A focused lesson on analyzing informational texts using 'Nature's Skyscrapers: The Coastal Redwood' as a mentor text. Students will practice identifying main ideas, supporting details, and text structures in preparation for the ILEARN assessment.
A lesson focused on identifying text structures and signal words using themes from the book 'One Well: The Story of Water on Earth'. Students practice identifying sequence, problem/solution, comparison, and cause/effect structures.
A lesson focused on decoding and encoding multi-syllabic words with closed syllables. Students will learn to identify syllable breaks using scoops and dividers for 2 and 3-syllable words.
A collection of five reading passages and comprehension questions designed for beginning 4th-grade students to practice literal and inferential reading skills.
A comprehensive lesson on Latin roots (tract, spect, port, mal, dict) focusing on word dissection and color-coded spelling strategies to understand complex vocabulary.
A lesson focused on identifying the structural parts of a book and applying that knowledge through a critical book review and vocabulary practice.
An engaging lesson that teaches students to identify and use sequence text structure through instructional slides, hands-on cutting and pasting, task card practice, and graphic organizers.
A reading comprehension lesson based on the Artemis II moon flyby article, featuring vocabulary building and fact-finding through WH-questions.
Focuses on drafting and finalizing the narrative using differentiated scaffolds and final writing paper.
Focuses on brainstorming and planning using a beginning-middle-end graphic organizer and introductory slides.
A comprehensive set of morphology games and activities focusing on two to three syllable words with open, closed, and VCE patterns combined with specific prefixes and suffixes. Students explore how affixes attach to unchanging base words to shift meaning.
A collection of games designed to reinforce closed, VCe, and open syllable patterns within prefixed and suffixed words for upper elementary students.
A creative workshop focused on character development for children's books, using The Rainbow Fish as a mentor text to explore relatability, behavior, and character arcs.
A comprehensive review of sentence structures including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences using a construction-themed approach. Students will analyze blueprints of sentences and build their own using specific grammatical tools.
A comprehension check for Chapter 12 of The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King, featuring key plot points and character actions.
A high-energy, tech-themed lesson for 4th and 5th graders to identify test anxiety as a 'system glitch' and apply 'software patches' like positive self-talk and physical relaxation.
An action-packed writing lesson where students step into the role of a stunt coordinator or extreme sports reporter to master paragraph structure and vivid details.
A focus on advanced grammar concepts for 8th-grade students, specifically mastering parallel structure in complex sentences to improve writing flow and clarity.
A high-stakes mystery where students use context clues and vocabulary strategies to recover the school's missing mascot. Students will analyze evidence files and eliminate suspects by correctly defining complex words from the text.
A lesson focused on analyzing the development of the theme of individuality and non-conformity in Munro Leaf's 'The Story of Ferdinand'. Students will track how Ferdinand stays true to himself despite external pressures.