Inkwell First Grade Unit Overview
Get a first look at how our K–2 curriculum integrates core ELA and core social studies into one instructional block. This sample unit overview highlights Inkwell's approach, giving you the tools to see how students build knowledge, deepen understanding, and apply skills in meaningful ways.
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What's inside
This unit integrates ELA and social studies to develop literacy skills within the context of meaningful social studies content. Students grow as readers, writers, and communicators, all while building knowledge through complex texts and primary and secondary sources.
- Literacy and social studies objectives reinforce each other
- Knowledge builds from lesson to lesson, and unit to unit.
- Reading, discussion, and writing strengthen each other.
- Learning connects to the real world.
This integrated approach makes learning coherent for both teachers and students.
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About Inkwell
K-2 core ELA and social studies in one, 70-minute instructional block.
Inkwell is an inquiry-based HQIM for both ELA and social studies, designed so each subject strengthens the other. Students develop their literacy by reading, writing, and discussing within sustained social studies investigations.
- Supports mastery of ELA and social studies standards in one block
- Grounded in the Science of Reading
- Embeds explicit writing instruction in daily lessons
- Builds knowledge through content-rich social studies investigations
- Connects and deepens learning through inquiry
Save time
Inkwell’s 70-minute block replaces two separate ELA and social studies blocks. Teachers no longer have to choose between ELA and social studies, and the time they get back goes to foundational skills, math, and intervention.
Deepen comprehension
Inkwell’s integrated design develops the background knowledge and academic vocabulary comprehension depends on. And, each unit students apply that knowledge to a new text, task or idea to deepen comprehension and extend their learning.
Give writing purpose
Inkwell writing starts with explicit daily instruction and asks students to use writing to make meaning of texts. Then, it asks students to go one step further and use the knowledge they’ve built as evidence for a broader disciplinary idea.
