Mini-Lesson Videos

Two young students working at a table, one writing in a notebook and one using a laptop

Explore the demonstration lessons using Pathways 2.0 skills and strategies specifically designed to enhance your teaching of the curriculum.

The videos are categorized according to the three Pathways 2.0 blocks: Word Study, Reading Workshop, and Writing Workshop.

Word Study:

  • Spelling

    Grade 2, Week 1, Day 3, 4

    Book: Mercedes & the Chocolate Pilot

    Strategies: Open Sort, Buddy Sort, Blind Sort

    Objective: Spell words with phonograms ending with consonant clusters and double consonants VCC

  • Spelling

    Grade 2, Week 3, Day 4

    Book: Shepherd Warrior

    Strategies: Category Sort, Spelling Pattern Words

    Objective: Sort words based on their category

  • Spelling

    Grade 2, Week 4, Day 1

    Book: Odd Boy Out

    Strategy: Word Hunt

    Objective: Read, write, and spell consonant cluster words

  • Spelling

    Grade 2, Week 4, Day 1B

    Book: Odd Boy Out

    Strategy: Closed Sort

    Objective: Read, write, and spell consonant cluster words

Reading Workshop

  • Shared Read Aloud

    Grade 1, Week 2, Day 1

    Book: Ellen Ochoa

    Strategies: Previewing, Intro to text, KWL

    Objective: Participate in collaborative discussions, including prayer.

  • Comprehension Mini Lesson

    Grade 1, Week 2, Day 3

    Book: Ellen Ochoa

    Strategy: Text Dependent Questions, How to Cite Evidence (text and pictures), Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Questions

    Objective: Ask and answer questions about key details

  • Shared Read Aloud

    Grade 1, Week 4, Day 1

    Book: Ellen Ochoa

    Strategies: Reading Pictures, Picture Walk, Index Cards & Exit Ticket, 5W & H

    Objective: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text and read aloud

  • Comprehension Mini Lesson

    Grade 1, Week 4, Day 1B

    Book: Ellen Ochoa

    Strategies: Context Clues, Illustration, Text Match

    Objective: Use illustrations and details to describe key items

  • Comprehension Mini Lesson

    Grade 2, Week 3, Day 1

    Book: Odd Boy Out

    Strategies: Reading Between the Lines, Linked into Cause & Effect, Close Reading

    Objective: Determine meaning of key words and details (RI4)

  • Shared Read Aloud

    Grade 2, Week 4, Day 1

    Book: Odd Boy Out

    Strategies: Fix up Strategies, Self-Monitoring, I Heard/I think/I Wonder

    Objective: Recount and describe key ideas or details

  • Guided Reading

    Grade 3, Week 1, Day 3, 4

    Book: Mercedes & the Chocolate Pilot

    Strategy: Guided Reading Lesson - Thomas Edison

    Objective: Read and comprehend informational texts of appropriate complexity, independently and proficiently

  • Interactive Read-Aloud (Speaking/Listening)

    Grade 4, Week 3, Day 3

    Book: George Washington Carver

    Strategies: Speaking/Listening Standards, Story Checklist

    Objective: Tell a story with key details to support main ideas

  • Whole Group Instruction, Interactive Read Aloud

    Grade 5, Week 1, Day 1

    Book: Guardians of the Mercy Seat

    Strategies: Interactive Read Aloud, SWBST, Graphic Organizer

    Objective: Summarize a text read aloud

  • Comprehension Mini Lesson / Collaborative Discussion

    Grade 7, Week 1, Day 3, 4

    Book: Shepherd Warrior

    Strategies: Close Reading, Read with Your Pencil

    Objective: Use close reading to analyze a psalm

Writing Workshop

  • Writing Mini-Lesson

    Grade 4, Week 3, Day 3

    Book: George Washington Carver

    Strategy: Drafting a Narrative, story frame, oral rehearsal (partners)

    Objective: Draft a story

  • Writing Mini-Lesson

    Grade 4, Week 4, Day 1

    Book: George Washington Carver

    Strategy: Fictional Narrative, Pre-Writing, Story Map

    Objective: Using a story map

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