Concrete and Free Verse

An interactive literature lesson exploring the rich sensory details and imagery in Tom Brenner's 'And Then Comes Summer'. Students identify and discuss sights, sounds, feels, and tastes to build comprehension and descriptive writing skills.

A planning and writing lesson centered around Joseph Bruchac's novel Two Roads, guiding students to write a structured narrative letter from Cal to Possum with differentiated scaffolding.

A narrative writing lesson based on Joseph Bruchac's novel *Two Roads*, where students write a three-paragraph letter from Cal to Possum detailing his decision about returning to Challagi Indian Industrial School. Includes an anchor chart, a graphic organizer, and a formal assignment sheet with editing support.

Focuses on using Metaphors and Similes to create powerful figurative imagery. Includes a final "My Poetry Masterpieces" portfolio cover and peer celebration review pages.

Focuses on structure, rhythm, and sound through Acrostic Poems and Rhyming Couplets. Offers step-by-step graphic templates, letter grids, rhyming dictionaries, and syllable beat counters.

Focuses on Sensory and Color Poetry (Haiku and Color Poems). Students explore imagery using their five senses, utilizing highly visual sensory organizers, word banks, and syllable counters.

A complete pair of reference helpers for the kindergarten Countdown curriculum (Units 1-28), featuring a student folder reference helper and a colorful classroom anchor chart organized by unit.

A comprehensive pair of reference materials featuring all Really Great Reading Blast Heart Words for Units 1-30. Includes a compact student folder reference helper and a colorful classroom anchor chart organized by unit.

A comprehensive 5th-grade grammar unit focused on mastering conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating) and prepositional phrases through engaging, explorer-themed worksheets and reference tools.

A lesson focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details in short texts, designed with structured supports for students.

A comprehensive final examination for fourth-grade reading and grammar skills, testing direct objects, sentence editing, structural sentence framing, comprehension, comparison and contrast, and persuasive letter writing.

Students compile their four-sentence creative stories into a comic strip layout, add simple illustrations, and celebrate their storytelling accomplishments.

Students resolve their story's problem, writing their fourth sentence using "Then, ..." and selecting a happy resolution symbol.

Students introduce a simple conflict or surprise for their character, writing a sentence with "Suddenly..." and problem-based action icons.

Students choose a creative setting (such as outer space or a magic forest) and write a sentence using "They are in..." with visual setting prompt cards.

Students invent a fictional character (such as a superhero or friendly animal) and write a sentence describing them using "This is..." and physical descriptors with visual symbols.