A focused activity on identifying and distinguishing between vowels and consonants using the visual style of plastic reading rods.
A reading comprehension lesson focused on making inferences. Students will learn to combine clues from the text with their own background knowledge to solve mini-mysteries and answer deep comprehension questions.
A 2nd-grade reading comprehension assessment focused on making inferences and citing text evidence. It includes a shortened detective-themed mystery passage, a concise 3-question student assessment worksheet, and a teacher grading guide and rubric.
A 2nd-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on making inferences and citing text evidence. Students read a mystery passage and use clues to solve the case while learning how to back up their answers with proof.
An encoding assessment focused on welded sounds (-ng and -nk families) through pictures and context clues. Students write independently to demonstrate phonics mastery.
Form 5 of the phonics progress monitoring sequence. Tracks student decoding and encoding of an equivalent parallel set of 15 long o (oa, oe) and long i (ie) words.
Form 4 of the phonics progress monitoring sequence. Tracks student decoding and encoding of an equivalent parallel set of 15 long o (oa, oe) and long i (ie) words.
Form 3 of the phonics progress monitoring sequence. Tracks student decoding and encoding of an equivalent parallel set of 15 long o (oa, oe) and long i (ie) words.
Form 2 of the phonics progress monitoring sequence. Tracks student decoding and encoding of an equivalent parallel set of 15 long o (oa, oe) and long i (ie) words.
A focused phonics progress monitoring lesson for decoding and encoding long o (oa, oe) and long i (ie) vowel teams. Includes student reading sheets, teacher scoring rubrics, and student dictation worksheets.
A 5-day daily writing practice packet with visual prompts, scaffolding, and self-monitoring checklists. Students learn to write 3 complete sentences each day with a subject, predicate, capitalization, proper spacing, and correct ending punctuation.
A lesson designed for second graders to explore story sequencing, character traits, and vocabulary using hands-on storytelling props, leveled task cards, and interactive trace-and-color activities based on the story of a helpful fox and a trapped monkey.
A 50-minute emergency sub plan for second graders exploring butterflies and bats. Students investigate how wings help these creatures survive, the unique dangers they face, and create a dual-habitat drawing of day and night.
An out-of-this-world phonics adventure focusing on initial 's' blends (st, sp, sl, sn, sm, sw, sk). Students practice identifying, writing, and reading blend words through progressive practice pages.
A comprehensive diagnostic kit for letter recognition (uppercase and lowercase) and letter sounds. Includes randomized student stimulus pages, teacher recording grids in developmental order, and individual/class progress trackers.
A comprehensive lesson bundle designed for kindergarten Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELLs) to master basic classroom vocabulary. The lesson includes a teacher guide, bilingual visual anchor charts, tracing and drawing practice worksheets, and a simple picture-based exit ticket.
A differentiated reading comprehension unit focusing on the fascinating adaptations, anatomy, and intelligence of octopuses. Students read level-adjusted passages, analyze text-feature diagrams, and practice finding direct text evidence and summarizing main ideas.
A comprehensive, 10-month progress-monitoring curriculum designed for rapid decoding trials. This lesson contains a student tracking binder, weekly assessment cards, and a complete curriculum booklet focusing on single-syllable phonics patterns.
A primary writing lesson themed around Matilda the Musical, teaching young students how to construct strong arguments using the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) model with friendly scaffolding.
A lesson centered around a printable phonics board game called Vowel Voyage. Students practice dividing and reading multisyllabic words with Vowel-Vowel (VV) splits (e.g., giant, poet, neon, chaos) as they navigate an explorer-themed island path.
A cooperative and competitive educational board game designed to help students master multisyllabic syllable division. Students navigate a canyon crossing path by correctly dividing words with V/V, VC/CV, and V/CV patterns, with a special focus on prefix/suffix boundaries.
A 1st-grade lesson on identifying and analyzing the character, setting, and plot elements of 'The Magician's Hat' by Malcolm Mitchell.
A clean, focused phonic assessment lesson designed to test CCVC, CVCC, and CVCe word pattern decoding without scaffolds.
Day 3 focuses on independent execution and performance monitoring. Students independently read, highlight, and analyze paragraph structures to demonstrate mastery, followed by a collaborative review.
Day 2 transitions to guided practice with fading scaffolds. Students collaborate to highlight and unpack paragraphs, learning to distinguish between critical supporting details and interesting but non-essential information.
Day 1 of the intervention focuses on explicit teacher modeling of the 'Roof' (Main Idea) and 'Pillars' (Supporting Details) concept. Students learn how a paragraph is built, watch a live highlighting demonstration, and participate in highly guided practice using physical highlighters.
A 1st-grade lesson on nonfiction text features using an explorer-themed slide deck, a lively Bingo game, and a three-level differentiated practice packet.
A kindergarten sight word lesson focusing on high-frequency words 'he', 'she', 'me', 'we', and 'be'. It includes multi-sensory word mats and a hands-on cut-and-paste letter-builder activity to solidify word recognition.