Help your language learners TALK → THINK → WRITE using your real curriculum.
If you’ve already been trained in Project GLAD® but sometimes struggle to turn the strategies into intentional lesson plans, this toolkit is for you.
This is not a Project GLAD® training. It’s a planning and scheduling tool designed to help you use the strategies you already know with more clarity and purpose.
You can plug in your own standards, vocabulary, and content, then map it all across your week or unit. Instead of reinventing the wheel, you’ll have a simple way to plan for stronger language, clearer instruction, and smoother integration of GLAD® into your classroom flow.
It shows you exactly how to turn your curriculum into GLAD® lessons
Step-by-step planning pages guide you from standards → vocabulary → oral language → confident readers and writers
Daily and weekly samples show how to layer your favorite GLAD strategies across lessons
Editable templates let you drop in your own content and outcomes
Supports all content areas and multilingual learners
Combines planning, visuals, and examples so you can see it in action
Enhance the way you are using GLAD strategies with all the tips, tricks, and language supports layered within this to
Lessons where students are talking and thinking about your content, not just completing worksheets
Students using academic language naturally, building reading and writing fluency
You confidently planning units without stress or overwhelm
A classroom where GLAD® strategies flow seamlessly, from day one to week six
✔ Editable planning templates for your standards, content, and student outcomes
✔ Strategy Checklist + Quick Reference Guide to pick the right GLAD® strategy fast
✔ In-depth planning pages to embed vocabulary, build success criteria, and align with grade-level standards
✔ Daily + weekly sample schedules so you can see exactly when to layer strategies
✔ Complete 4–6 week GLAD® unit map template for step-by-step planning
✔ Photo examples and visuals showing what this looks like in action
✔ Tips to adapt for ELA, science, social studies, and multilingual learners
✔ Bonus guidance on creating cohesive instruction without needing a brand-new curriculum
This is your custom companion toolkit designed for teachers already trained in Project GLAD® who want support turning the strategies into intentional plans for real classroom instruction.
Whether you’re building a unit from scratch or working with your existing curriculum, this toolkit helps you organize standards, vocabulary, and strategy use so student talk, reading, and writing all work together with purpose.
K–5 teachers ready to use GLAD® strategies with real curriculum
Teachers who want students to talk, think, and write with confidence
Mixed-level and diverse classrooms filled with multilingual learners and emergent readers and writers
Anyone looking to turn theory into joyful, structured, effective lessons
Grab the Gladly Using Curriculum Toolkit Just $32
(Instant access. Start planning and teaching tomorrow.)
Your step-by-step companion to plug GLAD® strategies into your lessons, plan units with ease, and help students talk, think, and write confidently. Includes editable templates, sample schedules, visuals, and a full 4–6 week sample unit.
"My students loved this! They were engaged and provided a great opportunity for my EL students."
"The planning section alone helped me realize how intentional I need to be with language learners and how to apply this to everything I do!"