Day 1 of the Phonics Breakout Series. Students complete an independent spelling mission in the CVC Forest Camp to crack the first code. Focuses on spelling CVC words (like bed, end, dog, and sun) to decode a 4-letter word lock.
A 3-lesson phonics sequence focused on teaching Vowel-Consonant-e (V-e) syllables to late first and second graders. Using a whimsical 'Word Wizards' theme, it covers foundations, vowel expansion, and blends/digraphs, complete with guides, slides, practice pages, and assessments.
A hilarious reader's theater lesson focused on oral reading fluency, character development, and textual comparison using a cast of runaway bakery goods.
A hilarious and theatrical reader's theater play script featuring the beloved characters Skylar, Matthew, Joshua, and Shanvika in a high-stakes midnight adventure. Design includes integrated comprehension and fluency discussion questions.
A comprehensive 5-day phonics breakout sequence where students complete daily independent spelling missions to crack codes. Covering CVC, Silent E, Digraphs/Blends, R-controlled vowels, and Vowel Teams, each day represents a new adventure challenge.
A foundational phonics lesson on continuous blending using words that start with continuant consonants (f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z) and end with stop consonants (p, t, k, b, d, g). Includes teacher scripts, slides, sorting centers, blending task cards, and decodable stories.
A robust instructional guide for educators, outlining the science behind continuous blending, a script for direct instruction modeling, common student errors, and complete answer keys for the student materials.
Focuses on V-e words with consonant blends and digraphs. Includes interactive partner games, teacher dictation scripts, and a multi-day mastery assessment.
High-quality decodable reading passages focusing on CVC words with continuous-to-stop consonants. Includes fluency star tracker checklists, interactive word hunts, and simple reading comprehension checks with dotted writing lines.
Expands the silent-e rule to O_E, U_E, and E_E. Students compare short and long vowel pairs and practice decoding more complex spellings.
Hands-on center sorting activity featuring 4 colorful sorting mats (for final stop sounds -p, -t, -d, -g) and 16 cut-out CVC word cards with continuous blending slider helpers.
Printable continuous blending task cards (8 total) featuring a visual slider design with tracking lines. Students stretch the continuant consonant and vowel, snap to the final stop sound, and circle the matching picture from three options.
