A whole-group game where students use their classroom word wall to solve word mysteries and practice spelling irregular heart words. Students become 'Heart Word Detectives' to find words based on teacher clues.
Day 2 focuses on irregular nouns ending in -f or -fe that change to -ves, as well as unique endings like child to children.
Day 1 focuses on irregular nouns that change their internal vowels (like man to men) and nouns that do not change at all (like sheep to sheep).
A lesson focusing on the 'Broad U' sound (/uː/), including identification of the sound and distinguishing it from short and long U variations.
A reading comprehension assessment focused on identifying factual and inferential information and supporting it with text-based evidence, specifically designed for 3rd-grade level goals.
A lesson focused on developing inferential and critical thinking skills for 3rd-grade readers, using a detective-themed approach to "solve" stories by looking for clues.
A high-energy lesson on the science of roller coasters, focusing on citing text evidence (RI.1) and understanding domain-specific vocabulary (RI.4). Students will explore how gravity and momentum power their favorite rides.
A foundational lesson focused on Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) using CVC words. Students practice blending individual sounds into 'silly' words through a playful Monster Lab theme to build decoding automaticity.
The suffix -ion turns a verb into a noun without changing the spelling of the base word.
Introduction to action suffixes -en, -ize, and -ify, which mean "to make" or "to cause to be."
Mastering character and quality suffixes: -ful, -ous, and -ious, meaning "full of" or "possessing."
Mastering the adjective suffixes -al, -ial, and -ic, meaning "relating to" or "having the characteristics of."
The suffixes -ty and -ity turn adjectives into nouns, meaning "the state or condition of being...".
Mastering suffixes related to places, things, or qualities: -ary, -ery, and -ory.
Mastering suffixes related to states and conditions: -ment, -less, and -ness.
Focusing on suffixes that indicate people and professions: -er, -or, -ian, and -ist.
Mastering comparative and superlative suffixes: -er, -est, -ier, and -iest.
Introduction to descriptive suffixes: -y, -ly, and -ily.
An intensive Tier 3 intervention lesson for 4th-grade students struggling with main idea and supporting details. Students take on the role of detectives to identify the 'Big Picture' and 'Evidence' in short, high-interest texts.
Position and connection prefixes: sub-, com-, pro-, and en-.
Direction and action prefixes: re-, ex-, in-, and de-.
Focusing on time and order prefixes: pre-, fore-, post-, and after-.
Introduction to negative and opposite prefixes: un-, in-, dis-, and mis-.
A high-energy nautical adventure focusing on mastering all R-controlled vowels and specific high-frequency heart words through guided decoding and practice sentences.
A guided lesson to help students structure a comprehensive book report focusing on summary, theme, and personal reflection.
A reading comprehension lesson focused on identifying main ideas, supporting details, and summarizing, centered on the heroic work of search and rescue dogs.
A foundational phonics lesson focused on decoding and sorting the long 'e' sound in its most common patterns: 'ee', 'ea', and final 'y'. Students will explore the sounds through an 'Echo Woods' theme, practicing auditory and visual recognition.
A spelling lesson focused on the long 'i' sound spelled with i, igh, and y patterns. Students will practice identifying and using these patterns through categorization, sentence building, and a final assessment.
A foundational phonics lesson focusing on identifying beginning sounds for all 26 letters of the alphabet, specifically designed with visuals to support Multilingual Learners.
A series of worksheets focusing on short 'a' and 'o' CVC words through engaging picture-matching activities in a forest setting.
A one-day lesson focused on teaching 3rd-grade students how to structure a multi-paragraph opinion essay comparing dogs and cats. Students will learn the components of an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
A comprehensive lesson on Wilson 5.1 open syllables, featuring a reading passage, fluency practice, word cards, and a sky-themed board game for 2nd grade students.
A lesson focused on constructing and understanding complex sentences using temporal conjunctions (when, before/after) and conditional markers (if/then) to describe sequences and conditions.
A hands-on, workshop-themed lesson where students master dividing sentences into subjects and predicates. They use physical cards to identify simple and compound components in a 'shop' environment.
Unmask words that sound the same but look different (homophones) and words that look the same but have different meanings (multiple meaning words). Focuses on using context clues to solve word mysteries.