A comprehensive ELA lesson focused on identifying main ideas in space-themed informational texts, explaining scientific procedures, and summarizing fictional narratives about friendship.

A visual, tactile approach to sentence structure using color-coded "blocks" to represent parts of speech. Students learn to sculpt sentences from basic patterns to complex masterpieces, reducing cognitive load through visual patterns.

Students will learn about code-switching, identifying how we adjust our language (formal vs. informal) based on the audience and situation.

A high-energy, game-based lesson designed to reinforce RI.9 standards. Students engage in a multi-modal 'Double Take' challenge involving a board game, bingo, and a scavenger hunt to analyze how different authors present the same non-fiction topics.

A lesson for 4th graders comparing the picture book 'Santiago Saw Things Differently' with primary sources from Santiago Ramón y Cajal's life. Students analyze how authors use historical facts to create narrative stories and explore the intersection of art and science.

A set of 20 short articles (two for each of the 10 debate topics) to provide students with evidence for their classroom arguments.

A high-energy, tropical-themed review of main idea and supporting details, designed for the day before spring break. Students complete an 'Island Escape' challenge to 'earn' their break.

A lesson focused on distinguishing between main ideas in informational paragraphs and central themes in short fictional stories. Students will practice identifying key details and synthesizing them into a core message.

A structured writing lesson designed for 4th-grade students on IEPs, focusing on the mechanics and structure of a narrative paragraph through an 'Adventure Quest' theme. Students will learn to construct paragraphs with a topic sentence, three supporting details, and a clincher while maintaining proper grammar and punctuation.

A comprehensive lesson focusing on common suffixes, their meanings, and application through specific vocabulary and descriptive reading passages about contemporary figures.

This lesson guides students through the process of analyzing three distinct sources—a video and two articles—to plan a 4-paragraph research essay on the theme of resilience. Students will learn to identify key evidence, craft author's claims, and strategically group sources for effective comparison and contrast.