A competitive reading challenge inspired by basketball tournaments, featuring a point-based scoring system for different book types and a verification quiz for students to earn their points.
A three-lesson tutoring sequence designed for an incoming 5th grader that merges video game concepts (minimaps, quest logs, crafting) with real-world wilderness survival skills and historical expeditions. Each lesson includes a student-facing activity packet with grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing, plus a teacher guide.
Examines the popular mechanics of resource gathering and crafting in video games alongside real-world bushcraft, shelter building, and survival tool creation. Students develop spelling, reading comprehension, and creative design writing.
Teacher Guide for Lesson 3 featuring answer keys for the Crafting Survival Packet, Socratic discussion prompts, and interactive bushcraft exploration ideas.
A retrieval practice sequence for the Roald Dahl narrative unit in Amplify ELA Grade 6, focusing on 'Boy: Tales of Childhood'. It features lesson-by-lesson quick check exit tickets and corresponding teacher guides with answer keys to reinforce reading comprehension, vocabulary, and narrative craft.
Compares video game quest narratives and inventory management with the actual journals and pack lists of historical explorers. Students read about legendary expeditions, identify parts of speech, and practice narrative journaling.
Student Activity Packet for Lesson 3, featuring a grammar warm-up (Grammar Glitch), vocabulary matching (Vocabulary Decoding), a reading comprehension passage (Crafting in the Wild), and a creative step-by-step crafting guide writing task.
A comprehensive, detective-themed 2-day phonics unit for 4th graders to master the hard and soft sounds of 'c' and 'g' using structured inquiry, visual anchor charts, and scaffolded practice worksheets.
Connects video game heads-up displays (HUDs) and digital minimaps to real-world GPS, satellite communication, and topographic maps. Students learn about satellite technology while building foundational grammar, vocabulary, and descriptive writing skills.
Teacher Guide for Lesson 2 featuring answer keys for the Expedition Log Packet, discussion tips, and creative guidelines for inventory narrative assessments.
A comprehensive UKG phonics sequence for 5-6 year olds, guiding them from basic CVC blending to consonant blends, digraphs, and simple sentence reading.
A reading comprehension toolkit designed for incoming 7th graders to boost critical reading and summarizing skills. It explores school social dynamics and historical contexts through a scaffolded guided reading worksheet (pairing realistic fiction and peer psychology nonfiction) and a set of six bite-sized daily warm-ups.
Student Activity Packet for Lesson 2, including a grammar warm-up (Grammar Glitch), vocabulary matching (Vocabulary Decoding), a reading comprehension passage (The Ultimate Quest Log), and a creative inventory design and narrative journal writing task.
