A first-grade lesson focusing on pages 106-168 of The One and Only Ivan, where Ivan makes a big promise to Stella to protect baby Ruby. Students will explore themes of friendship, keeping promises, and caring for others through simplified text, discussion slides, and a creative response sheet.

In this lesson, early readers are introduced to Chapter 8 of Crenshaw. Students read an adapted version of the chapter where Jackson finds a giant imaginary cat taking a bubble bath, and then complete a comprehension and writing worksheet.

A comprehensive Fountas & Pinnell reading level tracking system for grade-level teams and individual teachers, featuring a master grade-level tracker, individual student profiles, and an F&P levels reference matrix.

A targeted phonics-based mini-lesson that utilizes orthographic mapping to help students decode, map, and master the high-frequency word "from". Students move from sound-spelling mapping to interactive slide activities and hands-on sentence-building task cards.

A collection of visual resources to help students locate text evidence and answer key comprehension questions using the 5Ws and How framework.

A complete phonics and handwriting lesson focused on teaching letters R, b, and d. It features powerful b/d reversal strategies (the 'bed' hand gesture and left-to-right line-first vs. circle-first clues), an interactive circle map activity, and hands-on tactile and sensory building centers.

A foundational writing lesson for early learners exploring how pictures can tell stories. Students practice speaking in complete sentences before drawing themselves doing an activity at school.

Focuses on VC & CVC practice across all learned sounds, featuring the decodable story 'I See'. Students practice reading, tracking with dots, and identifying characters.

Focuses on the short vowel sound /ĕ/ with the decodable story 'Ten on the Bed'. Students practice reading words with short e and tracking with dots.

Focuses on the consonant sound /b/ with the decodable story 'A Bug on the Bus'. Students practice tracking, blending, and CVC reading.

Focuses on the consonant sound /g/ with the decodable story 'Gus the Dog'. Students practice tracking, blending, and CVC reading.