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Lesson of the Week
Congratulations Mrs. Kalustyan!!!
What happens when great teaching meets creativity, meaningful connections, and active student participation? Learning comes to life!
Mrs. Kalustyan was selected for Lesson of the Week for her engaging implementation of the Wonders ELA curriculum, helping students strengthen their ability to identify an author’s claim and use text evidence to support their thinking. Through purposeful questioning, Turn and Talk opportunities, partner discussions, and whole-group sharing, students were actively involved in analyzing a realistic-fiction, comic-style story while learning to support their ideas with evidence from the text.
One of the highlights was Mrs. Kalustyan’s creative approach to making academic vocabulary meaningful and relatable! As students explored words like announced, candidates, and convince, she connected the lesson’s focus on voting to the class’s own mock election. Familiar names and characters, including Salish Matter, MrBeast, and Spider-Man, brought the concepts to life and gave students an exciting, age-appropriate way to connect new learning to their own interests.
Students also explored how illustrations strengthen an author’s message, recorded supporting details in graphic organizers, and discussed how voters learn about candidates. Throughout the lesson, Mrs. Kalustyan balanced explicit instruction with student voice, collaboration, and opportunities for every learner to participate.
With clear routines, helpful anchor charts, purposeful transitions, and organized literacy rotations, Mrs. Kalustyan demonstrated how strong instructional practices and meaningful real-world connections can make grade-level learning accessible, engaging, and memorable.
Congratulations, Mrs. Kalustyan! Your lesson is a wonderful example of how intentional instruction, student-centered learning, and creative connections can inspire students to think critically, communicate confidently, and become active participants in their learning. Way to make literacy Ramtastic!
