Students explore Long A vowel teams (ai, ay, ea, ey, ei, eigh) through a catchy song and collaborate to build a classroom 'Vowel Team Train' visual aid.
Day 5 of the phonics adventure. Scouts demonstrate mastery by reviewing both VCE and CLE word structures, completing a spelling and reading review, and taking the Syllable Scouts Post-Test.
Day 4 of the phonics adventure. Scouts practice reading sentences and a decodable camping passage packed with Consonant-le (CLE) words like 'candle', 'jungle', and 'giggle'.
Day 3 of the phonics adventure. Scouts explore Consonant-le (CLE) syllables, understanding how to divide words before the consonant + 'le' (e.g., 'ca-mle' -> 'can-dle', 'pud-dle') and spelling CLE words correctly.
Day 2 of the phonics adventure. Second-grade scouts practice reading and identifying VCE syllables inside sentences and a decodable story, applying text-based evidence to answer comprehension questions.
Day 1 of the phonics adventure. Students take the Syllable Scouts Pre-Test to assess baseline spelling and decoding skills, then learn how to divide and spell two-syllable Vowel-Consonant-e (VCE) words like 'reptile' and 'stampede'.
A comprehensive, tiered sentence unscrambling lesson designed for first-grade students. It features three levels of differentiated, print-and-go worksheets (Emergent, Developing, Advanced) alongside an instructional Teacher Guide and Answer Key.
A comprehensive sight word practice lesson covering Dolch lists from Pre-Primer through Grade 3. Students complete contextual fill-in-the-blank sentences supported by illustrated word banks to build reading fluency and word recognition.
A comprehensive 2nd grade Dolch sight word mastery program containing progressive worksheets categorized by frequency and difficulty, covering word searches, sentence fill-in-the-blanks, and color-by-word grids.
A comprehensive progress monitoring and practice toolkit designed to track and accelerate decoding of one-syllable short vowel words containing digraphs, bonus letters, and glued sounds.
A comprehensive school-wide literacy program and implementation toolkit. Includes a 40-week master quest index, printable student submission slips, and a high-impact library bulletin board poster.
A hands-on spelling and early phonics lesson focused on key vocabulary words. Students practice recognition, tracing, and sentence application of common short vowel words.
A phonics-focused lesson for second grade exploring the 'oy' diphthong. It includes an engaging two-page story about a royal prince named Roy who finds a magical toy, followed by comprehension questions and a themed word search worksheet.
A phonics-focused lesson for second grade exploring the 'igh' trigraph. It includes an engaging story about Sir Dwight, a brave but silly knight who is afraid of heights, followed by comprehension questions and a themed word search worksheet.
Discover diphthongs 'oi' and 'oy' (sounding like /oy/). Students explore a lively toy workshop where they find, spell, and sort treasure coins and clever toys.
Navigate the long O sound spelled with vowel teams 'oa' and 'ow'. Students join a brave goat traveling down an old country road, collecting words along the journey.
Explore the long E sound spelled with vowel teams 'ee' and 'ea'. Students dive deep into the ocean to meet colorful creatures and unlock spelling treasures.
Master the long A sound spelled with vowel teams 'ai' and 'ay'. Students follow a rainy day adventure, hunt for target words, and build their spelling skills.
Focuses on identifying central message, lessons learned, and illustrations. Students explore the value of honesty and teamwork while practicing welded sounds (-nk, -ng) and inflectional endings.
Focuses on story sequencing, plot events, and past tense verbs. Students retell key bakery events and identify digraph/trigraph spelling patterns (ck, tch), plurals (-es), and double consonants (-ll, -ss).
Focuses on analyzing character traits and setting using Book 1 of Harriet Whitehorn's series. Students identify character roles and map initial digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh) using bakery vocabulary.
A collection of seasonal weekly progress trackers designed for first-grade students to monitor their Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) progress across Fall, Winter, and Spring. Each tracker features a space-themed bar graph with targeted goal lines of 10, 17, and 22 words per minute respectively, complete with motivational reflection zones.
An interactive, movement-based phonics lesson where 1st graders hunt for diphthongs (au, aw, ou, ow) around the room, matching picture clues to spellings.
Synthesizes comprehension and oral/written language. Students use cause-and-effect language ('because', 'consequently', 'as a result') and transitional sequencers to retell the story climax and analyze how the friendly bear saved the day.
Targets expressive grammar in context. Students map and describe the runaway camper's wild path using precise spatial prepositions (e.g., down, past, over, through) and dynamic action/movement verbs, constructing high-quality descriptive sentences.