Core Clues

A spelling bridge program for rising fifth graders, reviewing essential third and fourth-grade spelling patterns. Focuses on inflected endings, syllable junctures, silent letters, and complex vowels through structured worksheets and hands-on sorting cards.

A comprehensive suite of customizable rubrics and feedback guides designed to assess student presentations and slide decks across elementary, middle, and high school levels.

A comprehensive 1-page print-ready Teacher Guide and Answer Key. It contains pacing advice, implementation steps for utilizing color-coded sentence blocks, differentiation ideas, and complete model answers for the student activities.

A comprehensive 12-part series designed to master 240 high-frequency words through sentence construction, mechanics practice, and proofreading.

A lesson exploring the inspiring journey, career milestones, and leadership qualities of baseball legend Derek Jeter. Students use a comprehensive scrapbook-style workbook to analyze his perseverance and character traits chapter by chapter.

A beautifully styled 2-page print-ready student worksheet and graphic organizer. It features visual communication symbols, color-coded sentence-by-sentence text blocks, and structured answer boxes for tracking main ideas and key supporting details.

A reading and morphology sequence that helps students master suffix structures through highly engaging controlled stories, multi-read fluency tracking, and word hunting exercises.

An analytical writing lesson exploring Rowan Damisch's controversial alter-ego, Scythe Lucifer, from Neal Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe series. Students analyze text evidence and evaluate whether he is a hero or a monster through structured graphic organizers, high-level analytical writing, and contrasting exemplar essays.

An interactive, visual slide deck that introduces the concept of Main Idea and Supporting Details using a detective case-file theme. Features color-coded sentence analysis and visual vocabulary icons designed for high-interest high-low learning.

A systematic short vowel intervention program that uses the Vowel Locksmith metaphor to halt word-guessing, progressing from simple CVC to complex consonant blends.

A high-energy, monster-themed phonics lesson focusing on decoding multisyllabic, two-closed-syllable nonsense words (VC.CV pattern). Includes interactive slides, a printable board game, sorting task cards, and teacher support materials to make decoding practice engaging and structured.

A comprehensive 12-part series designed to master 240 high-frequency words through sentence construction, mechanics practice, and proofreading.