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.

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.

Foundational practice for Sorts 13-17, focusing on short and long vowel patterns including CVCe and CVVC for a, o, u, and e.

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.

Focuses on action suffixes (-ize, -ify, -en) and the transition to complex word endings like -ion, -ation, and consonant alternations.

Focuses on common negative and directional prefixes like un-, in-, dis-, mis-, pre-, and post-.

A foundational grammar lesson introducing simple, compound, and complex sentence structures through a construction-themed lens. Students learn to build and identify sentences using independent and dependent clauses.

A comprehensive guide to mastering evidence-based writing and constructed responses for the Arkansas ATLAS assessment, focusing on the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework.

Students learn to use examples and general inference to figure out the meaning of unknown words in 3rd-4th grade level texts.

A lesson focused on identifying and analyzing cause-and-effect relationships in non-fiction texts through a detective-themed investigation. Students will explore environmental and natural phenomena to understand how specific actions or events lead to significant outcomes.

A high-energy review session for 4th grade ELA MCAS topics, focusing on figurative language, vocabulary, and literary elements through a competitive Bingo game.

A set of resources focused on unique musical instruments, providing informational articles and prompts for students to practice using text evidence in their writing.

A collection of bite-sized opinion writing exercises and a structured practice sheet designed for 4th graders to master stating claims and providing supporting reasons.

A 15-minute intensive reteach focused on identifying journalism with delayed ledes, building on the text 'Planes on the Brain'. Students learn to distinguish between narrative hooks and the informational core of news articles.

A detective-themed lesson where students hunt for prepositional phrases, use them to expand sentences, and write their own 'mission reports' using specific phrases.

A mystery set in a natural history museum where a rare fossil map goes missing, with tiered assignments for different grade levels.

A comprehensive lesson for 4th graders on media literacy, focusing on distinguishing between facts and opinions to identify reliable news stories. Students take on the role of 'Truth Detectives' to investigate news sources and build critical thinking skills.

A comprehensive lesson focused on the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, targeting reading comprehension through asking and answering questions and building vocabulary through context clues.

A bakery-themed mystery where a baker's important key goes missing, with tiered assignments for different grade levels.