A comprehensive analysis of Grade 3 ELA MCAS data from 2023-2025, highlighting multi-year trends in student performance, strengths, and target areas for improvement.
A high-energy lesson focused on UFLI Lesson 60 (VCe /s/ with 'ce' and 'se'), featuring the 'S-Man' visual cue to help students master reading and writing words with the soft /s/ sound.
A lesson focused on determining the main idea and supporting details using a text about beavers as nature's engineers. Includes a reading passage and multiple-choice comprehension questions.
A lesson focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts using a comparison of Giant Pandas and Red Pandas.
A set of four reading comprehension worksheets designed for partner work, covering key 3rd-grade CCSS standards for informational and literary texts. Students practice identifying main ideas, comparing and contrasting texts, and determining central messages.
A 15-minute focused reteach lesson for 3rd grade students to compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots in stories by the same author featuring the same character.
A 15-minute intervention session focused on recounting a West African folktale and determining its central message or moral using multiple-choice analysis.
A small group session focused on comparing and contrasting key details from two texts about different pollinators to find shared and unique information.
A 15-minute small group reteach focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details using an engaging passage about honeybees.
A foundational phonics lesson focused on identifying and using common digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph, kn, wr) through a fun detective-themed exploration.
A Readers' Theatre lesson designed for 3rd-grade intervention students, focusing on VCe patterns and orthographic mapping of heart words through a fun racing-themed script.