The introductory lesson of the Reading Heights unit, focusing on basic CVC decoding and kindergarten/early 1st-grade high-frequency sight words through engaging balloon-themed activities.

The challenge stage of the unit, targeting multi-syllabic words, 3rd-grade sight words, and Lexile 740+ vocabulary to prepare students for high-level reading.

Introduces vowel teams and 2nd-grade high-frequency words, emphasizing fluency and automaticity in decoding mid-level texts.

Focuses on initial blends, digraphs, and 1st-grade sight words, helping students navigate more complex word structures as they 'climb' higher in their reading journey.

A fun, balloon-themed assessment tool for K-3 students to track phonics, sight words, and high-level decoding skills. Includes a student-facing reading board and a 4-student master score tracker.

A weekly homework routine featuring a word search challenge and deep-dive vocabulary exercises for 10 target spelling words.

An introductory lesson to set the stage for the Phonics Field Assessments, covering the rules and expectations for the upcoming missions.

Assesses student ability to decode words containing complex vowel teams and diphthongs.

Focuses on identifying and decoding words with common prefixes and suffixes to improve reading fluency and meaning.

Students practice breaking down and decoding multisyllabic words using syllable division rules.

In this lesson, students will work in partners to read two informational texts about famous carnivorous dinosaurs. They will use a Venn diagram to organize their findings and answer standardized test-style questions to demonstrate their understanding of 3.RI.9.

A high-energy lesson focused on UFLI Lesson 60 (VCe /s/ with 'ce' and 'se'), featuring the 'S-Man' visual cue to help students master reading and writing words with the soft /s/ sound.

A lesson focused on determining the main idea and supporting details using a text about beavers as nature's engineers. Includes a reading passage and multiple-choice comprehension questions.

A lesson focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts using a comparison of Giant Pandas and Red Pandas.

A set of four reading comprehension worksheets designed for partner work, covering key 3rd-grade CCSS standards for informational and literary texts. Students practice identifying main ideas, comparing and contrasting texts, and determining central messages.

A 15-minute focused reteach lesson for 3rd grade students to compare and contrast themes, settings, and plots in stories by the same author featuring the same character.

A 15-minute intervention session focused on recounting a West African folktale and determining its central message or moral using multiple-choice analysis.

A small group session focused on comparing and contrasting key details from two texts about different pollinators to find shared and unique information.