A comprehensive guide to mastering evidence-based writing and constructed responses for the Arkansas ATLAS assessment, focusing on the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework.
A vocabulary and word study lesson focused on suffixes and base words, themed around the Great Migration in the Serengeti. Students explore word structures while learning about one of nature's most incredible journeys.
A comprehensive lesson teaching students to identify media bias in newspaper articles using specific techniques like headline framing, sensationalism, and omission. Students take on the role of 'Headline Hackers' to critique and edit biased news.
A comprehensive progress monitoring collection featuring 5 distinct word sets (75 words total) for tracking mastery of vowel teams and diphthongs. Each set includes a student reading list and a multi-trial teacher tracking sheet.
Unit 9 Lesson 2 Do Now focusing on focused structure in a solar eclipse passage and editing dialogue punctuation and complex sentences in a formal letter.
Unit 9 Lesson 1 Do Now focusing on developing engaging ideas in a baking narrative and editing capitalization and spelling for a Texas state parks report.
Unit 8 Lesson 15 Do Now focusing on improving sentence variety in a science fair passage and editing adjectives and prepositions in a mountain climbing journal.
Unit 8 Lesson 14 Do Now focusing on passage organization for a sea turtle conservation story and editing compound sentences and pronouns in a school play description.
Unit 8 Lesson 13 Do Now focusing on adding details to a passage about a community garden and editing irregular verbs in a museum trip narrative.
A progress monitoring tool designed to assess a student's ability to decode words with initial and final s-blends, r-blends, and l-blends. This lesson includes a student reading list and a teacher scoring checklist.
Foundational practice for Sorts 13-17, focusing on short and long vowel patterns including CVCe and CVVC for a, o, u, and e.
A comprehensive spelling packet focused on R-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) with a Forest Ranger theme. Includes practice, games, and assessments.
The final sorts (38-56) covering advanced spelling patterns including silent consonants, prefixes, suffixes, and geography vocabulary.
Sorts 29-37 focusing on unaccented final syllables like -le, -er, -en, and final -y variations.
Sorts 22-28 exploring ambiguous vowels like oy/oi and ou/ow, as well as r-influenced vowel patterns.
Sorts 17-21 diving into long vowel patterns (a, i, o, u, e) within accented syllables.
Sorts 10-16 covering compound words and the foundational rules of syllable junctures in VCV and VCCV patterns.
The first 9 sorts focusing on review of vowel patterns in single-syllable words and adding -ing to different word patterns.
A vocabulary lesson for 6th-grade students focused on building word mastery through architectural-themed activities. Includes matching, sentence completion, and creative writing.
A comprehensive lesson exploring the Savvas mentor text 'What Makes Someone Extraordinary'. Students will analyze character traits, identify supporting evidence, and define what it means to be truly exceptional.