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Culture area · Impact Team

⚡ Effective Learning.

Metacognition and thinking strategies, taught explicitly. The EL Impact Team makes the invisible visible — children learn how to learn, with the Meta Meter (Snooze / Stretch / Flex / Workout) and a brain-as-muscle frame.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

Children learn the language of their own thinking. Tier 3 terms are metacognitive strategies; books model the disposition.

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserytry · practicebrain · learn
  • The Most Magnificent Thing — Ashley SpiresPersistence and revision.
LKGhard · easyeffort · practice
  • Beautiful Oops! — Barney SaltzbergMistakes as material.
UKGfocus · restattention · strategy
  • Salt in His Shoes · Michael Jordan — Deloris JordanPractice over time.
Grade 1plan · try-againgoal · feedback
  • Rosie Revere, Engineer — Andrea BeatyFailure as data.
Grade 2mistake · fixmetacognition · reflection
  • After the Fall — Dan SantatGetting back up.
Grade 3monitor · adjustself-regulation · self-explanation
  • The Most Magnificent Mistake — Mac BarnettMistakes in disguise.
Grade 4evaluate · refineworking memory · retrieval
  • Mindset · adapted for children — Carol DweckGrowth mindset, primary edition.
Grade 5justify · transferencoding · interleaving
  • Make It Stick (Young Readers) — Peter C. BrownLearning science for older children.