaningful conversations, fostering deeper connections with themselves and those around them.

We Use Multicultural Literature Written
by Authors

RedThread's excellence shines through its internationally acclaimed literature from a diverse array of voices. By incorporating authentic literature, our curriculum enriches vocabulary, ignites curiosity, and fosters critical thinking.

The Curriculum is Strongly
Rooted in

Our curriculum emphasizes knowledge-building over rote comprehension, connecting students to their subjects through integrated thematic learning. This commitment to knowledge-building is a cornerstone of both RedThread Knowledge and RedThread Foundations curricula, resulting in consistent, interconnected themes that distinguish us from any other educational program.

We Include Components

We embrace the power of project-based learning. This approach cultivates critical thinking, teamwork, and empathy while encouraging hands-on engagement and the development of background knowledge. Our immersive curriculum empowers students to take an active role in their education, igniting their creativity and honing essential problem-solving skills that will be invaluable throughout their lives.

We Embody Evidence-Based

RedThread curriculum is rooted in the science of reading, supported by the latest research in literacy education. Our program takes inspiration from the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Rope models-ensuring students develop the critical skills necessary for comprehensive reading.

Curriculum Without
Support is
Just Pages

RedThread redefines literacy education by offering a truly holistic program. It provides a unified framework where curriculum and instructional coaching work in tandem, ensuring a tightly knit educational experience for both students and teachers.

We Deepen

Through Diverse
Narratives

RedThread embodies cultural responsiveness through literature and projects that introduce students to diverse characters, topics, and themes across various backgrounds. Student discourse comes to life in the classroom as teachers use inquiry-based instruction to engage students in meaningful conversations, fostering deeper connections with themselves and those around them.

We Use Multicultural Literature Written by Authors

RedThread's excellence shines through its internationally acclaimed literature from a diverse array of voices. By incorporating authentic literature, our curriculum enriches vocabulary, ignites curiosity, and fosters critical thinking.

The Curriculum is
Strongly Rooted in

Our curriculum emphasizes knowledge-building over rote comprehension, connecting students to their subjects through integrated thematic learning. This commitment to knowledge-building is a cornerstone of both RedThread Knowledge and RedThread Foundations curricula, resulting in consistent, interconnected themes that distinguish us from any other educational program.

We Include Components

We embrace the power of project-based learning. This approach cultivates critical thinking, teamwork, and empathy while encouraging hands-on engagement and the development of background knowledge. Our immersive curriculum empowers students to take an active role in their education, igniting their creativity and honing essential problem-solving skills that will be invaluable throughout their lives.

We Embody Evidence-
Based

RedThread curriculum is rooted in the science of reading, supported by the latest research in literacy education. Our program takes inspiration from the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Rope models-ensuring students develop the critical skills necessary for comprehensive reading.

K-8 Core Literacy Curriculum

RedThread Knowledge K-5 is Lavinia Group's multicultural, project-based, and integrated reading and writing curriculum for grades K-5. We provide teachers with everything they need to successfully teach a 75-minute reading and writing block for grades K-2 or a 90-minute reading and writing block for grades 3-5. They receive a comprehensive unit overview, writing exemplars, scripted daily lesson plans, project samples, and booklists. All units are thematically linked to the content focus throughout the year and work backward from inquiry-based essential questions.

RedThread Knowledge K-5 is Lavinia Group's multicultural, project-based, and integrated reading and writing curriculum for grades K-5. We provide teachers with everything they need to successfully teach a 75-minute reading and writing block for grades K-2 or a 90-minute reading and writing block for grades 3-5. They receive a comprehensive unit overview, writing exemplars, scripted daily lesson plans, project samples, and booklists. All units are thematically linked to the content focus throughout the year and work backward from inquiry-based essential questions.

 

RedThread Knowledge 6-8 is a core reading and writing curriculum that improves literacy achievement in middle schools through a global, thematic, and project-based approach.

Students develop content knowledge as they engage with diverse and rigorous texts, themes, and topics during a 90-minute reading and writing block. They apply their learning through authentic and integrated literacy and project work to develop as independent readers, writers, thinkers, and doers.

RedThread Foundations K-2 Curriculum nurtures essential early literacy skills over the course of a 45-minute block. This program places a strong emphasis on phonics, ensuring a solid foundation for reading and language development. This comprehensive package includes teacher guides and resources, along with a rich collection of RedThread Readers decodable texts. These decodables offer a diverse, multicultural perspective and center on authentic subject matter, seamlessly aligning with the RedThread Knowledge curriculum.

