Students use context clues and prefix knowledge to derive the meaning of unfamiliar words within short reading passages.
A lesson where students compare and contrast two informational texts about exploring extreme environments (Deep Space vs. Deep Sea). Students use a sorting activity and text evidence checklist to identify similarities and differences in how explorers stay safe and solve problems.
A hands-on lesson comparing and contrasting the extreme environments of space and the deep sea through the lens of astronaut and submariner experiences. Students will use direct evidence from paired texts to categorize facts and answer analytical questions.
A set of 20 engaging writing prompts tailored for a third-grade boy's interests in baseball, cats, and sharks, featuring slide-based instruction and printable prompt cards for a monthly journal.
A hands-on science and ELA lesson where students explore mystery scents and use descriptive olfactory details to document their observations.
A comprehensive collection of Dolch sight word resources for Pre-Primer through 3rd Grade. Includes structured flashcards with sentences and visuals, progress trackers, and a parent guide.
An Orton-Gillingham based lesson focusing on building and decoding words with 4-5 sounds, including CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC, and digraph blends using short vowels.
A comprehensive fluency lesson focusing on one-syllable silent e words (CVCE) across word, sentence, and paragraph levels. Includes direct instruction scripts, visual aids, and student practice materials.
A phonics-focused lesson reviewing the vowel teams ea, ew, aw, ou, al, and au through an engaging safari-themed adventure. Students will practice identifying, sorting, and using these sounds in context.
A lesson for 3rd grade students to practice identifying nouns and adjectives through the lens of Native American cultures and nature.
A comprehensive lesson for 3rd and 4th graders on the USE strategy (Understand, Slash, Evidence) to improve multiple-choice accuracy using fiction and science texts.
A decodable reading lesson centered on a story about getting lost at an amusement park, focusing on reading comprehension and safety rules.
A collection of activities focused on developing inference skills using spring-themed content for third-grade students.
A comprehensive lesson for 2nd and 3rd graders on using the present progressive tense. Students will learn the formula for adding -ing to verbs and use helping verbs to describe actions happening right now through a photography-themed exploration.
A lesson focused on morphology where students deconstruct words into prefixes, bases, and suffixes to determine their meanings using a word bank formula.
A week of targeted CVC practice covering blending, initial and final consonant changes, and automaticity.
A series of decodable sentences and activities focusing on closed syllables, VCe patterns, r-controlled vowels, and specific glue sounds (ost, ild, ank, unk). Students will practice blending and reading these patterns in context.
A comprehensive progress monitoring set for vowel teams ai, ay, ee, ea, and oa. Includes student-facing reading and spelling materials along with teacher-facing scoring and dictation guides.
A 5-day intensive review of Closed, Open, Magic E, Vowel Team, Bossy R, and Consonant -le syllable types, designed for 20-minute intervention blocks.
A foundational lesson on common prefixes (un-, re-, pre-, dis-) where students act as 'Word Architects' to build and deconstruct words.
A lesson where students become 'Sense Seekers' to identify sensory language in descriptive text through a mystery-themed game.
