A lesson focused on teaching students how to ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions using a progression of student-friendly learning targets.

A collection of visual anchor charts and posters for UFLI foundations heart words, designed to support students in orthographic mapping with clear visuals and phonetic cues.

A lesson designed for second graders to distinguish between key details (character, setting, key plot points) and unimportant extra details (fluff) using a fun mystery detective theme.

Students review their completed narrative drafts with a checklist, checking for actions, thoughts, feelings, transition words, and a strong conclusion, then writing their final polished draft.

Students learn how to write a satisfying concluding sentence that reflects on their summer story and leaves the reader with a final thought, lesson, or feeling.

Students elaborate their narratives by adding internal thoughts and feelings, ensuring their emotional response to the summer event is clear.

Students go back into their narrative draft to add external actions (Show, Don't Tell) that bring their summer moments to life.

Students learn to use a variety of temporal words (First, Later, Suddenly, After that) to build a smooth, chronological flow.

Students sequence their single seed story into a logical 3-part narrative map (beginning, middle, and end) to prepare for drafting.