Korman Craze

A three-part instructional sequence guiding students through drafting sensory poetry, revising with rhythm and craft, and hosting a live classroom poetry cafe performance.

A creative writing lesson exploring personal identity, sensory imagery, and purposeful diction inspired by Sandra Cisneros' vignette "My Name." Students dissect mentor figurative language and draft their own stylized name narratives.

A structured creative writing response sheet providing an author's craft checklist, lined drafting space, and a craft reflection box for students' multi-paragraph name vignettes.

A multi-day research and informative writing unit where students investigate a US state's geography, history, and culture to draft, refine, and publish a comprehensive state report.

A tiered reading study of the classic Dutch folktale 'A Legend of the Wooden Shoes', adapted across three distinct reading levels with customized scaffolding, vocabulary support, and comprehension activities.

A scaffolded planning worksheet that guides students through analyzing sensory metaphors, exploring cultural and personal origins, and curating an intentional diction bank inspired by Sandra Cisneros' vignette "My Name."

A 3-lesson multisensory phonics sequence focused on decoding short-vowel words with consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ck) using articulatory cues, tactile sound tapping, and structured literacy routines to reach 80% accuracy.

A comprehensive, research-based handwriting lesson bundle implementing Handwriting Without Tears methodology. Organizes letters systematically by shared stroke patterns with multisensory stroke scripts, double-line modeling slides, guided practice worksheets, and review sheets.

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide and answer key for 'A Legend of the Wooden Shoes' differentiated unit. Includes tier alignment matrix, Socratic discussion prompts, cross-curricular STEM/history links, and complete answer keys for all three reading tiers.

A multi-day decodable comprehension sequence designed for UFLI digraph practice. Students read, annotate, analyze, and answer text-dependent comprehension questions across structured daily lessons.

A foundational handwriting unit teaching manuscript lowercase letter formation using a traffic light stroke progression (green for stroke 1, yellow for stroke 2, red for stroke 3). Includes comprehensive practice worksheets and large 4-per-page printable letter model cards.

A differentiated three-level reading passage of the traditional Dutch folk tale 'A Legend of the Wooden Shoes', staying faithful to the original story of Father Jan and the willow shoes with zero comprehension questions.