Code and Gears

A structured lesson focusing on the engineering of video games and robotics. Students read an engaging, tech-themed article and use a color-coded TS-D1-D2-D3 graphic organizer to write a cohesive summary paragraph.

A creative narrative writing lesson that guides students through structural comic book creation, character design, and panel-by-panel storytelling using visual templates.

A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential noun, adjective, verb, and adverb suffixes. Through engaging matching, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence writing exercises, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and a workbook.

A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential Greek and Latin roots: dict, duct, fect, fract, junct, struct, min, and spec. Through engaging matching, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence writing exercises, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and a workbook.

A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential prefixes: un-, im-/in-/ir-, dis-, non-, re-, mis-, and pre-. Through an engaging 'Prefix Patrol' detective theme, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and cumulative review keys.

A comprehensive annotation toolkit based on Jason Reynolds' novel Look Both Ways. Students analyze character development, author's craft, thematic motifs, and make active reading connections as they explore the spaces between school and home.

An immersive introductory lesson on active text annotation, focusing on identifying literary devices, analyzing author's craft, and tracking characterization. Students learn to use a unified code of symbols to turn reading from a passive activity into an active dialogue with the text.

A targeted, engaging grammar lesson focusing on mastering plural endings and verb tenses (-ed and -ing) through the theme of a mechanical workshop. Students diagnose and repair grammatical errors to improve their sentence-level writing.

A spelling lesson exploring the soft G sound /j/ triggered by letters E, I, and Y. Students will identify, sort, and write words using the soft G patterns GE, GI, and GY.

An engaging lesson on insect collective nouns and terminology, featuring a word search, crossword, and hands-on matching and writing activities exploring how bugs gather in groups.

A comprehensive phonics lesson exploring the spelling rules for the /j/ sound: 'j' at the beginning, 'dge' after short vowels, and 'ge' after long vowels or consonants. Includes multi-sensory materials, explicit guides, visual slides, and leveled activities.

A reading comprehension lesson focused on singer-songwriter Zach Bryan, teaching students how to use context clues to find the meaning of vocabulary words and write responses in complete sentences using sentence starters.

A comprehension assessment focusing on main idea, key details, and context clues. The student worksheet features a side-by-side passage and question layout to reduce tracking demands and support 4th-5th grade readability with 6th-grade rigor.

A comprehensive one-day writing and grammar lesson where third graders become 'Silly Story Scientists'. Students review parts of speech (nouns, plural nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and silly categories like food or places) and use a structured, scaffolded process to draft, refine, and swap their own custom Mad Libs stories.

An ELA and Special Education lesson plan that guides students in brainstorming, planning, and drafting a meaningful time capsule letter to their future selves, designed with vintage postal aesthetics, strong accommodations, and scaffolded structures.

A highly scaffolded grammar lesson focused on insect collective nouns (army, cloud, colony, flight, hive, nest, swarm) designed for 5th-grade struggling readers using visual icons, word banks with definitions, and bolded context clues.

A comprehensive fourth-grade ELA lesson teaching main idea and supporting details using a construction blueprint metaphor. It includes structured teacher notes, instructional slides, scaffolding for English learners, a hands-on graphic organizer worksheet, and a quick exit ticket.