A vocabulary assessment for the novel 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963' focused on the words desperate, exasperated, hypnotized, jabber, and tempt. Designed with accessibility and clear character context for scholars.
A short lesson focusing on practicing short constructed responses (SCR) using informational texts about the Ancestral Puebloans and the Haudenosaunee. Students read short passages, identify key details, and write evidenced-based responses.
An introductory lesson for 4th and 5th graders to the world of competitive debate, focusing on structure, rules, and respectful disagreement through high-energy activities.
A fast-paced 25-minute small group lesson focusing on identifying main ideas and supporting details using a detective-themed 'Case Files' approach. Includes guided modeling, collaborative practice, and independent application.
A lesson for 7th-grade students with ASD to identify the magnitude of various school-related challenges and determine appropriate, proportional responses and solutions.
A professional development session focused on turning student data into actionable instructional plans through root cause analysis and collaborative planning.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help middle school students master the art of writing strong, argumentative thesis statements through a blueprint-themed instructional approach.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help 3rd-5th grade students master the art of paragraph construction through a fun, retro video game theme. Students will learn about sentence variety, topic sentences, and supporting details through interactive slides, a card-based game, and scaffolded practice.
A structured occupational therapy treatment session focused on improving handwriting legibility through architectural-themed activities. This lesson targets line placement accuracy and consistent letter formation for 5th-grade students, particularly those with ADHD.
A comprehensive suite of resources for implementing tiered behavior supports in the general education classroom, focusing on emotional regulation and impulse control.
Practical application of time tools (calculators, phones) to determine the duration of real-world work and leisure events.
Using visual aids like timelines and number lines to calculate elapsed time for shifts and activities up to one hour.
Introductory time-telling skills focused on identifying and setting clocks to the nearest half hour.
Mastering the analog clock face by telling time to the nearest 5-minute interval in daily school routines.
Calculating elapsed time to the nearest 5-minute interval using analog and digital representations for travel and leisure.
Focused on identifying start and end times to calculate elapsed whole-hour intervals within work and community scenarios.
A comprehensive lesson for middle schoolers on mastering the art of the argumentative hook, covering four distinct strategies to grab a reader's attention and bridge to a strong claim.
A structured social skills lesson for 8th grade students, focusing on peer interaction steps, emotional recognition, and self-regulation strategies using a 'Social Blueprint' theme.
A lesson exploring the famous case of Phineas Gage to understand the connection between brain structure and personality, meeting Oregon learning standards for reading informational text.
A comprehensive assessment focusing on decoding 2-3 syllable words across various syllable patterns including closed, VCe, r-controlled, open, and vowel teams.
Provides structured role-playing scenarios and simulation activities to practice self-regulation and impulse control in real-world contexts.
Guides the student in building a personalized 'Regulation Menu' of strategies to use when emotional signals become too high-energy or overwhelming.
Introduces the concept of 'latency'—the gap between a stimulus and a response—and teaches the 'Stop, Scan, Select' protocol for impulse control.
Focuses on identifying internal physical signals (emotions) and mapping how they feel in the body using a technical 'dashboard' metaphor.
A 30-minute session introducing students to the five core ADHD motivators (Interest, Novelty, Challenge, Urgency, and Passion) and practicing how to apply them to everyday tasks.
A comprehensive system for 7th-grade students to monitor and improve their academic engagement, sensory needs, and growth mindset using a personalized 'Dashboard' approach.
A comprehensive social skills lesson focusing on conversation starters, active listening, and social cues for 6th grade autistic students using a 'Chat Circuit' tech theme.
This lesson focuses on Chapter 4 of Frederick Douglass's narrative, analyzing how specific accounts of murder illustrate the inhumanity of slavery and the corruption of the Southern legal system. Students analyze key lines and imagery to identify Douglass's central claims about the lack of justice and value placed on enslaved lives.
An analysis of Chapter 8 'Moscow', focusing on the introduction of Uncle Anoosh and the influence of political ideology on personal identity and Marji's concept of heroism.
A summative assessment unit comparing the historical case of Phineas Gage with modern neuroscience regarding the adolescent brain, focusing on reading comprehension and comparative analysis.
A lesson that bridges the gap between informational and narrative texts by applying detective skills to fiction. Students integrate character inferences with theme identification to solve 'literary mysteries,' analyzing fables like 'The Wisdom of the Cracked Pot' and 'The Kindness of the Lion.'
This lesson provides an informal assessment for students to demonstrate their ability to read 2-3 syllable words containing common prefixes and suffixes. It includes a student-facing word list and a corresponding teacher recording sheet.
A lesson focused on identifying the central 'Big Picture' idea in informational texts using the 'Investigation Lens.' Students practice zooming out from specific details to synthesize the main message authors intend to convey, using cases about polar bear adaptations and Thomas Edison's persistence.
A foundational lesson on making inferences using text evidence and personal schema. Students learn 'The Detective's Equation' (Evidence + Schema = Inference) and apply it to solve short 'case studies' ranging from athletic disappointments to mysterious kitchen messes.
A lesson for 5th graders on applying close reading strategies to digital texts, with a specific focus on identifying main ideas and supporting details in an online environment.
A comprehensive lesson focused on teaching students how to distinguish between vital and extra details in informational texts to identify key ideas and make inferences. Using a 'detective' theme, students analyze real-world topics like the invention of Band-Aids, the importance of bees, and medical 3D printing.
Students evaluate multiple viewpoints on a topic and construct a persuasive essay supported by evidence from the text.
Students analyze informational texts to extract key details and synthesize information into a coherent expository essay.
Students practice crafting narrative responses by continuing a story or changing a character's perspective based on a given text.
Una misión de simulación de alta intensidad donde los estudiantes deben resolver acertijos de comprensión lectora (inferencia y síntesis) para 'desbloquear' un taller de energía después de un fallo crítico del sistema.
A lesson focused on teaching 4th-grade students how to write engaging narrative leads using five specific techniques: Action, Dialogue, Sensory Details, Questions, and Onomatopoeia. Students will analyze examples and practice transforming dull openings into exciting hooks.
A lesson centered on Paul Laurence Dunbar's 'The Place Where the Rainbow Ends,' focusing on imagery, symbolism, and the theme of hope through collaborative discussion and creative analysis.
This lesson empowers 6th-grade students with advanced vocabulary strategies, focusing on context clue analysis and morphology (roots, prefixes, suffixes). Students will engage in interactive activities to decode unfamiliar words and effectively integrate them into their own communication.