A foundational handwriting lesson focusing on the importance of education, featuring tracing exercises and discussion prompts.

A lesson on identifying and analyzing figurative language in poetry, using the metaphor of 'blueprints' to understand how poets build meaning. Students will explore similes, metaphors, personification, and more through guided notes and practice.

A phonics-focused lesson for kindergarteners centered on a simple CVC-rich reading passage. Students practice decoding short 'a' and 'o' words, identifying high-frequency words, and answering basic comprehension questions.

A lesson exploring the diverse backgrounds of Allied soldiers who fought in WWII and witnessed the Holocaust, focusing on claim identification and evidence-based writing.

A comprehensive final assessment and review for Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, focusing on Brian's survival journey, character growth, and the novel's core themes.

A lesson on writing diamante poems with a focus on nature, covering structure, parts of speech, and creative expression.

A series of speech-language activities themed around navigating middle school, targeting multiple meanings, grammar, figurative language, vocabulary, inference, and narrative skills.

Students listen to the story of The Little Red Hen and practice sequencing the three main stages of making bread: planting, baking, and eating.

A playful kindergarten lesson where students become 'Category Questers' to sort characters, settings, and objects from familiar fairy tales. This lesson uses interactive games and visual aids to build foundational narrative comprehension and organizational skills.

A narrative-driven exploration of the human body's systems, designed to practice literary analysis standards (RL) through a science-fiction lens. Students read a 2-page story about a microscopic journey and analyze characters, themes, and vocabulary.

A reading comprehension lesson based on an article about Minnesota teens who developed 'TogetherIV', an app designed to support patients receiving medical infusions.

A comprehensive study of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the history of the disease, its impact on human history, and the literary techniques used to convey its devastating reality.

A deep dive into the first seven chapters of 'Flipped', focusing on contrasting points of view, character development, and social-emotional skills like empathy and perspective-taking.

A intensive reteach lesson on RI 8.8, focusing on delineating and evaluating arguments using MLK Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and a modern editorial on school start times. Students will assess claims, reasoning, and evidence relevance and sufficiency.

A focused study on Ana, the suspicious yet observant neighbor from Seedfolks. Students explore her perspective on the changing neighborhood and her initial reaction to Kim's garden.

A lesson focused on identifying and using multisyllabic words with the 'sh' sound spelled as 'ci', 'ti', 'cious', and 'tious'. Students will analyze word patterns and apply their knowledge through vocabulary exercises.