A funny, engaging 6th grade reading comprehension packet ideal for substitute teacher days. Students read a humorous story about a literal genie, answer text-dependent questions, and write a structured paragraph about their own precise wishes using detailed sentence starters.

A high-interest figurative language lesson using real quotes from Chapters 31-40 of Byron Graves's novel Rez Ball, tailored for 7th-grade ELA resource room students. Includes a visual reference guide, matching task cards, a cut-and-paste sorting sheet, and a teacher key.

A comprehensive 7th-grade literary analysis and annotation unit based on Gary Soto's short story 'Seventh Grade'. Students track character development, plot, and themes while practicing active questioning and drawing text-based inferences.

A close-reading lesson exploring conflict and setting in Gary Paulsen's Woodsong. Students analyze how the brutal winter environment drives the plot and shapes the central conflict.

A literature lesson focused on Gary Paulsen's Winterdance Chapter 1. Students analyze how setting drives conflict and explore personal connections to the themes of survival, fear, and shattered illusions.

An interactive, whole-class game lesson designed to help students identify abstract themes in stories. Students use visual cues, clues, and sentence starters to uncover and articulate hidden thematic messages.

A step-by-step lesson on summarizing stories using the Beginning, Middle, and End (BME) framework, specially scaffolded for emerging readers and students with IEP accommodations.

An assessment and supporting materials for finishing The Westing Game, tailored for 3rd and 4th grade students who benefit from visual supports, word banks, and chunked layouts.

A collection of accommodated 2nd grade DIBELS MAZE comprehension practice worksheets with enlarged text and spacing to support student success.

A 3rd-grade grammar lesson where students become Word Detectives to identify adjectives in everyday sentences, map their relationships to nouns, and use descriptive words to crack creative writing cases.

A first-grade friendly adaptation of Chapter 6 of Katherine Applegate's 'Crenshaw', using simplified, highly accessible language and extensive emoji picture-support to aid reading comprehension, accompanied by a student-facing multiple-choice worksheet and a teacher answer key.

Focuses deeply on RI.8.8 (evaluating arguments, specific claims, and the relevance and sufficiency of evidence) through direct modeling, a high-rigor scientific passage, and targeted analytical practice.

Focuses on high-weight RL/RI.8.1 (textual evidence), RL/RI.8.2 (central idea and objective summary), and RL/RI.8.4/RL.8.6 (word choice, figurative language, and point of view/structure) through direct instruction, high-rigor modeling, and targeted practice.