A Priming Plan has three overarching purposes: to prime your students for success by curating the atmosphere, an overall feeling or effect of a place, in your classroom from day one. 

Every activity in your Priming Plan should serve one of three goals: helping students learn how your classroom works; building their confidence and optimism about the year ahead; and giving you information about their skills, interests, and how they work with others, information you'll use to plan the work that follows.

A small-group mini-lesson supports students who need reinforcement, those who are required to advance in a skill, or students who are auditory learners.

This may also be an opportunity to provide an advanced skill for those who have mastered the content. These lessons should last approximately 7 to 10 minutes. After the lesson, students can practice the new skill with a follow-up activity they choose from the activity list.

This equity-based unit is designed to have students understand the importance of having authentic representation within the books that are present in the classroom library. 

Students will conduct surveys and use those results to make recommendations of books for their classroom/school library.