Detail Detectives

An intensive phonemic awareness intervention sequence focused on onset-rime substitution and deletion. Students act as 'sound mechanics' dismantling, swapping, and reassembling single-syllable words across three progressive phonetic levels.

A hands-on, construction-themed lesson where students master the physical and logical flow of a standard paragraph. Using color-coded sentence strips for claims, evidence, and reasoning, students physically build structurally sound arguments before putting pen to paper.

A highly stylized construction-themed evaluation rubric for assessing argumentative paragraph structure. Breaks down criteria into Foundation (Claim), Pillars (Evidence), Mortar (Reasoning), and Site Polish (Conventions).

A five-day middle school ELA sequence focused on analyzing how authors construct suspense, pacing, and mood in classic short stories, culminating in student-authored suspense scenes and a forensic peer review.

An interactive reading comprehension lesson where 2nd-grade students practice finding textual evidence. Through three engaging short passages about science mysteries and everyday adventures, students learn to locate and color-code proof in the text to answer specific questions.

Student practice worksheet. Includes 'Blueprint Reading' to analyze an existing paragraph, 'The Drafting Board' to outline their claims, and 'The Final Site Build' to write a complete structured paragraph from scratch.

A high-interest writing unit that teaches students the TEXT opinion writing strategy through structured debates on topics like school recess and wild animal captivity.

Level 3 of the Sound Mechanics sequence. Focuses on silent-e patterns and long vowel rimes (e.g., l-ake to b-ake), guiding students through long-vowel onset substitution and deletion in a sparkplug-themed lesson.

Hands-on printable cutout sheet and sorting mats. Features scrambled, color-coded sentence strips (Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning) for students to physically organize and assemble on visual blueprint mats.

An immersive phonics unit where students join Safari Sam on an expedition to find the elusive silent 'e'. Students learn how 'e' changes short vowels to long vowels through multisensory, color-coded, and hands-on cut-and-paste activities.

Level 2 of the Sound Mechanics sequence. Focuses on words with initial or final consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., sh-ip, fl-at, w-ish), introducing multi-letter onsets and rimes to dismantle and reassemble.

Visual presentation slides designed for the Paragraph Builder's Workshop. Introduces the Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) framework using an intuitive construction and blueprint theme.