A high-intensity 45-minute lesson designed to prepare 3rd-grade students for the NC EOG Reading test by focusing on evidence-based comprehension strategies for both fiction and nonfiction texts.
Students explore common prefixes (un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis-) through an engaging space-themed story and practice activities. They will use context clues to determine the meanings of prefixed words.
A lesson focused on decoding popular sayings using a variety of phonics patterns including CVC, blends, silent e, vowel teams, R-controlled vowels, and multi-syllabic words.
A lesson focusing on identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections using athletic and academic contexts.
A lesson on making inferences using the 'Detective Agency' theme. Students learn to combine text evidence with background knowledge to uncover hidden meanings in short stories.
A word study lesson focused on the /oi/ diphthong, teaching the spelling patterns 'oi' and 'oy' through a toy factory theme. Students will learn the positional rules for each spelling and practice through sorting and identification activities.
A pair of engaging recording sheets designed for students to track their reading on Epic!, featuring specific templates for both fiction and nonfiction texts.
Students will read a realistic fiction passage and answer 20 EOG-style questions that require them to refer explicitly to the text for evidence.
Students practice combining simple sentences with the same subjects into compound sentences using pronouns and adding descriptive predicate expanders (where, when, why, and how).
Students will read a detailed historical account of the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk and answer 20 EOG-style questions, focusing on citing explicit text evidence.
A lesson focused on identifying central ideas and morals within realistic fiction through a story about responsibility and growth.
A collection of weekly reading assessments (CFUs) for Module 1, focused on character traits, central message, and point of view.