 

RedThread Foundations 3-5 Curriculum is dedicated to honing and expanding students' foundational skills. This program seamlessly weaves fluency work and RedThread Close Reading for Meaning within an engaging five-day reading cycle. With teacher guides and abundant resources, it provides explicit instruction in critical reading elements, encompassing phonological awareness, decoding, and fluency. Focused on building strong reading foundations, this curriculum equips young learners with the skills they need to become confident and proficient readers.

 

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Supplemental Curriculum

Using genre as an inroad, RedThread Close Reading for Meaning method teaches students to use a symphony of strategies to unpack complex texts that are at or above grade level. This curriculum prepares students to attend to both the essential meaning as well as author's craft. After engaging in a shared experience with their teachers, students are given the opportunity to apply the RedThread Close Reading for Meaning method to a new text, honing their ability to tackle any text confidently and independently.

 

Using genre as an inroad, RedThread Close Reading for Meaning method teaches students to use a symphony of strategies to unpack complex texts that are at or above grade level. This curriculum prepares students to attend to both the essential meaning as well as author's craft. After engaging in a shared experience with their teachers, students are given the opportunity to apply the RedThread Close Reading for Meaning method to a new text, honing their ability to tackle any text confidently and independently.

Grounded in the belief that all students are mathematicians, RedThread Math Story Problems curriculum and method engages students to develop multiple approaches for solving on and above-grade-level problems through hands-on learning and rich mathematical discourse. As students persevere through problem-solving and share their mathematical reasoning, they develop the confidence and precision necessary to tackle any mathematical task independently while building their mastery of grade-level standards.

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Phonics decodables seamlessly integrate with our core literacy instruction, empowering students to forge meaningful connections throughout their educational journey.

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Lessons

Interested in learning more about our lesson plans? We have several sample lessons available for download. Select the sample lesson you're most interested in from the drop-down menu below to get started.

RedThread K-8 Curriculum Support

RedThread K-8 Curriculum Support

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Learn strategies for best-first literacy instruction from our team of educational experts. 

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Participate in year-long professional development with Lavinia Group's Institute Courses. 

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Build a foundation of knowledge and grow instructional skills by participating in a day long RedThread workshop. 

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Testimonials

"RedThread Knowledge 6-8 has brought a refreshing element of relatability to my ELA class. The curriculum inspires my 8th graders to envision themselves as change-makers in the world by providing them with texts that show them how others, from a diverse variety of backgrounds, have made a global impact across history. The project-based learning approach emboldens my students to envision their dreams and make them reality. Many curriculums bolster rote thinking and thus dim the intellectual curiosity and investment of the students they are meant to support. RedThread Knowledge, on the other hand, encourages creativity and embodies the vision that all people, whatever their background or identity, can achieve greatness and push the world forward. This is how lifelong learners are born."

Katie, 8th Grade ELA teacher at Harlem Village Academies

"Our school was so impressed with the impact of this curriculum on our scholars! This research-based curriculum achieved the goals and results that we were informed it could produce."


Dr. Laurie Midgette, Founding Principal and CEO, Cultural Arts Academy

Testimonials

"RedThread Knowledge 6-8 has brought a refreshing element of relatability to my ELA class. The curriculum inspires my 8th graders to envision themselves as change-makers in the world by providing them with texts that show them how others, from a diverse variety of backgrounds, have made a global impact across history. The project-based learning approach emboldens my students to envision their dreams and make them reality. Many curriculums bolster rote thinking and thus dim the intellectual curiosity and investment of the students they are meant to support. RedThread Knowledge, on the other hand, encourages creativity and embodies the vision that all people, whatever their background or identity, can achieve greatness and push the world forward. This is how lifelong learners are born."

Katie, 8th Grade ELA teacher at Harlem Village Academies

"Our school was so impressed with the impact of this curriculum on our scholars! This research-based curriculum achieved the goals and results that we were informed it could produce."


Dr. Laurie Midgette, Founding Principal and CEO, Cultural Arts Academy

Our tailored solutions cater to each school's unique needs and budget. RedThread's integrated curriculum and support services are versatile, working effectively both independently and together.

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